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Old 12-15-2016, 09:51 AM
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Default Laurence Juber CD - One Wing

Selling this Laurence Juber CD - (here is the AMR website description):

"When an ex-Beatle gives you an idea for an album, the next logical step is to record it! As the story goes, Laurence Juber, who served briefly yet admirably in Paul McCartney's last incarnation of Wings (songwriters/guitarists alike should check out the underrated "Back To The Egg"), handed Sir Paul a copy of his CD "LJ Plays The Beatles" during a recent get together. Macca shot back at his former sideman "what about Wings!?" Juber's whip-smart response is this majestic collection of solo acoustic guitar renditions of McCartney classics. Unlike John Lennon and Brian Wilson, McCartney has unfairly been on the receiving end of critical flak for his penchant for effortlessly penning sweet melodies and selling millions of albums. And, his post-Beatles career continues to amaze. Juber's greatest challenge was to distill the composer's complex arrangements, which often included intricate orchestral passages and abrupt key and meter changes, into a single instrumental rendition without sacrificing any of the essential counterpoint and secondary motifs that even casual fans would notice missing. After all, these songs are more than just standards: they are recorded artifacts etched into pop culture history. Juber succeeds and even adds a few joyous twists of his own. For the piano ballad "My Love," Juber takes his time, letting each verse settle into a groove peppered with legato phrases, harmonics, a few palm slaps on the body for a bit of a funky veneer, then continuing on with a series of soft arpeggios and sharp bluesy embellishments of the melody. "Coming Up," originally a glitzy disco hit, is reborn as a mid-tempo dirge with Juber high-lighting the minor key qualities of the song, sometimes playing softly and other times bursting into a near cacophonous flurry of notes and hammer-ons. The once bombastic "Live and Let Die" is given a folksy make-over with Juber sliding up and down the fret-board employing sustained chords to their fullest while quoting the melody and implying the frenetic rhythm of the original recorded version. Other Macca essentials such as "Another Day," "Jet," "Maybe I'm Amazed," and even the obscure "Arrow Through Me" are afforded organic props as well. Juber is a master player and arranger, and solo guitarists would be wise to transcribe any or all of these tracks. If you do, you'll always have a gig waiting! Let's hope Juber takes on George Harrison next."





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