Rayland Baxter-Imaginary Man-CD-FLAC-2015-ERP

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     Artist  | Rayland Baxter
     Title   | Imaginary Man
     Genre   | Folk-Rock                            Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 41:04
     Label   | ATO Records                          Store   | 2015
     Catalog | ATO0279                              Rip     | 2021
     Bitrate | 875 kbps                             Size    | 270.97 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Mr. Rodriguez                                               3:43
     02. Oh My Captain                                               3:35
     03. Mother Mother                                               2:36
     04. Yellow Eyes                                                 3:50
     05. Rugged Lovers                                               2:51
     06. Young Man                                                   3:40
     07. All In My Head                                              3:21
     08. Freakin Me Out                                              5:33
     09. Memories Of Old Hickory                                     4:15
     10. Your Love                                                   3:47
     11. Lady Of The Desert                                          3:53
 Notes  
     Singer and songwriter Rayland Baxter is an artist whose music is at once
     mystic and down to earth, focused on the ebb and flow of human relations
     while wrapped in simple but evocative melodies and sung in a voice that
     reflects the mysteries of life that are the stuff of his songs. Rayland
     Baxter was born in Bon Aqua, Tennessee (not far from Nashville) on
     September 26, 1983. Rayland grew up in a house full of music; his father is
     Bucky Baxter (aka William Baxter), a noted pedal steel guitarist who has
     worked with Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, R.E.M., and Ryan Adams.
     Some roots rock performers go far out of their way to convince you of their
     down-home bona fides, but Rayland Baxter's music sounds as easily and
     unaffectedly Southern as a glass of sweet iced tea enjoyed on the back
     porch on a warm and slightly humid day. There's not a lot of twang in
     Baxter's music (or his voice), but his melodies and arrangements are
     evocative in the manner of a good novel, painting a vivid portrait of time
     and place, and there's a laid-back but emotionally powerful vibe to his
     lyrics and vocals that's smart but unpretentious, and generates a sense of
     drama that feels low key on the surface, but inside is as potent as vintage
     Tennessee Williams.
     Rayland Baxter's second album, 2015's "Imaginary Man", shows he's not
     afraid of being a grand-scale romantic, portraying himself as a regretful
     heartbreaker on "Yellow Eyes," painting regret in several different colors
     in "Mother Mother," and opening up his heart on "Rugged Lovers" and "All in
     My Head." Baxter's songs are supported by concise but colorful arrangements
     (with thoughtful string charts and occasional pedal steel work from
     Rayland's father, Bucky Baxter) that make clever use of echo and reverb to
     give the performances a rich, powerful sound that makes their case without
     weighing down the music.
     And if Baxter isn't quite the virtuoso as he is a singer, he knows
     instinctively how to tell his stories and make his characters seem real and
     compelling. "Imaginary Man" presents Baxter and his material in a manner
     that's vividly passionate and a little swampy while avoiding cliches as he
     offers these sketches on life and love in the American South; it's a big
     step forward for Baxter, and will hopefully help him gain the audience he
     deserves.

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25M	02-rayland_baxter-oh_my_captain.flac
16M	03-rayland_baxter-mother_mother.flac
27M	04-rayland_baxter-yellow_eyes.flac
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23M	06-rayland_baxter-young_man.flac
23M	07-rayland_baxter-all_in_my_head.flac
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21M	11-rayland_baxter-lady_of_the_desert.flac
259M	total