Search - Christopher Denny :: Age Old Hunger (Dig)

A true talent who I hope we hear more from

Terri J. Sapp | Bedford, TX USA | 08/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard Denny's song Westbound Train on a compilation CD a couple of months ago and have been on a frantic search since then to get my hands on any of his music. His expressive voice is a cross between Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Jimmy LaFave. His songwriting reflects his superb musicianship and his unique voice lends itself well to cover songs Loving Her Was Easier and I Still Miss Someone. This CD's title song will bring you to tears with its moving lyrics and spare production. I know that Denny has a record deal in his future and we will certainly hear more from him."

Makes me want to buy more Bob Dylan & Mearle Haggard

Jason Harrington | www.myspace.com/mad_trucker | 01/31/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Many artists cite influences heard in this young man's style, but none of them seem to belong in the lineage of those artists the way Chris Denny does. This is not a reworking of the classic "American heartland" sound like you might hear from a group like Arcade Fire, this is more like a new Heartland Classic picking up right where the legends left off. You might find another guy with an interesting enough voice to cover the classics effectively (if you are lucky), but seldom is that voice packaged with such a deep understanding of songwriting, and specifically what it was about every legend that made them so great.



If you are one of these people who still waste time "misunderstanding" Bob Dylan, Neil Young, or old-school country songwriters like Mearle Haggard and Johnny Cash (another Arkansan), then you are probably mentally unprepared to properly appreciate exactly what Chris Denny represents in the timeline of important American songwriters.



When I see groups like Godsmack poorly copying Alice in Chains, and Puddle of Mudd poorly copying Nirvana (Kurt is rolling over in his grave), I am naturally disgusted, and that's the kind of music that floods Arkansas radiowaves. Those artists are not only unoriginal, but their choice of groups to emulate is unoriginal, and the context they place themselves in is uninspired as well as uninspiring. The main way Chris is different is that his voice is FAR from a cheap relica of his idols. He borrows from his idols with so much humility and reverence as if he were playing these songs in a private concert directly to Johnny Cash's ghost."

Ryan Adams meets Lefty Frizzell with The Band!!!

potus8 | new jersey | 08/13/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"wow...this voice. perhaps one of the most soul-stirring and emotional voices to have come round in quite some time. he's 23 years old and lives in arkansas. this is one of those artists you just have to discover. word of mouth don't do it justice. why can't people listen to those samples above? This is true roots n country n gospel n folk coming from a kid WITH A VOICE. start with westbound train, go to tage old hunger and end with time. it's all over after that....100% THE FIND OF THE YEAR."