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Doug Wain And The Demo s Rock And Roll Evolution is just that: it is a case study (or should we say, a box study) of a start up, American rock and roll musician and his continued development. It is a 4 CD, 3 hour box set of music that chronicles the recording of Wain, first as a rambunctious teenager learning and playing in his basement to performing at one of the top New York clubs of its time. All the songs on all the CD s are written and sung by Wain. It s a brave and ambitious project partly because it feels like not one second of his recorded musical history has been left out. Wain s unabashed honesty in releasing this project is somewhat refreshing. And when was the last time your heard honesty and rock and roll in the same sentence. Oh yeah, one more thing, the songs are pretty good! In fact, better then most in a Pop Rock genre. Amazingly although some of these recordings were done in the 90 s, 80 s and even the 70 s these CD s were only released for the very first time in 2000. However, the main reason why this box set does work is because you really do see Wain develop significantly, most especially as a songwriter, from one CD to the next right before your eyes (or ears). It all accumulates on the fourth album in this box set which is called Live at The Ritz, N.Y.C. where Wain turns in some truly excellent pop songs. Bottom line? Rock And Roll Evolution is an original and entertaining concept and endeavor. It will be interesting to see where else Wain evolves to in the future.