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Jim Boyd-Them Old Guitars This ten song release isn't what Boyd's current listener base would expect from him, but it is a homecoming of sorts for him. It's more rock oriented. His past eight original releases have been basically issue oriented lyrics in genres of rock, country, folk, blues, and traditional music. None would have fit in a main stream market, until now. This release holds tributes to friends such as Jerry Stensgar(Them Old Guitars), his long-time friend and band mate who passed away a couple of years ago, and Fran Swan(Legend Of Franco), another life long friend of Boyd's. This release includes many up tempo songs that are definitely main stream rock and roll, but still aren't commercial by any means. Boyd's brand of rock gravitates more towards the seventies and eighties styles. "That's my kind of rock," Boyd reminds us. Although Jim Boyd wasn't the songwriter in earlier groups he performed in, he has played in many original rock groups and rock cover bands in his time, and he decided to put this release out to, as he said "get it out of my system." This recording still incorporates some of Boyd's serious topics, but as a whole, he created a record that is as he admits is a "whole lotta fun." Boyd used many friends on this CD. He played all guitar parts, many bass guitar parts, piano, percussion, and vocals. There were familiar names from Kyo-T like Alfonso Kolb, on drums and background vocals, Marty Meisner played some bass guitar, Brad Greene played keys on two songs. There were also other musicians like Paul Raymond on percussion and Keleren Millham on background vocals. The release was recorded and mastered at Black Coffee Recording in Spokane by Robert Hartwig. If you like rock and roll, you'll love this recording.