Search - Michael Kelsh :: Well of Mercy

29 Years Later...

Creecherman John Creech | Ellensburg, WA United States | 01/05/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Michael, you've come a looong way in the last 29 years. We met in Chapel Hill in '73, played and wrote songs together, had a crazy 3 piece band in Idaho in '80...and have been out of touch for a long time.This man has the voice of a weary angel, a heart the size of Alaska, liquid fingers that just pour alllll over the frets. You still got that old 0018 Martin, Michael? BIG TIME. This is fantastic for you. Wow--RUSTY YOUNG??... and Rodney Crowell and John Cowan around you--you walk with gods, Michael.My favorite track is still "Valley Revisited":"wake me up when it's time for me to go, wake me up when it's time for me to drive/the man on the radio is prayin for my soul/i'm praying 'won't you keep this boy alive." Whew...I remember you and me driving all night from northern Idaho to the Grand Canyon, arriving as the sun rose... I hope to hear that song on a local central Washington radio station soon. Rusty Young's pedal steel work just brings chills when I listen to it behind your beautiful music and haunting lyrics. I see that you are being compared to Townes Van Zandt and Jackson Browne...and this is a good thing. I hope you sell a billion copies. Folks, these are beautiful, haunting songs of power of place. Buy it, please...this man deserves your support.creecherman john creechjohn"