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Even More Stylistic Diversity from Michael Schenker et al

Robert Knowles | Cardiff, Wales, UK | 06/08/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Gipsy Lady takes twelve of the fourteen tracks to be found on Thank You 4 and completely reworks them into new tracks. It is not at all true to say that this album is 'Thank You 4 plus vocals', since there are new guitar parts, keyboard parts, bass parts and percussion parts added as well - and that's after sometimes considerable rearrangement of the original material. The result is a great mellow pop-rock album that is very easy listening, and will appeal to non-rockers as well. Gary Barden's vocals are great. Barden is like the William Shattner of the rock-vocals world - absolute proof of the indispensability of good quality ham. Perhaps the album should be labelled Schenker-Barden-Voss, since Michael Voss has clearly done much of the re-arrangement. Barden and Voss, of course, worked together in the execellent rock-band, Silver, as well as on some of Barden's solo material. Thus, Gipsy Lady is just a little bit like an acoustic 'Silver' album - except that the basic musical frameworks all come from Schenker's billiant Thank You material. The acoustic soloing is also Schenker, and largely preserved from the earlier project. Well done lads!"

Another great schenker cd

Victor Holford | de soto, il United States | 08/28/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this a great acoustic cd the melodies are awesome, the vocals are great,this is not an electric guitar album, so there is not alot of killer schenker solos.But it is a schenker cd with alot of creativity and feeling, so if you are a schenker fan like I am, and you love Gary Barden then you should get the cd.For people who call this elevator music, why buy it? It is acoustic.I own everything Schenker has ever made in his life, except for the one when he was 11 in his first band.I think he is the greatest guitar player on the face of the earth."

Barden brings some urgency to Schenker's acoustic work...

M. Cox | Paris France | 06/02/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Just a real enoyable record from the voice of Michael's best ever MSG line up along with a great acoustic based recording. Guitar takes a back seat to Gary's great melodies and rock and roll urgency. But just barely.



Michael's previous acoustic records (especially the 2nd) have been real showcases for his personal ability, but here are real songs, with moving choruses, great bridges, backing vocals and a real band feel. My first listen left me with a mellow feeling, but the next few listens reveal a real emotional rock record in an Unplugged kind of format.



It's growing on me and I can't wait to seeing this live in an acoustic format after all the great electric sets I've already seen. (Don't get me wrong, I love them..)



Both Michael and Gary are in excellent voice here...just get it...a worthy MS record and one of the highlights of his career...and as a fan of 25 years I know what I am writing about...





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