Title: From Boston to Nashville
Product review: To steal part of a tired phrase, this is not your father's Boston. Tired is also how many geezer rock Boston fans like me will feel after about the first 3 cuts. The CD starts off promising with the first track - I Had A Good Time. Brad Delp's vocals are as strong as ever here and on the title cut, then he is relegated to bench backup duties on practically the rest of the CD. Fans yearning for the sophisticated, ableit packaged Boston sound of yesteryear will continue to hunger. Clearly, Tom Sholz is influenced by the folksy sound and stylings of newcomer Kimberley Dahme, a good talent,but a CD over-produced in this direction. The result is a hodgepodge of ballads and political message tunes with an odd country, discorock and daresay hint of folk, topped off with a sprinkling of Boston purist driving harmony guitars added as an afterthought. Buy it used and be prepared to put in under the tree this year for that Secret Santa who doesn't mind "music that grows on you".
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