Title: A Legend In His Own Time.
Review: On CBS Sunday Morning, I learned that it is not 'hip' to be a Neil Diamond fan, and never has been. He claims to be the original 'outsider' (Rodney Crowell is the newest one), and likes it that way. We wandered back to the little dumpy club in New York where he got his start at $50 a night performance.The summer I visited my son's 'family' in Chicago, he asked if I liked Neil Diamond and was surprised when I admitted that I do. My introduction to this incredible songwriter was the movie, 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' and then along came his rendition of 'The Jazz Singer,' which I loved. Now, he has out a new CD, 'Twelve Songs' with the way he sounds today -- not much different from the early years. I missed his rock songs as I was never into the rock music scene with the drugs and confusion. My music of choice was pop with the baritone Eddie Fisher. Neil still has his melodious baritone (though strained) sounds and is as good now as he was forty years ago.
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