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10 tracks | 33 minutes
Released Jul 2007
on Route 132 Productions
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Steve Earle/Bruce Springsteen inspired blue-collar country, folk, and blues from multi award-winning artist Dale Boyle. Includes a version of Springsteen’s My Hometown. NOW AT AN INTRODUCTORY SALE PRICE.
Bio / Background
Winner of the 2005 and 2006 Lys Blues Folk/Blues artist of the year award, Dale Boyle intertwines folk, country, and blues traditions in his working class songs.
From the songwriter who penned The Wilbert Coffin Story on his 2004 debut release (In My Rearview Mirror: A Story from a Small Gaspé Town) comes a new album, “Small Town van Gogh” (2007).
“Boyle employs the same direct, poignant folk, country and blues on his polished and evocative sophomore CD, Small Town Van Gogh, which plays the field between American storytelling greats like Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie while regularly busting out a rootsier Springsteen or Bob Seger type vibe” - Jamie O’Meara (Montreal Hour).
“In keeping with his love for telling rich, heart-felt tales, Dale’s CD, ‘Small Town van Gogh’, has a very special connection for him” – Jennifer Coutlee (SPEC Newspaper).
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"Small Town van Gogh" is a song on the life and art of painter, Tennyson Johnson; “Boyle pays a fond tribute on the record's title track” – Mike Murphy (McGill Reporter).
The album branches out into a range of topics and sounds, such as the guitar driven Sun Records vibe of "If I Come Back", the mandolin instrumental "At The Kitchen Table", and the tongue-in cheek lyrics of the contemporary country flavoured "Send Monica Away".
Reflective songs such as "Over 100 Years" is a song about William “Duke” Proctor, one of the few remaining Canadian WWI veterans who passed away in December 2005 at the age of 106.
The album’s opening track, "Tom", is a critical look at the tendency for the media to speak far more about certain people after they pass away than when they were living. The message is channelled through a hypothetical story; the Tom in the story is Stompin’ Tom Connors.
And there’s more, including a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s "My Hometown".
Small Town van Gogh: An “Excellent new disc” - Bernie Peruse (Montreal Gazette).
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