The Ghost In The Choir by Fletcher Harrington

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Americana | California Pop

12 tracks | 45 minutes

Released Jul 2003
on Lopie Records

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Americana with a nice melodic edge and thoughtful lyrics

Editorial review

If quiet is the new loud, and folk is the new punk, then alt-country is the new revolution, with CDs galore. So many artists are suddenly discovering the pleasures of country music, 30 years after Nashville abandoned any taste! Harrington is not one of the new bandwagon purveyors, however. He is better known for his Orange County band, Cowboy Buddha, which has been combining his love for punk rock and roots music for years, on several LPs and EPs like the enjoyable Cement Pond. One, however, begins to think his OC coffee house work and his solo LPs are his true love, however, judging from Eyes on Fire & Knuckles Sore, and now this, The Ghost in the Choir, both for Lopie. It brings us back to the old "country punk" (misnamed, actually) of the early '80s, like Rank and File and Dwight Yoakam. That is to say he's got a great way of making the old west sound new, with songs that remind as much of Richard Buckner or Muswell Hillbillies Ray Davies as the new Gram Parsons school of charm. Too indie rock to be pure country, and too Americana to be indie college radio fodder, Harrington writes sleeve-tugging little tunes like "And It Strikes Me Like" and Big Dumb Luck" that show real talent and heart, even in this suddenly crowded field. Betcha he's got more for us, too, and will still be doing this when it gets less fashionable. ~ Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

If quite is the new loud, and folk is the new punk, then alt-country is the new revolution. So many are suddenly discovering the pleasure of country music, 30 years after Nashville abandoned any taste! Fletcher Harrington is not one of the new bandwagon purveyors, however. Fletcher isn't just a musician - he's an artist in the true sense of the word. He shamelessly puts his soul into his work and shows the kind of courage some will find disconcertingly authentic and sincere. Some may find his vocal style jarring, but the same was said of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. It's the songcraft that makes this a CD worth buying and listening to. I suspect that in 10 years when a new crop of bands choose great songs to cover, you'll see Fletcher Harrington's name getting songwriter credit on a lot of them. This record has the essential life-sustaining roots that makes Americana music the thriving industry of today.