The High Road by Joe Euro

But he is best known for his beautiful instrumental recordings that seem to take the listener on musical journies.

The track "Midnight Watch" has been featured on both of those syndicated broadcasts, and is a haunting ambient sort of piece, featuring electric guitar, played with a volume pedal through a large hall reverb, whereby the chords and notes are coaxed in, then taper out, embellished with a sweet nylon string lead improv track. Inspired by quiet midnight sailing, under a star-filled sky, while the rest of the crew sleeps restfully on a calm night's crossing. Why not click on that track and have a listen?

The title track, "The High Road" is a lively, upbeat Scottish feeling piece, in a DADGAD tuning. Technically brilliant, with the familiar intro/quote of the Scottish classic "You Take The Low Road, And I'll The High Road..."

The track "Child's Play" is another soft, uplifting musical journey, featuring Joe's children's laughter at the beginning, and again at the close of the piece, which is also in DADGAD, with acoustic piano (played by Euro too) with some lead nylon string improv.

"Siena Sojourn" is a composition featuring Euro's piano work, accented by classical guitar, and inspired by his European journies...this one to the magnificent medeival Tuscan town of Siena, in central Italy.

All tracks from Euro's "The High Road", as well as his other release, "Eyes On The Horizon" are available to listen to on CD Baby, and are available for digital download on many sites such as iTunes, Rhapsody...and many more!!!

Joe's new CD, titled "Souvenir" will be released in late Spring/ Early Summer'07..!!!

The back tray card of "The High Road" features a beautiful photo of a "High Road...trail" in the North Cascades of Washington State. Joe enjoys hiking, biking, kayaking and boating in the magnificent Pacific Northwest, and his home in the historic/Victorian seaport town of Port Townsend, Washington, is close to the Olympic Mountains, and not too far from the Cascade Mountains, Canada's Vancouver Island, Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean. He also loves European travel!

Joe Euro is also a wine merchant, and owns a very well regarded wine shop in Port Townsend, Washington called "The Wine Seller" that he opened in 1982. He's a bit of a gourmet cook and fine dining aficianado, and hosts small group journies to Europe twice a year!!! You can click on the link on Joe's music site to his wine shop, "The Wine Seller"...click on "Travel" to read about where Joe is hosting his next trip..."Wines Of The Adriatic"...and he has hosted several Barge tours in France, and historic and gourmet tours to most parts of Italy/Sicily!!! and...Joe always brings a guitar along to occassionally serenade his fellow travellers...

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