Tracklist:
01. Jamie Lindsay – 1977
02. Jamie Lindsay – Carry On
03. Jamie Lindsay – Open Road
04. Jamie Lindsay – Bring On The Summertime
05. Jamie Lindsay – This Is Who I Am
06. Jamie Lindsay – My Girls Got A Truck
07. Jamie Lindsay, Chris E Thomas – Bumper 2 Bumper
08. Jamie Lindsay – Here Comes The Weekend
09. Jamie Lindsay – A Lifetime To Forget You
10. Jamie Lindsay – You’re My Everything
11. Jamie Lindsay – Home Free
The first time that I heard Jamie LIVE, they nearly had to replace the ceiling at Tamworth Servies Club. His voice is very powerful and soars way above the tree tops.
What you have on this album is a collection of songs that showcase that voice. There’s an element of Keith Urban there, in style, but there’s something unique about Jamie’s delivery.
While the majority of this album is uptempo, there are some mellow tracks like the previously released Bumper 2 Bumper with Tassie icon, Chris E Thomas.
There’s a bit of the soul man in Jamie – not only in his voice but in the sound of a lot of his songs.
A Lifetime to forget you has some clever lyrics despite the fact that the premise of the song is simple. It is more of an 80’s power ballad.
This album feels more like a summer album rather than an autumn one. With you’re my everything, it feels like a gentle strummer while sitting on the beach at sunset or sunrise.
While Jamie mixes it up between soul, blues, country rock and even like a choral feel in the last song, there’s a theme and a formula to the album.
I love it when the title track is the first song on an album. Call me old fashioned, but that’s where it belongs. It sets the scene and launches the album and the stories perfectly.
The album is about writing and singing about what you know- some of it is based on simple, everyday stuff but there’s a touch of deeper territory as well.
The autobiographical side is most obvious in This is Who I am. I think that the influences that he mentions in the song are very evident in his musical styles.
With a sprinkling of the banjo, strong drum beats, twangy guitars which turn into rock guitars and an almost gospel choir here and there, it is certainly a mix.
This album would be best heard very loudly on an open road with the windows wound down. The big sky may be endanger of cracking slightly!
Bravo!
Cowgirlup 