9080 - BOB CARPENTER - SILENT PASSAGE (1984)
BOB CARPENTER
''SILENT PASSAGE''
1984
38:04
1 Miracle Man 03:18
2 Silent Passage 02:53
3 Old Friends 03:44
4 First Light 04:55
5 Morning Train 04:34
6 The Believer 03:46
7 Gypsy Boy 04:42
8 Down Along The Border 02:55
9 Before My Time 04:48
10 Now And Then 02:24
All Tracks By Bob Carpenter
Bob Carpenter/Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Lee Sklar/Bass Guitar On 1, 2, 3, 5
Russ Kunkel/Drums on 1, 2, 3, 5
Bill Payne/Piano On 1, 2, 3, 5; Organ On 3, 4, 5
Lowell George/Botleneck On 1; Electric Guitar On 3
Brian Ahem/Percussion On 1, 3, 5, 6, 7; Bass Guitar On 6; 12-String On 7
Ben Keith/Steel Guitar On 2
Diane Brooks/Backing Vocals On 1, 3, 5
Anne Murray/Backing Vocals On 1
Emmylou Harris/Backing Vocals On 2
Milan Kymlicka/Strings On 2, 4, 9
Don Thompson/Sax On 3
Jim Pirie/Strings On 3, 6, 8, 9, 10; Woodwinds On 8, 9, 10
Peter Pringle/Harmonium On 6
Skip Beckwith/Bass Guitar On 7, 8, 10
Buddy Cage/Steel Guitar On 7, 8
Paul Armin/Violin On 7
Ben Mink/Violin On 7
Andy Cree/Drums On 8, 10
Bill Speer/Organ On 8; Electric Piano On 9, 10
Buddy Cage/Steel Guitar On 8
Bob Carpenter came close to being a major star. He received a glowing mention in Rolling Stone in 1970, recorded an album for Warner Brothers and had his songs recorded by Emmylou Harris, Billy Joe Shaver and others. But Silent Passage, his lone solo album recorded in 1974, was pressed and ready to ship when contract negotiations shelved the record indefinitely. By the time things were resolved it was the end of the 70's singer-songwriter boom and Warner had moved on. The album saw release by the Canadian label Stony Plain in 1984 but by that time Bob had all but moved on from the careerist aspects of the music business. He died in 1995 and the last decade of his life was spent in religious devotion. He joined a Buddhist monastery shortly before his death.
It's a tragic story of one that got away: if things had gone differently perhaps Silent Passage would be considered a country-rock classic - slotted somewhere between, say, No Other and Tonight's The Night. But perhaps it's not too late for that. Carpenter's songs are timeless, magical and waiting to be discovered. There's a talented backing behind featuring a lot known session players from the era and soon to be famous singers (Emmylou Harris, Anne Murray) but it's Bob Carpenter's voice that takes the lead here and it soars.
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