Dave Edmunds is going in a direction that he’s never gone before on the new, all instrumental, album Rags & Classics, due out on June 9 from MVD Entertainment Group.
Edmunds says of the album “I recorded this, off and on, at home, over a period of four months but I guess the idea of making a guitar album had been lurking subconsciously since I was seventeen years of age. That’s when I discovered the fascinating guitar styles of Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and (later) Jerry Reed, along with other truly innovative guitarists of the fifties & sixties music revolution.
“I’ve chosen a selection of what I consider to be ‘classic singles’ from the past, but with a Fender Stratocaster guitar interpretation, along with others reflecting my earlier influences. As with my recent album, Again, there was nobody else in the studio at any time – just the way I like it!”
Among the songs on the album are Edmunds’ interpretations of A Whiter Shade of Pale, God Only Knows, Your Song, Classical Gas, Green Onions and Black Mountain Rag.
Edmunds string of hits in the U.K. include Sabre Dance (with Love Sculpture), I Hear You Knocking (a number 4 hit from 1970 here in the states), Baby I Love You, Born to Be With You, Girl Talk and Queen of Hearts.
Track List:
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
I Believe I Can Fly
God Only Knows
Wuthering Heights
Your Song
Black Mountain Rag
Classical Gas
Green Onions
Cannonball Rag
Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, Molto Allegro
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