http://www.culturebully.com/review-gus-black-autumn-days Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.culturebully.com/review-gus-black-autumn-days#comment-221 Chris DeLine Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=583#comment-221 Right on Mick - my statements relate to the fact that all the press I was sent about him touted him as this kind of a guy. Hell, if you go to his web site, "about" him will tell you the same. I wanted to dig a little deeper, but when you're (or those working for you) marketing yourself a certain way it leaves an impression. Great comment, made me reconsider things. Right on Mick – my statements relate to the fact that all the press I was sent about him touted him as this kind of a guy. Hell, if you go to his web site, “about” him will tell you the same. I wanted to dig a little deeper, but when you’re (or those working for you) marketing yourself a certain way it leaves an impression. Great comment, made me reconsider things.

]]> http://www.culturebully.com/review-gus-black-autumn-days#comment-220 Anonymous Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=583#comment-220 Gus Black is part of the Largo scene,(Largo being the legendary Los Angeles music venue) that includes such luminaries as Pete Jorn, Jude, Michael Penn, Aimee Mann, Glen Phillips, and of course Jon Brion. Having interviewed Gus a few years back for Bucketfull of Brains magazine (a leasurely spring morning spent chatting away in Notting Hill)i found a man of great passion and integrity and can testify that the overiding motivation for him is the music and little else. The good fortune of having his songs picked up for tv shows, and with their universal themes of love and redemption, they work just perfectly in this purpose, are the financial benefits. An artist can often make more from one track on a soundtrack than he could ever hope to make from his or her own albums and this often vital cash injection is the major factor in allowing such talented artists to continue making music, its as simple as that. Ironically, reacting to your rewiew as a big fan of Gus' work i have found it is often the slower tracks that are the real substance of his output. The previous album to this Uncivilised Love is more upbeat and while great, lacks the sheer emotive majesty of this latest album or indeed his masterpiece Word Of Mouth Parade. It takes a few plays and a bit of patience for this to become apparrent, but it is well worth the time and effort to get past the hooks and into the real stuff. Mick Dillingham Gus Black is part of the Largo scene,(Largo being the legendary Los Angeles music venue) that includes such luminaries as Pete Jorn, Jude, Michael Penn, Aimee Mann, Glen Phillips, and of course Jon Brion. Having interviewed Gus a few years back for Bucketfull of Brains magazine (a leasurely spring morning spent chatting away in Notting Hill)i found a man of great passion and integrity and can testify that the overiding motivation for him is the music and little else. The good fortune of having his songs picked up for tv shows, and with their universal themes of love and redemption, they work just perfectly in this purpose, are the financial benefits. An artist can often make more from one track on a soundtrack than he could ever hope to make from his or her own albums and this often vital cash injection is the major factor in allowing such talented artists to continue making music, its as simple as that.
Ironically, reacting to your rewiew as a big fan of Gus’ work i have found it is often the slower tracks that are the real substance of his output. The previous album to this Uncivilised Love is more upbeat and while great, lacks the sheer emotive majesty of this latest album or indeed his masterpiece Word Of Mouth Parade. It takes a few plays and a bit of patience for this to become apparrent, but it is well worth the time and effort to get past the hooks and into the real stuff.
Mick Dillingham

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