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Al Dawson

Angel's Serenity

August 1, 2008

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A native of the Midwest, Al has been around music all his life. He recorded his first song at the age of three ('How Much Is That Doggy In The Window') and despite short periods of inactivity has been at it ever since. During his career he has performed as a singer, guitarist and drummer with The Cryan' Shames, The Boston Tea Party, Aorta, Platte River Crossing, Cotton, Possum River and Otis and The Elevators. He has recorded rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass and folk, in fact pretty much everything except opera. Al continues to write and perform and his sound has mellowed with age. His repertoire also includes the songs of many great writers including songs written with long time friend and collaborator, John Seay. His new CD Against The Grain features beautifully crafted acoustic guitar and wonderful vocals from an old time rocker who, as Steve Earle states, 'still plays and sings like an avenging angel'.

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  Dates:
  August 1, 2008

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  Saturday 7:00pm

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  Angel's Serenity

  4839 East Greenway Road Scottsdale, AZ 85254

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  • Event Name: Al Dawson
    "Al Dawson Shimmers"
    Comment posted by: Gene Keller from El Paso TX USA, Oct 06, 2008
    

    Listened to it twice - shimmery and rippling. The line that sticks - "Common sense will fool you." John Seay's writing notwithstanding, my favorites are Dawson's songs - "I've Come for Only One... Expand

    Listened to it twice - shimmery and rippling. The line that sticks - "Common sense will fool you." John Seay's writing notwithstanding, my favorites are Dawson's songs - "I've Come for Only One Reason," because it's happy, "The Duck Song," because it's achingly honest, and "You Fell with the Rain," because of it's flavor. The rest of it I'd call pop roots music. Collapse