Brian Eaton’s new 2-track single features a cover of the title track from the Pat Metheny Group’s Grammy-winning live album Travels as a tribute to the late Lyle Mays. Between Sound and Space described the song as “a laid-back photograph of Americana that is like a rocking chair on the back porch: lulling, and affording an unobstructed vista.” Written in 1980 by both Metheny and Mays during the mixing period of the As Falls Wichita... album in Oslo, Norway, the song evolved significantly, according to Metheny, after getting played nightly. Staying fairly true to the live recording, Eaton’s studio version is produced in the spirit of the ‘80s-era PMG peppered with a few elements of his own. "I’m hoping listeners will feel this tribute is like an old familiar friend coming home to enjoy that unobstructed vista from the rocking chair," says Eaton.
“Detour Ahead,” a gem of the jazz standards idiom, was first recorded by Woody Herman and his Orchestra whom Mays toured with in his early career. Eaton’s meld of delicate slow strings and guitar in his instrumental arrangement produces a deeply warm, mellow, and reflective reverie.
These ballads, with their melodic lyricism, have a beautiful melancholic quality to them and feature Eaton on electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums/percussion, and keyboards. LISTEN ON SOUNDCLOUD
1. Travels 5:10
(Lyle Mays / Pat Metheny) Published by Lyle Mays Music BMI and Pat Meth Music BMI
2. Detour Ahead 4:40
(Herb Ellis / John Frigo / Lou Carter) Published by Princess Music Publishing Corp. ASCAP
Brian Eaton - electric & acoustic guitars, bass, keyboards, drums & percussion
Produced & Engineered by Brian Eaton
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Brian Eaton at Eatin' Records, Portland, OR
Album artwork & design by Brian Eaton, created from an original photo by Gary Halvorson
Single: Travels | UPC: 795987 092338 | Label: Eatin' Records
Release/Street Date: June 7, 2024 | Add Date: May 10, 2024
Contact: Alma Dickinson at: eatinrecords@live.com
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