Norman Ball


Blue Train In the proud Americana tradition, an eclectic mix of traditional country, blues and singer/songwriter ballads. Over an hour of original music with a heartfelt tribute to the incomparable Johnny Cash. Think Lyle Lovett meeting Dwight Yoakam in a seedy Memphis honky-tonk bar. Jim Croce's already slipped to the sawdust floor, passed out, while Elton John --between bulemic-fueled trips to the restroom-- asks Willie Nelson's assistance in hoisting a comatose, sequined Neil Diamond back onto his bar-stool while his ever-acerbic, wry and poignant drinking buddy, Harry Chapin flags down a cocktail waitress. Bob Dylan cancelled at the last minute because he had an appointment with God.	Return To One An expansive 48-sonnet sequence read by renowned DC Shakepeare actor Ed Gero with music graciously provided by Academy Award-winning composer Gabriel Yared. The CD includes a handsome 30-page booklet with the actual sonnets and images of some of the most beautiful paintings of last 200 years (courtesy of the Artist's Rights Society). The sonnets themselves explore the universals of passion, faith, art and death.	Triptych Inspired by The Doors' "An American Prayer", a seminal fusion of poetry and daemonic tunage, this trip down the nightmare path of betrayal, abandonment and questionable redemption invokes the European tradition of existentialist balladeers and Elvis-country negro spirituals. The Reverend Jim Jones (in his own voice) takes numerous turns as the quintessential dead-end preacher, prodding the listener along a path of self-discovery which, ultimately, rejects external chimera for the wellspring within. Betrayal is our catalyst, the bitter taste of fallen idols providing fuel for the journey.
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