DANNY WILSON
"Meet Danny Wilson"
What can i say about this record without sounding too dramatic?
I love this album deeply, i'm not gonna hide it, i'm a married man father of two that weeps everytime "Lorraine Parade", "Broken China", "You Remain An Angel" or "I Won't Be Here When You Get Home" play, everytime any of the 13 songs fill the air of the room where i'm listening, it's like the world stops, time stops, i'm magically back to 1987, only music, this kind of music have the power to do that, to make you feel alive and grateful for all that you've been gone through, and all thanks to a sequence of notes and chords changes and piano flourishes, strummed guitars, a wonderful voice that sings every word with the strongest passion, meaning everything he's saying so much that we believe him instantly. I'm still singing these songs after 22 years with the same pathos, with the same adrenaline rushing through my veins, i can play them over and over and never get tired of them...
Gary Clark was the vocalist, musician and songwriter of Danny Wilson, his talent still shows today with his wide range of artists he's producing and writing song for but for the nostalgic me he lives in my memory through the two Danny Wilson albums (plus the double collection "Sweet Danny Wilson" with b-sides,live and rarities), a solo, fantastic one called "Ten Short Songs About Love" (and the beautiful, rare to find singles with exclusive extra tracks) and with the King L album "Great Day For Gravity". I own everything he released on vinyl, cassette and cd, jeaulously collecting them like precious jewels (i recently bought japanese cd of "Ten Short Songs..." and especially "Meet Danny Wilson" which, unlike the european and american versions, has the lyrics included!!) perhaps trying to keep the magic alive, with rituals like playing the original vinyl of "Meet..." like the first time many years ago. Gotta go now, side one is over, i have to flip the record and "Spencer-Tracey" is coming up...
