Danny Wilson
Posted by: Mike Hanson on 11 June 2002
I was driving to a client's yesterday, and realized that I hadn't brought any CDs with me. Oh well, I figured I may as well listen to the radio. After scanning the stations and deciding that I couldn't stand any of it, I started rummaging through the storage compartment between the two seats, hoping for a bit of luck. I'm not sure how long I had it in sitting in there, but I discovered an old cassette version of "Meet Danny Wilson".
This had been a real favorite of mine many moons ago, and I rekindled my appreciation of it. It's what many would call "intelligent pop": great songs, cool arrangements, and pretty good production. (I can't speak to the sound quality, because all I've got is this old cassette.) If anyone hasn't heard this (it contains the hit single "Mary's Prayer"), then you should definitely give it a spin. Sadly, their second offering, "Be Bop Mop Top", was quite dull. The production and arrangements were good, but the songs were generally lackluster. They disbanded soon after that.
The songwriter for the band was Gary Clark, and I just found out that he released a solo album in 2001 entitled "Ten Short Songs About Love". Has anyone heard this? Is it any good? Perhaps I'll just go ahead and order it.
-=> Mike Hanson <=-
This had been a real favorite of mine many moons ago, and I rekindled my appreciation of it. It's what many would call "intelligent pop": great songs, cool arrangements, and pretty good production. (I can't speak to the sound quality, because all I've got is this old cassette.) If anyone hasn't heard this (it contains the hit single "Mary's Prayer"), then you should definitely give it a spin. Sadly, their second offering, "Be Bop Mop Top", was quite dull. The production and arrangements were good, but the songs were generally lackluster. They disbanded soon after that.
The songwriter for the band was Gary Clark, and I just found out that he released a solo album in 2001 entitled "Ten Short Songs About Love". Has anyone heard this? Is it any good? Perhaps I'll just go ahead and order it.
-=> Mike Hanson <=-