In many ways, I am a little surprised to like this.  It’s a little more country than almost anything else that I listen to.  It also has just a touch of the soft classic rock to it at times, just a touch mind, but enough that I wouldn’t expect to like it this much.

Why do I like it then?  Well his voice is gorgeous: quavering yet strong, almost brave sounding, if you can imagine what that means.  There’s bits of Elvis and Dylan in there, and even a little Jeff Buckley; vulnerable yet bold.

Musically it’s really quite country, as I said, with bits of The Band and that kind of rocking country folk music – the sort of stuff that inspires a fair bit of Ryan Adams’ work.  It’s not always entirely successful, or at least, some of it genuinely is too country for me, but for the most part the sad beauty that pervades most of this album transcends any genre barriers I may harbour and seeps gently and achingly into that feeling of nostalgia you can sometimes get for a life you’ve never actually known.

Christopher Denny – Gypsy Into a Carpenter
Christopher Denny – Westbound Train

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