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Poverty Playlist Personnel: 1.
galveston The members of the quartet, sisters the members of the quartet, Sisters Euclid, once again entered the studio to record the follow up to All Babies Go To War. The 3rd installment, Sunday Best was recorded live at their usual haunt, Lydian Sound in Toronto. Their reading of Jimmy Webb's Galveston, would suggest that this instrumental ensemble, was in tune with Webb's tender and emotive words..."Galveston, oh Galveston I'm so afraid of dying before I can dry the tears she's crying...". The recording continues with Breit's, "two miles of bad road"... The Sisters conjure images of travel on what is sometimes a bumpy road. In Don Breithaupt's National Post review, he called "Emily gunfighter"...."part bone chilling, part spaghetti western". What would happen if Ginger Baker and Tony Williams had a love child? Drummer, Gary Taylor, perhaps makes such a surreal question plausible in the track "Gary's Tailor". Organist, Rob Gusevs, is back behind the Hammond b-3 and other assorted keyboards. "Parkdale Symphony", is the perfect backdrop for Gusev's Gospel Splashes. The shuffle, "You and You", kicks off with bassist, Ian de Souza. One would be hard pressed to find another bassist of de Souza's vocabulary and scope. Here, he sets the foundation with straight-ahead and second-line motion...a recognizable de Souza trait. With the exception of Galveston, all songs were penned by guitarist, Kevin Breit. "Mapless" is pure ZZ.Top meets Stevie Wonder. (Again, plausible upon hearing). The cover art, once again created by Trish van Katwyk, captures the spirit of Sunday Best.... an elderly couple, dressed in their Sunday best, comfortly perched on a merry-go-round, with expressions of pure delight. |
