From: Pete Fyfe
[petefyfe_at_aol_dot_com]
Sent: 26 April 2012 09:28
Subject: Pete Fyfe: Finbar Magee
- Strawberry Winters
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FINBAR MAGEE - Strawberry Winters (fmfmfm010101)
I can't remember where I first heard Finbar Magee. More than
likely idling my time away listening to the radio but, whenever it was it was
because of his song "My Belfast Love" with its simplistic, lazy country feel
that captured my imagination. In its own way this (for me at least) is every
bit as good as "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" and, if enough people get to hear
it maybe one day it'll be the hit it deserves to be?I hope The Fureys are
listening? The basic conceit of a man admiring a woman from a distance without
actually telling her may sound a little too pedestrian for over exposed and
over obsessive Jeremy Kyle followers but sometimes it's nice to slow the passage
of time and wallow in nostalgia whether its true or just wishful thinking. Now,
before I mesmerize everyone (including myself) into a state of hypnotic
inducement our man can rock it out with the best of them with help from Peter
O'Hanlon, Nicky Scott, Rod McVeigh and Tony Phillips as ably demonstrated on
the riff pulsating opening track "Tiger By The Tail" or just as easily slip
into a blues influenced "Ordinary Joe". So, a little bit of this - a little bit
of that, if you enjoy your music as much as a box of Quality Street (no, I
never liked the green triangles either) then here's an album that should prove
ultimately rewarding. www.finbarmagee.com
PETE FYFE