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Warren Haynes - Tales of Ordinary Madness Audio CD

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Warren Haynes Band: Warren Haynes
Title: Tales of Ordinary Madness
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Release Date: 1993-01-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Fire in the Kitchen 2: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 3: Movers and Shakers 4: I'll Be the One 5: Blue Radio 6: Invisible 7: Sister Justice 8: Angel City 9: Tattoos and Cigarettes 10: Power and the Glory 11: Broken Promised Land

Warren Haynes easily in the top ten guitarists ever!
The few Gov't Mule songs I'd heard on the radio made me raise my eyebrows a little. Haynes' work with the Allman Brothers' Band got me familiar with his name. When I bought my first Gov't Mule CD, I was hooked on this guy's fantastic playing and songwriting. I had to know more, so I checked out all his work at Amazon, and found Tales of Ordinary Madness. He's easily in the top five of my favorite guitarists. I just saw that Clapton and the Allman Brothers played together at the Beacon Theater in NYC. Haynes, Clapton, and Betts together on the same stage? Wish I was there. Check out some phone-videos of this event at youtube:http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=WIg-PNubfWc.


Fantastic Songs, Singing ,Guitar Playing and Ensemble Playing
My title says it all but I would just add that this is groovin' , soulful , music - A Classic !!!.


Bringing Rockin' Blues to the Masses
He is a great addition to the Allman Brothers Band and hope they continue what they started. I bought this album when it came out in 92, and from that time I was hooked on Warren's sound. As far as this disc goes, I can't say enough good things about it, my fave tracks are Blue Radio and Broken Promise Land. In many of his songs, Warren sings as if his heart was broken just moments before he recorded it. It's that kind of raw emotion and power that I think is missing from the music scene today. Tales of Ordinary Madness.


This is not a pop record, but give it a chance and you'll be rewarded
And if you give it time, it will grow on you. I didn't care too much for this album upon my first listen, but apparently it's one of those CDs that you have to actually listen to, rather than just have playing in the background.

I'm listening to it right now (wonderful outro solo on "Sister Justice"), and while "Tales of Ordinary Madness" is not as uniformly strong as Haynes' best work with the Allman Brothers Band, it is certainly no throwaway.
He is emerging as the new singer of the ABB these days, singing more of their newly adopted covers than Gregg Allman, and several of the songs on their last studio album as well, and with good reason. Warren Haynes is a powerful vocalist, but he is not a "shouter", his voice is soulful and very expressive, a fine instrument indeed.

"Tales" is perhaps not as guitar-heavy as you might have imagined; it is not guitar rock per se. The band has a fuller sound, dominated by organ and piano almost as much as by Haynes' sole guitar. And the style is mostly mid-tempo rock with a significant pinch of soul and blues. A few slowies, too, and one or two up-tempo numbers. Very pleasant.
And Haynes' lyrics are an added attraction. Rather than just the usual "she left me, I want to die and/or kill her"-lyrics, he has written some rather thoughful and intelligent lyrics, all of which are printed inside the booklet, by the way.

There is no obvious #1 pop hit here, although some song do stand out. . . the superbly arranged eight-minute "Blue Radio" in particular, magnificent vocals by Haynes on that one, and also the slow soul tune "I'll Be The One", the riff-rocker "Fire in the Kitchen", and the thumping "Tattoos and Cigarettes".
But the material on "Tales" is almost uniformly strong, actually, and the timeless soul-blues-rock-arrangements suits it very well. And you can look forward to some excellent guitar playing as well, with and without slide.
It's not pop, and don't come accusing me of saying that it is, but it is a highly enjoyable, soulful, adult rock record. Try it out.


not ordinary

I think this line up is conditionally better than Gov't Mule. if you like blues/rock you should like Warren Haynes.
add some fresh older music to your library. .


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