Audio CD review:
Phil Keaggy - Way Back Home

Phil Keaggy - Way Back Home

Band: Phil Keaggy Title: Way Back Home Rating: Release Date: 28 June, 1994 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Way Back Home 2: A New Star 3: Father-Daughter Harmony 4: It Could've Been Me 5: In Every Need 6: She's A Dancer 7: Let Everything Else Go 8: Olivia 9: Once I Prayed 10: Noah's Song 11: Maker Of The Universe 12: Be In Time 13: Here And Now 14: The South

Customer Reviews A most excellent CD By the 3rd or 4th time you listen to this CD, Phil will have you enthralled by the masterpiece of his musicianship, his wisdom as a husband and father, and his faith in the one true God. This is a heartwarming mix of Phil's excellent musicianship and his devotion to his family and his faith. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who just "has an ear" to listen -to great music, and to great lyrics. You will thoroughly enjoy Phil's music! Trust me on this one. I actually liked the previous (cassette) version better... I was disappointed with this, but I'll still buy this CD--I especially love "New Star" and "Olivia". This is a beautiful album, but some songs are "updates" of the originals from the first release of Way Back Home (which was never available on CD, unfortunately). A tribute to God and family that rocks. Still you can listen, and his work here is buoyant. Too bad you can't see Keaggy play guitar -- I have -- and his body language and musicianship exhibits praise for his muse. If you have moved away from where you grew up, and would like to rekindle sweet memories of your hometown, just listen once and let your mind wander back. If you are a parent of boy or girl, it doesn't matter, Keaggy's "Father Daughter Harmony" illustrates why contemporary children need not follow the suit of eye-rolling sitcom kids, who instead can feel the glee of being with their parents. And the final track, which Keaggy overlays with guitar work, is an old reel-to-reel recording of his grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary, which took place in '49, a year before Keaggy's birth. It is what one would imagine if Studs Terkel provided sound tracks for his books. I gave my copy of this CD away, and didn't have the heart to ask for it back (they enjoyed it so much), so I bought two more (just in case I wanted to loan out another copy. ). . You can see a complete list of all Phil Keaggy discography, or go back to the Phil Keaggy tabs