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Cheryl Wheeler - Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar Audio CD

A fair review of the Cheryl Wheeler "Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Cheryl Wheeler reviews here, or go back to the Cheryl Wheeler tabs.

Cheryl Wheeler Band: Cheryl Wheeler
Title: Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar
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Release Date: 1995-10-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar 2: Does the Future Look Black 3: School Girls 4: T.V. 5: Rivers 6: Further & Further Away 7: Is It Peace or Is It Prozac? 8: Howl at the Moon 9: Storm 10: So Far to Fall 11: Makes Good Sense to Me 12: Piper 13: Time Taketh Away 14: One Love

Cheryl Wheeler
If you have never heard Cheryl Wheeler, give this cd a try, you will fall in love with her. This is another one of her great cd's where here folk humor come through in many of the songs, and the folk tradition in the others.


More great tunes from Cheryl
She is a very gifted songwriter and singer. As always, Cheryl Wheeler, delivers a variety of songs which will make you laugh and cry. These tunes will stick in your head for days.


A Thoughtful, Humorous, and Sometimes Somber Album
I listened to it hesitantly, fearing self-indulgent nonsense. My daughter bought me this album after hearing Cheryl Wheeler in concert. What I heard, however, both surprised and delighted me. Wheeler has become one of my favorite musicians, and I eagerly await each new release. This album has a range of material that should please all but those seeking hip hop or heavy metal music.

The title cut recalls a late night folk sing, and conjures up visions of a campfire and beer. There are also humorous, but biting satire that everyone should appreciate. "T. V. " is about camping without the joys of commercial television with its infomercials, shopping channels, and fishing shows. "Is it Peace or is it Prozac?" questions our modern reality of drug induced bliss, in this case legal drugs.

All of Cheryl Wheeler's albums contain songs about love lost, a staple in many music genres and among many musicians. Sometimes she wallows in this problem, but not here. This one has two songs on the subject that I especially like. First, "Does the Future Look Black" is a sustained conversation over whether or not a couple will remain a couple. "So Far to Fall" is a lament on the loss of energy resulting from a breakup. Its chorus is especially eloquent:
"Well this ain't the love you swore to me.
And this ain't the life it's supposed to be.
And I don't know just how to hold on now,
and it's so far to fall.
From the warm light in your eyes,
to nothing at all. "

Finally, there is a wonderful song about preserving the environment, "The Rivers," which asks how we might stop water pollution.

Cheryl Wheeler is a talented songwriter with a witty turn of phrase. Her voice is elegant and sometimes sultry. The material in this album is certainly worth the time and cost. Enjoy!.


Singer-songwriter with humor
Cheryl wrote all the songs here as she normally does. This is a typical Cheryl Wheeler album, often very thoughtful but with some humor too. I can understand why some people might find Cheryl's humor offensive but I know when she's being serious and when she's joking. I also don't care whether her political stance is in agreement with mine or opposed to it - we are all entitled to our opinions.

Cheryl pokes fun at politically correct liberals in Makes good sense to me. She also makes light of a time when she thought she'd lost her mind in Peace or Prozac. Another fun song is TV, in which Cheryl sings about all the things she can't watch when there is no electricity due to power supply problems.

Elsewhere, the album is mellow and reflective, with Cheryl singing about the weather (The storm), pollution (The rivers), an Italian reunion (Mrs Pinocci's guitar) or various aspects of love.

If you are unfamiliar with Cheryl's music, I recommend Circles and arrows (which I've already reviewed) as a starting point, but this is a wonderful album too. I've listened to a lot of great music but I've never come across anybody quite like Cheryl.


"Happy New Year"
I had not listened to it in quite some time and so, in some ways, I was hearing it for the first time. When I went for my morning walk on this the first day of 2004, I randomly picked this CD to keep me company. I have no idea why I had let it sit so long without going back to it. But I did return and I feel much the better for it. The title song, "Further and Further Away," and "Time Taketh Away" were so appropriate for the day. I have just ordered two newer releases of hers today and I look forward to a continued reacquaintance with her music during 2004. Great beginning to the year!!!.


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