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HOO2: THE DEVIL AND GASOLINE is running on full throttle!
The follow up album to HOOWRECKER is out and making the rounds way ahead of schedule! If you missed HOOWRECKER, read below. If you want more, check out CDBaby, baby!
HOO2: The Devil and Gasoline LATEST REVIEWS!
"With a writing style similar Tom Waits, David Aaron DeSoto has produced a blues album full of genuine wit and stylish lyricism. Accompanied usually by guitar, DeSoto’s blues are rhythmic and orchestrated to perfection. With a message of a true bluesman, DeSoto carries his music to his listeners delivering surprises at every turn of his songs. Seamless transitions and a visionary voice to match. Well done!
Tr. 1: Ghost in the Study – This track is an excellent choice for the beginning of this CD. The track itself opens up with a ephemeral guitar pastoral and moves into a fast pace acoustic session. Great harmonies and a distinct vocal tonality are underscored by a moving guitar.
Tr. 4: Dead Man Walking – An excellent choice of blues that would go well with any drink. Song writing skills similar to Tom Waites—longing for elation and full of energy. This track can only be compared, if at all, to last track. Killer track also with electric accompaniment.
Tr. 5: The Devil and Gasoline – An extremely unique original. Intense story and climactic set down ending. Fantastic!"
Reviewed by Ron Ingalla at Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion
DAVID AARON DESOTO: HOOWRECKER
The debut album by David Aaron DeSoto
Reader’s Survey Winner – 2006 Kweevak.com Music Awards
The Album
Hoowrecker contains eleven solid and unique tracks in styles ranging from folk to blues to classical. From the catchy up-tempo refrain in Haunting Halo to the dirty slither-slide intro of Das Lied Die Hoo Hoo Wolf, the album is filled with a broad base of musical nuances and lyrical content that evoke a whispered remembrance for every listener. The recordings consist solely of David Aaron DeSoto on vocals and guitar. Hoowrecker diverges from the standard fare of today, taking the bold step of departing from the corporate slick and delving into artist’s emotional and musical library of liberation.
The Reviews
From Kweevak.com:
DAVID AARON DESOTO – HOOWRECKER: David Aaron DeSoto is a solo artist, author and an attorney. David co-produced his eleven-track debut with the skillful Ruben Rodriguez. David pens poetic, powerful lyrics in settings that are sparse and serious, thus allowing the guitars and vocals to stand out and take center stage. Yet, his music is colorful and diverse. DeSoto draws from a varied pallet ranging from blues, classical, folk, rock and even world. Although the first three tracks were my favorites the rest of the CD is worthy with thought provoking songs in liberated, lone guitar landscapes. The delivery and jangly tone of the acoustic on the opening track 'Haunting Halo' is immediately inviting but listen closely and the song has a dark undercurrent. 'Last Night' features accomplished, Spanish style picking and slide melding with the compelling, contemplative refrain "last night"... 'Des Lied . . .' creatively blends musical styles, ending with a biting electric outro. The vocal inflections are also interesting with some sounding like soft howls. David Aaron DeSoto is a unique musician crafting songs that are candid and captivating! • Recommended Tracks: (1,2,3) [USA/TX 2005 - web] (2006 Review by Laura Turner Lynch for Kweevak.com)
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DeSoto’s fiery but stripped-down acoustic blues has an edge you’d never expect from music with such regard for the traditional. Contemporary singer-songwriter, acoustic indie rock, Dylanesque counterculture folk attitude and spicy vintage me-and-my-guitar blues come to life phoenix-like in “Hoo2: The Devil and Gasoline,” the new album from DeSoto.
A burning spirit is ignited when DeSoto’s fingers touch the guitars and his heartfelt, sometimes-aching, sometimes-tender vocals spring forth. The music brings a whole new, un-ignorable resonance to song long forgotten by the over-produced world of radio singles.
His music is direct, full of the bared heart, exposed sinews and sun-drenched bones of real hurt and real hope; DeSoto never shies away from honest emotion. Both raw and refined, DeSoto’s sound is built on fearlessness, melody and the ache of the human condition – all backed up by a vital personality and an inner fervor present in few artists.
His eclecticism manifests under a singular personality; his music is focused yet broad in scope. And his songs are always written from pure reality. “People and conversations and memories inspire me,” he says.
“Hoo2,” says DeSoto, “was a gargantuan project. The album has sixteen new tracks and five additional bonus tracks. ‘Hoo2’ is ‘Hoowrecker’ [DeSoto’s debut] on steroids, in terms of sound, guitar playing and sonic boundaries. My engineer and I didn’t just push the envelope – we knocked it to the ground and ran off with its lunch money!”
DeSoto earned a Kweevak listener’s choice award in 2006 for his first album. But such awards are not his greatest glory. “The best acclaim and highest praise, however, comes from the individual listeners who have sent me messages after listening to ‘Hoowrecker.’”
DeSoto is in the process of composing his next album. He is currently working with A&R Select, the premier A&R firm based out of Los Angeles, CA.
More information is available by visiting www.promofm.com/david_aaron_desoto and www.arselect.com.
David Aaron DeSoto
With a writing style similar Tom Waits, David Aaron DeSoto has produced a blues album full of genuine wit and stylish lyricism. Accompanied usually by guitar, DeSoto’s blues are rhythmic and orchestrated to perfection. With a message of a true bluesman, DeSoto carries his music to his listeners delivering surprises at every turn of his songs. Seamless transitions and a visionary voice to match. Well done!
Tr. 1: Ghost in the Study – This track is an excellent choice for the beginning of this CD. The track itself opens up with a ephemeral guitar pastoral and moves into a fast pace acoustic session. Great harmonies and a distinct vocal tonality are underscored by a moving guitar.
Tr. 4: Dead Man Walking – An excellent choice of blues that would go well with any drink. Song writing skills similar to Tom Waites—longing for elation and full of energy. This track can only be compared, if at all, to last track. Killer track also with electric accompaniment.
Tr. 5: The Devil and Gasoline – An extremely unique original. Intense story and climactic set down ending. Fantastic!
Reviewed by Ron Ingalla at Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion
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I can hardly wait for the next one!
Sure I could listen to it at home, but its best enjoyed going 65 down the highway, with all the windows down. Speakers up as high as possible, singing my heart out.
It just seems to change with you.
You're sad, it sounds sad.
You're happy, the CD seems happy