Georgia-born singer/songwriter/bluesman TOM DEWS puts guitar/simultaneous harmonica and vocals together to create a satisfying blend of original acoustic folk and blues. Growing up in South Georgia and Central Florida he soaked up roots rhythms and fished the Flint, Ocmulgee, Chatahoochee and Oklawaha rivers. After recent sojourns in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Dews makes his home now in Washington, DC.
Dews released his first recording, EPIPHANIES & EPITAPHS, after a sucessful tour in Ireland several years ago. The CD features original songs and instrumentals, some collected from years of playing coffeehouses and bars from Savannah to Minneapolis, and some stuff inspired by the time in Ireland. Reflecting on his musical adventures Dews says, " A novelist creates a fictive dream, and when done well there are revelations for the reader. My interest is in creating a mood, at once mirthful and melancholy - a sort of re-creation of the old 'hearth' experience. Created by artist and audience together, this mood-edifice can generate spontaneous improvisations that are nourishing for everybody - a sort of musical epiphany can strike its seal into the world." Hear the songs.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.tomdews.comTrack List:
1. Prelude in Open D
2. This Long Road
3. Blasé Blues
4. Morning Sun
5. When You Sing Jam
6. Lightning Bug
7. Poem for the Road
8. Not Me
9. The Love in Your Eyes
10. Southern Crescent
11. Fragment in Open G
12. Island Déjà Vu
13. Sparrows
14. Don't Tell Me
15. Lydie
16. Spoon River Graveyard Theme
17. Ain't Never Seen
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