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“Like trains forever leaving stations, Merciful are these stories we spin,” sings Gerry Beckley on the title track to his latest solo album, Merciful, a dark-laced song penned by noted Scandinavian jazz trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. That sentiment captures the elegiac spirit of the 13-song collection, produced by Beckley with frequent collaborator and lyricist Jeff Larson, which looks both back and forward with an appreciation of the past and an acknowledgement of impending mortality.
Beckley is the co-founding member of the multi-platinum band America. Beckley wrote and sang lead on such successful America singles as “Sister Golden Hair,” “I Need You,” “Daisy Jane” and the Russ Ballard-penned “You Can Do Magic.” His latest solo work, Merciful, is a timeless, personal work that realizes our own very limited span on earth at the same time as it seizes the possibilities while we’re still here; a most worthy addition to the classic Gerry Beckley oeuvre, the light and dark perfectly calibrated.
The album’s highlights include singles “When the Wells Run Dry,” the upbeat, joyful “Get It Right” and Beckley’s emotional cover of “Norwegian Wood,” the Beatles’ wistful saga of an extramarital love affair with special guest Graham Nash on vocals – recalling that Beckley was in a London high school just as the British Invasion was in full swing.
Gerry Beckley says there was a pragmatic reason for putting his own name as the title for his 10th solo album. True to form, Gerry Beckley contains 12 outstanding tracks including first single “Crazy,” the autobiographical “Well Worn Shoes,” and the soulful “Red and Blue.” Produced, arranged, engineered and mixed by Gerry along with Jeff Larson, the album continues a musical path now in its seventh decade.
Aurora came on the heels of Beckley’s greatest hits album, Keeping the Light On: The Best of Gerry Beckley, and is at once a look back on some of his original influences — among them The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Bee Gees, and Chicago — as well as a fresh start moving forward.
Gerry Beckley, the illustrious singer, songwriter, performer, and co-founder of America, releases his greatest hits package featuring his solo work, Keeping The Light On – Best of Gerry Beckley. Released as a deluxe double CD featuring a 44-page booklet, the collection includes photos taken by Beckley during his tour travels over the last 50 years.
This impressive 20-song output features five previously unreleased tracks unearthed for the very first time.
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DISC TWO
Recorded at his Los Angeles studio Human Nature, the shimmering 12-track album plays to all of Beckley's strengths. Carousel contains original standouts such as “Lifeline,” “No Way I'm Gonna Lose You,” and “Tokyo,” along with covers of Spirit's “Nature's Way,” Gerry Rafferty's “To Each and Everyone,” and Gerry and The Pacemakers' “Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying.”
