Whats on your turntable tonight?

“The Crossing” is very good music with great production values.  A mature yet playful, serious yet fun record.   Not a lot of records this tight.  
The downside (if one might care -  I don’t really) is the vocals.  
But we don’t listen to Ry Cooder, or Jimmy Webb ( or some other great songwriters I could name but won’t for fear of argument) for the quality of their voices.  Do we.  

I mean, there is just something about The message (emotional transfer) of a song delivered by the maker of it.  “The Crossing” is very much one of those Experiences.   

+1

I saw AE in a small local club a couple years ago. He’s such a wonderful artist. (I’m getting chills writing this) Down to earth, no pretence,REAL!

FWIW, did you know Sheila E is a relative?

So what if the songs on “The Crossing” could be covered by a young Linda Ronstadt?  Might be a great collaboration.   Half the world wood swoon over them and the message would be delivered with Seductive strength but it wouldn’t be, well, as authentic as sung by the guy with the lesser voice who wrote them.  

Agreed my brother