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Description
This eleven-track collection brings together some of America's most enduring songs in solo piano form, spanning a catalog that has stayed on the radio for over fifty years. The songs here were built on acoustic guitar fingerpicking and close vocal harmonies, which means the chord structures translate naturally to the keyboard without requiring much reworking to hold together. A Horse with No Name, Ventura Highway, and Sister Golden Hair are the anchors of the track list, all three familiar enough that the melodies need very little introduction regardless of what instrument is playing them.
Tin Man stands apart from the rest of the album in how its arrangement is handled — the chord voicings move beyond a straight transcription, with reharmonizations and a looser, more improvisational quality that gives the song a slightly different character than its neighbors. You Can Do Magic and Right Before Your Eyes are the most upbeat entries in the set, while Daisy Jane, Lonely People, and I Need You occupy the quieter end of the track list, all three moving at a pace that suits the unhurried feel of the album overall. Rainy Day and All My Life bring things toward a close with a similarly soft feel, consistent in tempo and dynamic with what came before.
Whether these songs are deeply familiar or new discoveries, the track list covers a strong stretch of one of the decade's most distinctive catalogs.
Track List:
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A Horse with No Name - 1:58
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Ventura Highway - 3:46
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Sister Golden Hair - 3:06
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You Can Do Magic - 4:02
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Tin Man - 4:52
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Lonely People - 2:36
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I Need You - 3:23
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All My Life - 3:06
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Daisy Jane - 2:50
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Rainy Day - 3:41
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Right Before Your Eyes - 4:05
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- Total Runtime - 37:25
