Official Dan Peek Page
The one of the three original members who went his own way, Dan offers some unique insights into the early days.
http://www.danpeek.com/ |
Rock & Roll.Com's America Page
Tour reports, album reviews, and some unique interviews.
http://www.rockandrollusa.com/americadeweybunnellgerrybeckleyhomepage.htm |
Discovering America
A first hand account of how the band and their first producer Ian Samwell created that classic first album, including "A Horse With No Name."
http://saber.net/~orb/b.htm#america |
Highway: 30 Years Of America
When Rhino Records released America's 3CD box set in 2000, they also commissioned this extensive history.
http://www.rhino.com/features/liners/79887lin.html |
America Fans
Steve Lowry's up to date and comprehensive fan resource, including a highly detailed 8 part history of the band.
http://64.70.235.104/america/index.htm |
Get Music: America
The All Music Guide page on America including a brief bio and discography.
http://www.getmusic.com/AMG?artist=3538 |
Amazon offers
Homecoming (Audio CD),09 May, 1995
List price $9.98
Excellent second album / 4
Dewey, Gerry and Dan put together another melodic album full of catchy folk ballads and great harmonies. They each have three song writing credits and each sing a bit on the strong cover 'head and heart'.
Gerry was always excellent at writing beautiful ballads and he provides three on this album. 'To each his own' has a melodic piano and a gorgeous melody. 'Till the sun comes up again' is another acoustic ballad with more beautiful harmonies. 'Only in your heart' follows a theme of Gerr's of often having the names of people in his songs. 'Daisy' crops up in a couple of songs. 'Clarice' and now 'Mary'. For further evidence of this, listen to 'goodbye'. Gerry rarely seems to write in an abstract way. This song is a piano and acoustic guitar lead ballad, which develops into a slightly progressive and amazing instrumental section, awash with backward electric guitars.
Dewey is also in fine form. Probably the best song on the album is 'Cornwall blank'. An almost psychedelic melody, which remains in the key of Bmin for much of it, it has amazing double tracked electric guitars, that pan through the spectrum, throughout the latter part of the song. This also has many texture changes, from a small acoustic guitar passage to the multi tracked electric guitars, towards the end. Incredible song.
Dewey also provides 'ventura highway', probably the best known on here, and indicative of America's indicative folky style. 'Moon song' is also a good indicator of Dewey's writing style. Really like the melody of this one, particularly on the descending 'and you..' line.
The reason for only giving this four stars, is that I think Dan's tracks are a bit below par. Never especially liked 'don't cross the river', it sounds a bit tuneless to me, and I don't like the banjo playing. Not abad song though, by any means. 'Saturn nights' is the strongest effort, but not up to Dewey or Gerry's efforts. I think the weakest song though is the fast folky rocker 'california revisited'. Correct me if i'm wrong, but I'm sure that this was a b-side, and has received a slightly reworked version here. It, to me, is largely tuneless and has no direction.
Still, a mior gripe for yet another excellent album by the three talented people.
Song "Hope"
There's a clock timing the world as it turns
There's a man marking the candle as it burns
Keeping track of every minute that remains
Still we hope somehow
It's gonna be alright
It's gonna turn out fine
There's a light shining beyond the southern cross
Burning bright for everyone of us who's lost
More than faith more than a reason to go on
Rise on up knowing
You're gonna win the fight
It's gonna turn out fine
You gotta hope it'll be alright
Come on and hope it'll turn out fine
Yeah, hope it'll be alright, please
When the night turns to the deepest shade of black
At that point there is no reason to turn back
High above angels are falling from the sky
Lift your heart knowing
It's gonna be alright
It's gonna turn out fine
You gotta hope it'll be alright
Come on and hope it'll turn out fine
Yeah, hope it'll be alright, please
You gotta hope, ya gonna win the fight
Come on 'n hope with all your might
Yeah hope it's gonna be alright, please
Millions of people alone in the dark
Awaiting a moment of hope
Please
You gotta hope (Whenever times get tough) it'll be alright
Come on and hope (And when the road is rough) it'll turn out fine
Yeah, hope (Just when you've had enough) it'll be alright, please
You gotta hope (Whenever times get tough) you're gonna win the fight
Come on and hope (And when the road is rough) with all your might
Yeah, hope (Just when you've had enough) it's gonna be alright, please
You gotta hope (Whenever times get tough) it'll be alright
Come on and hope (And when the road is rough) it'll turn out fine
Yeah, hope (Just when you've had enough) it'll be alright, please
You gotta hope, you're gonna win the fight
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The United States Democratic Review in Cornell University's Making ...
Political journal archive, published from 1837-1859. Part of the Making of America
e-text collection at Cornell University.
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.journals/usde.html
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Real news that connects the dots between criminal corporate and government networks.
http://www.conspiracydigest.com/bookdefrauding.html
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Columns by William F. Buckley Jr., Rich Lowry, Jonah Goldberg, Kate O'Beirne,
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