"THE BUMPER POOL DIARIES" 65 minutes, 2007
"The Bumper Pool Diaries"is the third album released in one year by Boston based Dobro virtuoso lloyd Thayer. This album highlights Thayer's songwriting, with songs that are poetic snap shots of an America that has been long forgotten, and yet somehow still resonates with the modern world. The album covers a wide range of styles, from the simple folk ballad of "Earl" to the gospel blues shout of "Loneliness", using an equally wide variety of instruments including Dobro, musical saw, pedal steel, theremin and many more. The album was referred to by one Dutch reviewer as "the Sgt. Pepper of the folk world" which also highlights Thayer's producing and engineering skills.
The "Bumper Pool Diaries" features 13 songs performed
by Thayer, with accompaniment by several well known artists including Rob
Laurens, Michael Dinallo, Josh Kantor, Susan Levine, Danielle Miraglia and
Tom Bianchi. Ted Drozdowski wrote about Thayer's quest to complete three
cd's in one year in the Boston Phoenix
on Feb. 7, 2007......
Click any song below for a sample
1. I
Remember Dirt (4:59)
2. Wonderland
(5:00)
3. Earl
(5:37)
4. It Slipped
Through (5:34)
5. Pebbles
(6:38)
6. Staring
at the Screen (5:28)
7. Downtown
on the Prairie (5:43)
8. Loneliness
(4:55)
9. South
in the Fall (4:56)
10. Paper
Plates (4:06)
11. Ashes
to Ashes (4:11)
12. Fire
Eaters (5:55)
13. Dirt
#122 (slightly revisited-2:22)