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Review:
As per David’s spoken intro on this 2001 self-release the openings song is about “the Greatest American Baseball Player” Jackie Robinson. Once more David creates a number of colorful and imaginative short stories situated in the America of the black and white movie-area, with references to great historical Americans such as Marilyn Monroe, Ds Marten Luther King or Mohammed Ali. Personally I adore the delightful love story, in which he visualizes with great precision the beauty of “Savannah Purple”. David shares his inner thoughts and sings about the heroes of his life. According me, “Honky Tonk Highway”, “Dixie Blue” and “Looking thru the Window for yer Heart” are songs about yearning for love, undoubtedly they’ve been written as a consequence of a relative long absence by his wife – Sharon - from their home. “Quit yer Fightin’” in which Munyon expresses the abstractness and intolerance of nowadays western societies, people should realize their short worldly existence; “quit Fighting, it’s too cold outside” as if he wants to say “people grasp life in its pure perspective, and stop wasting time with stupidity”. Recorded with minor technical support, a beautiful collection of naked songs sparkle and lead their own live - even a small recording hick-up in the middle of “Ice on Iron” can’t break the spell. This CD ends with “Bahnhof Tanz”, same song that opens the “7 Leaves” album 3 years later, but in a dressed version by Stockfish. Judge for yourself! (Rein van den Berg)
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