RUSTY McCARTHY is a blues/jazz guitarist that hails from St. Catherines, Canada. Rusty isn't you basic blues/jazz guitarists as he uses nylon strings to play his music. Rusty has played backup for Alannah Myles, Mary Margaret O' Hare and many other well known artists.
The band in this album is: Rusty McCarthy-Guitalete, Ubass, Mandolin, Melodion, Kalimba, Yamaha mini keyboards; Beth Barley-Flutes; Brandon Agnew-Cajon, Paper Shakers; Sandra Marynissen-Bongos; Michael Sloski-Snare; Dough Wilde-Concertina, glass and Steve Goldberger-Udo and Dulcimer and various advice. This 14 song album was Mixed, Mastered and Produced by Rusty McCarthy.
FOUR HORSES DANCING kicks off this album with an uptempo cheerful instrumental with a sweet melody that is quite different, but still holds its own. Quite interesting. DESERT MOON is a very laid back song that you can hear clearly all the notes being played as he expresses himself in each song. What a wonderful sweet song. I love it.
THE EVENING TRAIN really has a very different intro as he goes into the song as the melody is played with ease as he takes you on trip as he plays away. I must admit, you can just drift away on this song. Great. CARAVAN HO has a guitar riff which is quite different as he plays away. The beat to this song is right on as the melody will have you tapping your foot in this song. Nice!
ANNIE'S DREAM is a pure delight as strums away that will want you to hear from him. This song will get you in your heart as you get absorbed into it. So sweet. PRAIRIE KISSES has a sweet rhythm to it which is an uptempo beat as he plays the lyrics to it on his guitar which is quite a treat. He is so precise on each note he plays with ease. Great song, once again.
O ME O MAJA brings this epic album to an end which is quite superb as he is so laid back in playing this song as the background music fits in perfectly. This song as many as his songs are real true gems. I love it all. I'd like to THANK RUSTY for being in touch. You can find him at: Bandcamp, You tube, Spotify, Apple Music and other sites. ROCK ON, JIM ALLFORD [STEEL NOTES MAGAZINE.]
