His Other Side, by John Lewis

His Other Side

by John Lewis

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1.	Waltz Around the Kitchen 03:35	info	buy track
2.	Money Troubles 03:20	info	buy track
3.	What Kind of Love is This 03:31	info	buy track
4.	It Hurts 02:33	info	buy track
5.	Cardboard Carpeted Doorways 03:02	info	buy track
6.	Dark Days 03:19	info	buy track
7.	Tick Tock Blues 02:21	info	buy track
8.	Not Quite the Not 03:39	info	buy track
9.	Rollin' 02:12	info	buy track
10.	Isle of Coll Song 02:18	info	buy track
11.	Crying Over You 03:03	info	buy track
12.	He's Welcome to You 02:12	info	buy track
13.	Life Marches On 03:38	info	buy track
14.	Sanity (demo) 03:19	info	buy track

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Available 10/26/2020 on 12" LP @ www.therealjohnlewis.com and Down Load here

Write up By Rocking Magpie
The Tender Side of Rockabilly

I’ve seen the John Lewis Trio play live three times and boy can they kick up a storm! So when I heard that John was recording an acoustic solo album I was more than a little bit intrigued; as his normal shows normally start at 100mph and get faster.
Well; the result is quite astonishing. John bares his heart and soul in the best traditions of Classic Country music, much in the style of Frankie Laine, Lefty Frizzell and Sun-era Johnny Cash.
The album opens with the delightful Waltz Around the Kitchen; which Lewis originally wrote after doing that very thing while trying to get his young daughter to sleep. The melody and harmonies are fabulous and it was only by reading the liner notes that I found that the latter were provided by the one and only Miss Imelda May; and she doesn’t sing back-up for just anyone.
They always tell prospective songwriters to “write what you know about” and if that’s the case Lewis has had a helluva life! Hopefully many of the songs here are from his vivid imagination. Second song in Money Troubles is exactly what it says on the tin. The song detailing two lovers barely getting by is littered with exceptional lyrics that only someone who has lived through that situation can write. ‘It don’t take much to heat our house/when it’s a hot day’ and ‘Our bank account is always full/for a minute on pay day’ to pick just two prime examples.
If I’m pulling lyrics out of songs I must also mention It Hurts, because I smile and grimace every time I hear the opening lines ‘I wish I had an umbrella/To stop the pain life throws at me/But like the rain in Wales/It comes horizontally!’ I’ve been there physically and metaphorically. The man really has a way with words and isn’t afraid of a melody and a stanza which is becoming increasingly rare these days.
In many ways His Other Side is a break-up album, as most songs use that as a theme in one way or another. But when you listen intently to Life Marches On and Sanity which close the record you will fear that it may even be a breakdown album; as the way John expresses his hurt you will fear for the outcome of the narrator.
We now have to jump back to a song hidden away in the middle that could get passed by casual listeners; but it piqued my attention and eventually took my breath away on subsequent plays.
Cardboard Carpeted Doorways is one of the saddest songs I’ve heard and I don’t think I’ve heard another song about children being put into a care-home since Nobody’s Child; and this one is just as much a tearjerker and deserves a much wider audience than it will probably get.
John’s intricate guitar playing seamlessly flits between Rock & Roll and Classical without you noticing and his Country Twang makes some very uncomfortable subject matter easy on the ear; which is a rare talent indeed.

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released October 26, 2020

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John Lewis Wales, UK

The real 'John Lewis' has been a headlining mainstay on the Rock n Roll, Rockabilly, Country Roots circuit for many years now, his work spanning 3 decades, Armed with a guitar and a stomp board John's infectious onstage passion, humor and distinctive voice has him delivering songs about modern life avoiding the cliches of the aforementioned genres whilst retaining an old sound with a modern twist ... more

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