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Butterfly Tree is Dana
Davis - all voices and visitations, and
Rick del Castillo - all instruments.
Guest Appearances : Cecilio Ruiz III - Drums on 'Goof'
& 'Walter's Bird'
David Von Ohlerking - backing vocal on 'I Am Alive'
Seth Davis - spoken word on 'First Stone'
Yono - backing vocal on 'Circle'
Carrie Miller - cello on 'I Am Alive'
Jon Davis - minstrel guitar on 'First stone' ; Acoustic
guitar and electric effects on 'Rainbow Bridge'
The tracks are :
I Am Alive
Circle
The Sound Of Breathing
First Stone
Rainbow Bridge
Goof
Walter's Bird
Love
Awakening
Anthem
The opening track 'I Am Alive' starts with a piano intro, keyboards
are then introduced, followed by the beautiful voice of Dana. The
vocals are soft, but carry so much feeling. But this track is full
of emotion anyway.
The next track is 'Circle', another piano intro, before
Dana vocals begin. On this track Dana shows that she has
quite a wide vocals range and that she has a lot of power in her voice
too. There's a lot of emotion in this track too and Rick's
guitar playing has a slight Brian May (Queen) feeling to it.
Track three is 'The Sound Of Breathing', piano intro, while
Dana sings the melody that is playing behind reminds me of
a Pink Floyd track 'The Trial' from 'The Wall'.
Next is 'First Stone', an excellent track that starts with
an acoustic guitar. Dana shows on this track that she has a
very powerful voice and that her vocals have a very wide range. The
middle section of this track has a little Spanish guitar followed
by acoustic guitar and keyboards which weave around building to a
climax. Dana then comes back in with her excellent vocals.
Next is 'Rainbow Bridge', which is a love song. It is a nice
mellow track with acoustic guitar and keyboards.
Track six is 'Goof', starts with an acoustic guitar intro.
Dana vocals start softly and Rick comes in with some excellent
guitar work. There's also a superb guitar solo.
The next track is 'Walter's Bird', is a nice track and probably
the most commercial sounding track on the album.
'Love', is an excellent track, Dana's voice is once again superb
showing how versatile her voice is. Rick's guitar playing is superb
and again on this track he sounds very much like Brian May. There's
also a stunning guitar solo from Rick The next track is 'Awakening',
a track in which Dana uses her vocals to the full. A track that shows
Dana creating rich textured melodies using her voice only.
This track has only one instrument and that is Dana's voice.
But it is a track that is full of emotion and one that takes several
listens to appreciate.
The last track is 'Anthem', this shows Rick playing
some great guitar and keyboards, pity the track is only 1:15 mins.
I would have liked it to have been at least 3 mins or more.
Overall, a superb album. It's an album that takes a few listens to
fully appreciate. The quality and production of this CD is excellent.
This comes highly recommended.
Released by Smilin' Castle Productions. 2002-a Guadalupe #114.
Austin. Texas 78705.
Website :http://www.eden.com/~bliss/BTree.html
Email : tree@eden.com
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