David Olney is a troubadour whose career now spans over four decades and close to 30 albums. His music and lyrics explore the yin and yang of life as it deals with the light and darkness of human existence.<\/p>\n
His new album, When The Deal Goes Down,<\/i>\u00a0is basically a roots style with some excursions into the blues. His lyrics are always poetic and\u00a0incisive as they tell stories pulled from his mind and imagination. He then encases\u00a0these tales in melodic music.<\/p>\n
Olney\u2019s strength is as a songwriter and he has wisely recorded his own tunes on his new album, co-writing or writing 11 of the 12 tracks here. He covers a lot of territory as there is humor, tragedy, and reflection.<\/p>\n
The album is bookended by the two songs that come closest to a full rock style. \u201cWhen The Deal Goes Down\u201d and \u201cBig Blue Hole\u201d both contain musings from his fertile mind set to a full rock band sound.<\/p>\n
\u201cScarecrow\u00a0Man\u201d and \u201cNo Trace\u201d\u00a0contain themes\u00a0that\u00a0that he has explored a number of times in the past. He is\u00a0many times drawn to the dark side of life and themes of psychological fear and his\u00a0philosophy of life travel to places many minds fear to go.\u00a0Both are powerful statements but one would not want\u00a0an entire album of this kind of material and he is wise enough to include lighter tunes like \u201cMister Stay At Home\u201d and \u201cServant Job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olney is probably at his best when he keeps it simple. \u201cLittle Bird (What I Do)\u201d is an acoustic guitar, accordion, and upright bass piece that present the gentle side of his musical personality. \u201cSad Saturday Night\u201d is interesting, creative, and even a little odd. It is just Olney on acoustic guitar and vocal, supported by Neil Konouchi on tuba. You\u2019ve got to love it.<\/p>\n
David Olney is a artist who has assembled an album\u00a0of well-crafted and thoughtful music. When The Deal Goes Down <\/i>is one of the better releases of his career, finding him moving in a number of directions lyrically. This is a worthy album from an artist who\u00a0has dedicated his life to his craft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":32093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9478],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-43840","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-david-olney","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43840"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}