A Life I Never Had [Explicit Lyrics]

A Life I Never Had [Explicit Lyrics]

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<"b000068mh22999"> About the Artist
"The first thing you notice is the voice. It sounds older than the still-boyish face from which it comes, a weathered, whiskey voice full of fine gravel, smoke and soft leather." -Scott Alarik, The Boston Globe

Maybe it’s the voice that gives Alastair Moock’s music its timeless quality. His rasping vocals, reminiscent of Tom Waits and Steve Forbert, sound as natural on old cowboy ballads as on hard-edged urban blues. Or maybe it’s Moock’s performance style –– his gift for drawing in audiences, young and old, with his dry, disarming humor and easy stage presence. Or perhaps it’s the songs themselves –– original tunes that borrow heavily from the roots of American folk, with lyrics that conjure up those of Woody Guthrie and John Prine, full of simple truths and warm wit. Whatever it is, it’s something unique in today’s folk world –– a blurring of the lines between traditional and contemporary –– and it’s getting him plenty of attention.

Recently re-located to the midwest, Alastair spent the bulk of his early musical years developing his sound in the folk haven of Boston, Mass. After arriving there in 1995, he moved quickly up through the ranks of the folk scene, graduating from small clubs and coffeehouses to sold out shows at historic Club Passim and Johnny D’s. In the last few years, he began touring throughout the northern US, building especially strong followings in New York and Washington, DC, and opening for such diverse national acts as Greg Brown, Patty Larkin, Bill Morrissey, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Kasey Chambers, Marshall Crenshaw, and Taj Mahal. He has played top-tier venues like The Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Mass, The Towne Crier in Pawling, New York, The Birchmere in Washington, DC, and Fitzgerald’s in Chicago, and was selected to perform at the 2002 Newport Folk Festival, the 1999 and 2002 Boston Folk Festivals, and Hartford's 2000 Folk Next Door. He was a finalist in The Great American Song Contest, The Sisters Folk Festival Songwriting Contest, and Tom Rush's Club 47 Songwriting/Performance Competition; has received award grants from ASCAP and The Massachusetts Cultural Council; has been featured numerous times in The Boston Globe and Herald, in CMJ, Dirty Linen, and Sing Out! magazines and on Massachusetts Public Radio’s Here and Now. In 1999, he reached a new level of recognition in the northeast when he began his critically-acclaimed traveling roots music series, Pastures of Plenty. The series, which brings together top area singer-songwriters and roots musicians to jam on traditional American music, has been called "one of the hippest hootenanies in town" by The Boston Globe, and has fast become one of the region’s most popular ongoing revues.

Alastair’s newest project is the release of his third album, A Life I Never Had. Produced by Lorne Entress (Mark Erelli, Mighty Sam McClain, Barrence Whitfield) and featuring guests Ellis Paul, Mark Erelli, Tracy Grammer and the late great Dave Carter, the album marks a new level of achievement in Moock’s recording career. With deeply-grooved tunes spanning a wide range of styles –– from blues to bluegrass to ballad to beat poetry –– A Life I Never Had offers a potent mix of Moock’s originals and covers by American folk heroes Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Rodgers and John Prine. To date, the album has received air-play on over 150 public and commercial radio stations throughout the country, and was a featured pick in Acoustic Guitar and Performing Songwriter magazines.

These have been successful first years for Alastair Moock. Still in his twenties, he has already amassed impressive credentials, audience praise and critical acclaim in his home region. Now he has begun to bring his unique brand of music and performance to the rest of the country. If he hasn’t been to your town yet, chances are he’ll be there soon... Just listen for the voice.

<"b000068mh24999"> Album Description
Produced by Lorne Entress Featuring guests Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Ellis Paul, and Mark Erelli

*November 2002 Pick, Acoustic Guitar *December 2002 Pick, Performing Songwriter

"'A Life I Never Had' is the CD that fans of rootsy local songwriter Alastair Moock knew he had in him. He displays the gifts the best folk songwriters have: romantic without seeming mawkish, clever without seeming precious, brooding without seeming self-pitying. The new CD is an aural feast, richly melodic, set to a propulsive groove, brimming with eloquent riffs and evocative moments, including stunning reinventions of classics by Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Rodgers, and John Prine." - The Boston Globe

"A particularly impressive new collection of songs from this New England singer-songwriter. With a voice out of the dust bowl, Moock sounds ancient and modern at once." - Sing Out! Magazine

A Life I Never Had, Music, Alastair Moock, Raw and energetic, singer/songwriter Alastair Moock offers a potent mix of American roots words and music

A Life I Never Had [Explicit Lyrics]

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