What It Is
Download links and information about What It Is by Rob Ickes. This album was released in 2002 and it belongs to Country, Songwriter/Lyricist genres. It contains 11 tracks with total duration of 56:37 minutes.
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| Artist: | Rob Ickes |
| Release date: | 2002 |
| Genre: | Country, Songwriter/Lyricist |
| Tracks: | 11 |
| Duration: | 56:37 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Mr. Goodbar | 3:54 |
| 2. | Scheerhorn Shuffle | 5:24 |
| 3. | Self Portrait | 5:59 |
| 4. | Stanford and Son | 4:52 |
| 5. | I'll Take Les | 6:00 |
| 6. | Killeen | 7:21 |
| 7. | Juke Joint | 5:30 |
| 8. | Blues for Sammy | 3:27 |
| 9. | When We Were Leaving | 4:45 |
| 10. | Union Pacific | 5:33 |
| 11. | 50 Years Ago | 3:52 |
Details
[Edit]As in 1999's Slide City, Rob Ickes again combines jazz and swing stylings with the more countrified leanings of the dobro. The results are mixed and, at times, meld into a too-smooth combo resembling light jazz. What It Is works best when Ickes loosens up a bit around the instrument's natural inclinations: the way he works the melody on "Killeen," which was inspired by the Texan town, seems to point toward a more string-based effort; a cover of Marc Johnson's "Union Pacific" further iterates Ickes' simpler but no less enjoyable leanings; and "Blues for Sammy," which was written in response to Charlie Parker's Savoy sessions, allows him to stretch out his abilities as a great technician of the instrument.