Interpretations

West Coast editor of Guitar One Magazine and guitarist/vocalist Dale Turner on his 2004 CD Interpretations, "After hearing Jeff Buckley's amazingly individualized treatment of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," J. Shelton's "Lilac Wine," and Benjamin Britten's "Corpus Christi Carol" (all from Grace), among others, I viewed playing (and listening to) covers in a whole new light. So much, in fact, that between late 1999 and late 2000, I all but abandoned the 25 or so original songs I'd been working on and transcribed/arranged at least 50 different cover tunes for acoustic guitar and voice. After being diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, I found I could still practice fine-tuning rhythmic independence between my vocal lines and accompaniment patterns. What you hear on this recording is 10 songs I recorded at the tail end of this period, all of which were written by artists who thrived in the 1960s and 1970s. At the very least, I hope people dig the somewhat adventurous approach I took in arranging these tunes! I certainly had fun assembling them."