In
creating OAKVILLE ONTOLOGY, his
critically acclaimed 2014 recording one musician friend called the "Best 70’s Album in 40 Years," singer-songwriter PATRICK AMES
first played its songs out in the lush vineyards he’s owned for 20
years in Napa, California - as if each vine was an audience member.
Since releasing that retro meets contemporary album the
folk/rock Americana singer/songwriter secured a regular Tuesday
residency at the FREE WHEEL BREWING COMPANY in the Bay Area's
Redwood City, an opportunity that helped him shed and develop the
five diverse tracks on his five track follow-up EP MUTUALLY. While
all the tracks of his previous CD reflected a deep contemplation of
the nature of being and existence geared towards the issues of the
day, this time, he liberates himself to complement his "protest
songs" and "social commentary with a beat" with simpler love
songs and party tunes. The track on MUTUALLY
that is bound to stir the conscience is YOU HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER. Once the
words take hold, they sear the heart with a biting look at all the
problems we’re facing as a society - hunger, homelessness, global
warming, overpopulation, topical freak-outs like the recent Ebola
scare. AMES says it all about the hopeless wheel we seem to be on
when he reflects: "We wag our fingers at our own uncertainty/Then
we elect the same politicians/And they form more committees…you’ll
have to wait a little longer." The singer gets into some solutions
on the sparse acoustic reflection AMERICA NEEDS: "no more
hatred, just policy/no more ideologies…green valleys, mountains and
trees…abandoned children to be seen."
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