Other than to pat myself on the back for being one of the few people to buy his debut album Silvertone back in 1985 (and to note what a great live act he was back in the late 1980s), I don't really have too much to say about Chris Isaak tonight. However, I will take this moment to rave about his former guitarist James Calvin Wilsey, whose guitar playing was such a big part of those early Chris Isaak's albums. He kind of disappeared for a while, but he put out a truly dandy instrumental album Dorado in 2008 (The track San Bernadino from disc two is from the album) and I think he now plays some local gigs out in California.Oh, and I'd like to thank whichever blog put together the Chris Isaak "Lost Songs, Lost Loves" compilation way back when. It doesn't seem to exist anywhere on the internet anymore, but it had some very rare Isaak tracks that I don't think I would have been able to get my grubby little mitts on.
Disc One
| Blue Moon | ||||||||||||
| Life Will Go On | ||||||||||||
| Eyes Of Texas | ||||||||||||
| Except The New Girl | ||||||||||||
| Devil in Disguise | ||||||||||||
| Jack the Ripper - Rumble - Tequila | ||||||||||||
| Wanderin' | ||||||||||||
| So Lovely Is The Night | ||||||||||||
| Blue Spanish Sky | ||||||||||||
| Everyone Gets Down | ||||||||||||
| How's the World Treating You | ||||||||||||
| The Little White Cloud That Cried Disc Two
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7 comments:
It was Blue Hotel that I first discovered the amazing songs Chris sings, hit me like a ton o' bricks. Thanks.
~ j.
I remember seeing him play Blue Hotel on Letterman back in 1987. Gotta give some credit to Warner Brothers for not dropping after the lack of commercial success for his first two albums.
Thanks Ish....very well done as usual. I saw him last year when he was still on the "Beyond The Sun Tour". He was incredible...one of my top ten shows.His band is rock solid.
Check him out if he comes your way.
@Lakercrazy,
I still wish James Calvin Wilsey was in the band, but Isaak is a still great showman and singer.
We saw Isaak, with Wilsey, in Santa Cruz, and immediately after he was driven out about year later in the same venue. The band was better with him, and more a back up band without.
Yeah, Wilsey was a really important part of Isaak's sound (From what I remember, Wilsey was a roadie or tech guy or something like that and used to give Isaak tips on how to play guitar. So Isaak figured it was just easier to have him play in his band.
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