Van Gross: “Go West”
My friend Evan Gross is one of the most naturally gifted songwriters I know, so when he emailed me a few of his latest songs, a grin snuck its way out of my teeth and hung itself between my ears, just beneath my nose. (This is where smiles go. They are not to be kept elsewhere.)
When I opened my email, I didn’t know that a couple of these new songs would quickly join the short list of highly elite “five-star” tracks in my iPod. I actually wish I could rate one particular song, “Go West” a six as it rose to the top. (Although his song, “Let Go” is phenomenal and “Your Scent” is fairly incredible, too.)
Last week, I listened to Evan’s three new songs all the way to Portland and back (a total of over eight hours of driving) and I’ve been listening to them ever since. But in the words of LaVar Burton, “You don’t have to take my word for it.” Charlie, the hitchhiker who rode with me for 100 miles asked for me to play them over and over and over.
And over.
Check out “Go West”
And for more from Evan’s outstanding new recordings, visit his website at vangross.com (Yes, Van Gross.)
January 25th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
I don’t know what LeVar would say about picking up hitchhikers. But I think he and I would both agree that as long as they have good taste in music, they are probably okay. So Charlie must be cool.