"Lynn Stokes is a life-long musician from the Texas scene. A guitar player with many bands over the years, he's seen space cowboys and the Vaughan Brothers and even opened up once for Bob Dylan. After a musical awakening while researching his family heritage, Stokes began writing his own songs in earnest. In 2007 he formed the Sol Surfers in order to showcase these tunes, and the end result is a lovely little album called Terra Nocturne."
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Because they're probably pretty tired of it by now, I'm not going to draw the comparison of Lynn Stokes and Sol Surfers to the hit rock band Pink Floyd. I'll only say that I had a strange compulsion to watch "The Wizard of Oz" while listening to this disc. The beauty of this album is in its thematic simplicity while using complex rhythms and tried and true instrumentation in innovative ways. There's a flow to the disc that is lost if you press the 'shuffle' button on your player, so don't.
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That is one of the best records I've heard in a long, long time. The recording is top-notch and the songs are killer. Really good lyrics and storytelling.
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Thanks for sending in the music. These are all excellent tracks, and they all seem very much of a piece. The execution of the arrangements is impressive, from the PINK FLOYD-like vocal approach & swimming murky vibe to the excellent playing and production.
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