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 When
Trouble Comes - Reviews
Face Magazine
- March 2001 - Volume 14 Issue 3
Peter Black has been a prolific performer on the
local scene for many years. When Trouble Comes, his first adventure
into songwriting, is a long overdue treat from the mind of a very
gifted artist. Peter's incredible guitar work and soulful voice
are a potent combination. The song construction works the interplay
between Black's superb guitar playing and his magnetic vocals magnificently.
The
songs have the ability to remind you of someone you have heard
before but pinning that artist down remains elusive (unless it's
Peter Black).
The project comes out of the gate with two strong tunes "What
You Got" and "Gonna Give Love". The former is a beautiful,
soaring testimonial espousing Popeye's philosophy, "I am what
I am" accompanied by some fabulous fingerstyle guitar and nylon-stringed
slide, and the latter a simple but very emotional piece that you
can really stretch your wings out to. The title track brings the
tempo and mood up with a toe-tapping, country trouble tune. The
slow melancholy air about "Old and Grey" brings tears
to the eyes. "When You Coming Home" injects a bit more
upbeat bluegrass feel into the mix. "Scotch and Soda",
the only song not written by Black, departs from the folky norm
by embarking on an upbeat lounge jazz journey. The pure simplicity
of "I'm A Mess" draws you in, first by the lack of distraction,
then by focusing you in on Black's evident strong points, his voice,
guitar
, and composition skills.
The more you listen to this disc the more you hear and feel. Peter's
incredible vocals augment the great sense of motion in his songs.
At some points the overall tempo of the disc seams to drag but almost
every song here will carry you away with raw emotion and excellent
craftsmanship. This project holds its own against any "national"
act out there.
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