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5.0 out of 5 stars Above all, an album of excellent song-craft., 9 April 2009

By	Robbie Swale - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

It has only been in the last few years that I have realised that my love for melodies, poetry and written-from-the-heart songs leads me naturally to country and folk music. And what a relief it is. No longer do I have to deal with the posturing and desperate desire to be approved of that encompasses popular music and all the journalism around it. I can be happy instead to stumble across albums written without pretension, but with feeling and above all a love of song-writing. This album fits that little bill beautifully.

John D Lewis is a british country singer whose voice has echoes of an eclectic list of influences, from John Lennon into classic country stalwarts. All I Can Do is an album of simple and strangely uplifting, if not always happy, country songs.

There are two versions of A Christmas Wish - one, a charity version sung with the children from a local school, brought some success in the independent music network charts in the USA and is available for download separately. But the second - without the children and on the album - somehow has more bite and edge.

But the highlights are probably elsewhere: the bouncy but unsettling Up To You is my favourite, with its infectious little guitar lick; Hard Shoulder contains the stand-out lyric on the album ('...another hard shoulder to cry on...'); a classic, American country feel is brought by the themes of the cover, An Old Outlaw Comes Home, originally by Homer Joy; and Wherever You Are, the album's piano-led closer, is written to close a summer's evening concert - with cigarette lighters in the air!

All I Can Do is one-part jangly guitar, one-part lovingly crafted melodies, and one-part honest and poetic lyrics. Above all it is an album of excellent song-craft. It deserves to be picked up by you, and by many other people. Spread the word.

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