John Padovano "THE IRONBOUND CROONER" & "rainy day hobo"
Comments about John Padovano's music:
"Simple truths and keenly observed details of life in general stream from Padovano's pen and are performed in a misleadingly easy and natural voice." -ENGLAND, Mike Raven
"the fiercely independent blues singer. . " The Hub, USA
"Sophisticated Musical Commentary on Life" -Princeton, NJ, USA, Cafe Improv
John Padovano performs solo year round along the Jersey shore (USA) at
coffeehouses and cafes. He was born in Newark(the Ironbound Section), New Jersey (USA) and then moved
to the shore area where he recorded and released ten independent albums. He is aka Rainy Day Hobo and aka The Ironbound Crooner. He's a working class independent recording artist .
Blues Station/
John: vocals, guitar, harp
John Paul : Percussion, Drums, Piano
All songs written by John Padovano
copyright1999, 2000, 2001,2002 John Anthony Padovano
Tracks:
1. Balladeer 2. I Once Heard A Mockingbird
3. Missing Days From My Diary (Part One)
4. Life Along The Highway 5. Summer Is Waiting For You
6. Maureena's Song (From Stu Rain's Traveling Actor's Group)
7. Playwright At A Coffee Shop 8. Interlude At A Train Station
9. Finding Voice 10. Dancing Of Years 11. The Kitchen Sink Skiffle Band
12. End Of Summer 13. Somewater River 14. Then It Starts To Rain
15. For As Long As My Life Lasts 16. Missing Days From My Diary (Part Two)
17. Old Wheel Barrow 18. Lost In A Crowd 19. From Here I Go Again
20. It's A Child's Tale 21. My Father's theme 22. Four Towns
23. My Watch Is Slow 24. I Don't Want Life To Drift On
25. Sounds 26. Winter 27. If You Ask Me
28. The Coffeehouse Performer 29. Balladeer (2nd Version)
Comments about "innocent waters":
Tommy Dean DJ at WERU, 102.9, Maine:
"You have a great sound. . .A very well done CD."
1-22-02
Ann Aljian, USA:
"In "Dusty Road, "A B Movie I Was In" became my favorite. . . I think "Four Towns" is going to be it for me this time." 1/28/02
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THE DUSTY ROAD SESSION (also available at
AMAZON.COM)
His
fifth collection of songs THE DUSTY ROAD SESSION was recorded on one afternoon,
live in-studio without over-dubs with only his vocal and acoustic guitar. All 27
songs on this CD were written by Padovano. A B Movie I Was In and Dusty Road are
the key songs on this year-2000 release. There is a cinematic theme to the Dusty
Road Session; the first song is called Opening Song and the last song is called
Closing Song. And in-between are songs varied in topics. But there is a definite
yearning for simpler days that inter-twines this collection. His first four
albums are entitled : SET IN NOVEMBER, BLUES STATION MEMOIRS, SONGS AND
BELONGINGS, and LOST IN A CROWD.
History
The Dusty Road Session:
1. Opening Song 2. A B Movie I Was In 3. Carry Me [Lullaby]
4. Market Street 5. Your Return 6. Diner Boy
7. When You Get Older/There Was a Time 8. Give Me a Wink
9. I'm Trying Hard 10. The Odds and Ends of It All
11. As I Was Falling 12. She Lovely Woman
13. Dusty Road 14. What Do I See in Your Eyes?
15. The Barber [Ottavio Macino]
16. More Time Than Miles 17. Bicycle Days
18. Jill 19. The Character 20. That Day
21. I'm Starting to Feel Like I'm Strong
22. It Was a Casual Ending 23. Where I Come From
24. You Became My Friend 25. Karen Sue
26. Innocent Waters 27. Closing Song
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Reviews and comments on TDRS:
USA , 6/22-7/5/2001 issue of Night And Day
AIMEE EDMUNDS:
" I liked this album. . . and I'm pretty impressed with this artist's depth. . . "
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ENGLAND, 5/2/01 freefolk.com, MIKE RAVEN:
"The outstanding track is Dusty Road. If that does not bring a tear to your eye nothing ever will. It is a perfect little song. . . Simple truths and keenly observed details of life in general stream from Padovano's pen and are performed in a misleadingly easy and natural voice."
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ITALY, 5/17/01, Giovanni Pietro Scazzola, RADIOGOLD:
" Every week I transmit at least one of your songs and it's really great music."
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USA, 5/22/01 KIOS radio, Omaha Nebraska, MIKE JACOBS:
" I like . . "Market Street" quite a bit. I'm going to play it on my blues show"
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FRANCE, Michel Penard, Radio ISA comment after listening to TDRS CD: "...a real musical personality."
HOLLAND, Alex Pijnen, BRTO Radio Holland, " Great stuff for my shows."