Alan Ames was born in Texas, and was a music major in college, before moving to the hills of the Ozarks for 21 years. He played cello, flute, recorder, clarinet, piano, guitar, and clarinet before deciding that the steel guitar was his instrument. He plays a Scheerhorn resophonic, a National style O, a Weissenborn Hawaiian, and Sierra Pedal Steel.
His music has a distinctive southern blues flavor, but a serious classical and improvisational bent has his music sounding more like film music.
Alan's first CD contains music spanning 30 years: 9 intrumentals and 3 vocal songs.
Some of the songs are strickly solo lap steel guitar, and on others, he adds bass, another steel guitar, and recorder trio on one. Variety and emotion is the hallmark here: songs to laugh, cry, or navigate the stars.
Track List:
1. Deep Eddy Blues
2. Another Day in Paradise
3. Boogie Shuffle O
4. Bluelight
5. Nancy Jo
6. By Doggies Lum
7. Bighorn Lament
8. For Mozart
9. Neon Canyon Nocturne
10. Summertime
11. Arkansas Boogie
12. Arkansas Fire
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