Influences range from Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, Randy Newman, Dylan and Cole Porter (with a strange little Neil Diamond-esque detour once in a while. For American Gothic Ackles hired Bernie Taupin (Elton John’s songwriting buddy) to produce and noted arranger Robert Kirby to handle conducting and orchestral arrangements. To his credit, Ackles tried to break out of the mold himself by writing songs in a Randy Newman type vein: tales of regular people caught up in tense situations, re-examining their lives in terse fashion. American Gothic dates from ’72, a time when folk (as a genre) was heading towards the back of the record buying line. We Are Not Worthy! A Tribute To Tribute AlbumsĮngland's Glory: The Story Of Britpop 1992-2002Īckles emerged onto the American folk scene in the mid to late sixties.
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