Guitar notes ripple intensely as the chorus line pleads passionately, "Mercy baby, I just didn't see you as the one" and the Shell Game continues. Gary's songs travel through the emotional spectrum, initially ominous tones prevail but there are also forays into reflective and melodic spaces. It's seven weeks later and this is Shell Game II. Four albums, three release dates.
Featured songs: the acoustic "Sleepless Every Night", the sexy and hypnotic "Love Ain't Nothing Like It Seems", and the playful blues rock of "Waist Deep".
Whether it's a nasty Les Paul strung low or a more ethereal take on blues rock, Gary's sound is his own and it's here in spades, all through these four albums. The real sleight of hand going on here is that the fourth album is a rock guitar instrumental album hidden within one of the three releases.
Artist note: this isn't a "concept album" or a "rock opera". The Shell Game is the common thread that links these four albums together within the three release dates.
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