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Music and lyrics by Eric Hansen
(except "Day After Tomorrow" lyrics by Werner, Julie & Martin Korb.
and "We've Got To Let Go" by Eric Hansen & Paul Rolnick Broadway
AutoMusic ASCAP)
©1999 Hansen Oil Well (ASCAP)how
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(click for audio clips)
1.
Trouble
2. Suntan
& a Cellular Phone
3.
Let
It Rain
4.
Real
Slow
5. Hello Billy Ann
6. Take My Hand
7. Charlie the Frog
8. I've Got You
9. We Lived in Paris
10. Gently
11. The Differences Between Us
12. Day After Tomorrow
13. Leap of Faith
14. We've Got To Let Go
15.
I
Am I
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From
the Tucson Weekly, April 13, 2000
Soundbites by Stephen Seigel
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: If you long for the sort of earnest
singer/songwriters that seem to have flooded the market in the '70s,
but have been in short supply ever since -- think a bluesier John
Prine, James Taylor or Gordon Lightfoot, even subdued Springsteen
-- look no further than recent Tucson transplant Eric Hansen's new
release, Real Slow (Half Moon Full Star Records).
Hansen,
who suffers from a rare and under-diagnosed genetic disease called Alpha1-Antitrypsin
Deficiency (A1AD), relocated to Tucson from New York City (where he
enjoyed a fanbase from his frequent appearances at the local cabarets)
following his diagnosis, because he needed a healthier
environment to aid his decreasing lung capacity, which now
stands at less than 45 percent. You would never know it from his
delivery, which ranges from the topical ("Suntan and a Cellular
Phone"), to the heart-wrenching ("Take My Hand"), to the
whimsically political ("Charlie The Frog"), to the celebratory
("I've Got You"). Above all, the songs are heartfelt and the guy
is sincere, and that goes a long way in the irony-drenched
climate we've all gotten so accustomed to.
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Real
Slow is genius! Do yourself a favor and buy!