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"Strange World" Review Featured In Quintessence, January, 2002
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Ray DeTone
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Review of "Strange World"
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By: Wayne Klinger
nother player with huge background resume since he was 11 is this guy. From that point he was studying theory with "Uncle" Vic Talerico, Steven Tyler's father and music teacher in high school who used to bring stuff like ELP and Aerosmith (of course!) to the kids for class. Ray also played the NY area for many years and eventually hooked up with ex-Touch member, Mark Mangold and a band Drive, She Said. Then in 1991 Ray hooked up with the legendary Paul DiAnno, ex-Iron Maiden and Battlezone vocalist, with his band, Killers. Some Broadway and orchestral stints came up afterward before going solo and hooking up with some well-known talent such as David Rosenthal, Hal Cragin, Alan St.Jon, Paul Morris,Carla Imperato ("Fame"),etc..
"Strange World" follows-up his debut,"Once More.. With Feeling" with a cast of notables as well. The 13-track CD covers everything from Blues to Rock to Metal with some vocal tracks. A cover of "Hoedown" is interesting (the song used for the old 90's "Beef" commercials) and the 3 vocal tracks which had a touch of industrial to them and reminded me of USM meets Kid Rock (USM is the Balance Of Power side project,United States of Mind). Some of the acoustic takes on here like "King's Court" and "The Gypsy Dance" for example, are reminiscent of the 70's Zep and Heart material (Page/Leese and N. Wilson) with a bit of Renaissance flavor (somewhat like Blackmore is doing nowadays). As far as any newer influences or likenesses would be "Satch", Saraceno and Firkins but Ray is still to his own, especially when you listen to songs like the title track,"The Journey Begins", "Homework" and "Street Urchin Symphony"....classic assets to this CD! One of my top 10's for the year in review. (Check the rest of the site for final Poll rankings!)
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Wayne Klinger / Quintessence
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