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Ron Block - DoorWay
- The second solo effort from this multi-faceted guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and famed banjo player for Alison Krauss and Union Station, On Block’s “DoorWay,” has bouts of uppity bluegrass tunes and downplayed ones as well.
“The Kind of Love,” has acoustic guitar work from Block and Dan Tyminski as well as acoustic bass play from Barry Bales. The tone of the song is incredibly tranquil so much so that one could envision Block and his troupe doing a rendition of this track on MTV’s “Unplugged.” Block muses about the adoration he has for his sweetheart and he describes it in loving detail with lines such as, “I want to be the one you want. I want to be the one you need. The face you long to see. I want to get inside your heart. To have your heart to live in me. The two to make one beat. Down this lonely road, oh how I want to make you know what is real. There’s nothing to compare to the kind of love I feel.”
On “Along the Way,” there is fiddle work from Stuart Duncan and sweet percussion play from Andy Hubbard. This song has a true bluegrass beat that will make listeners want to get up and boogie. Block talks about the path up the great beyond and believing in the Almighty’s plan with lines such as, “Where will we walk in heaven fair? The streets are made of gold. Oh, what’s beneath that shining path? A dirt and gravel road. The body is the earthly dust, the heart’s the broken stone. The gold’s the One whose love we trust, rest in Him alone.” The song uses an upbeat rhythm to deliver Block’s message of Holy favor and it’s a song one can pray along with and jive to all at the same time.
“Love’s Living Through Me When I Do,” goes back to a laid-back pace as evidenced by relaxed drum play from Shannon Forrest and Hubbard. There is also Dobro work from Jerry Douglas. The Dobro is a particular design of resonator guitar and a trade name owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation. On this track, Block croons about trying and faltering, but he looks to G-D for guidance despite all the hardships he faces. He sings lines like, “The more I try, the more I fall. I finally see the writing on the wall. The problem lives in what I see, a separate Him outside a separate me. In a desert land of double mind, the shadow self is all that I can find. The strength to love just can’t be found. A separate mind is striving effort-bound.”
Ron Block’s “DoorWay” is an album filled with bluegrass ditties. Block’s voice goes from somber to upbeat depending on the desired effect of the song but no matter his timbre the point of each song gets across swimmingly.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Reviewer's Rating: 8
Reader's Rating: 10.00
Reader's Votes: 1
Added: 9-Jun-2007
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