Rawstars, il disco, offre una miscela non banale di temi (da questioni di carattere globale alle relazioni personali) e canzoni: le sferzate rock (“Follow you”, con chitarre quasi southern, e l’acida, younghiana “Paper girl”) convivono accanto a episodi più meditati, nei quali affiora la tavolozza di colori che tanto i quotati session players quanto le varie fonti d’ispirazione che la band mai nasconde portano in dote. Ne sono esempio le più acustiche “Fly someday” e “How could I have been so blind?”, dove la tessitura chitarristica e una tromba mutata portano verso quel confine oltre il quale si trovano i mondi di Stephen Stills e David Crosby, con Nash che sembra proprio di avvertire negli impasti vocali ma che questa volta non c’è.
Si aggiungono anche le stanze del rock blues (“If were an angel”) e sonorità piacevolmente mainstream (“Watching the show”), tutto in un affresco che deve tanto alla musica d’autore californiana nata negli anni Settanta e ai suoni della stagione d'oro del rock.
Rawstars
Rawstars
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Credits
RAWSTARS
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals, guitar
Marco Molino: drums, percussions
Marco Valerio Cecilia: lead guitar, vocals
ALBUM CREDITS
1. Sometime (4:46) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Marco Molino: drums
Marco Valerio Cecilia: lead guitar, vocals
with Gianluca Galletti and Luisa Capuani on harmony vocals
2. Watching the Show (4:53) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals, tremolo guitar
Marco Molino: drums
Marco Valerio Cecilia: lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
with Gianluca Sabbi on piano, Hammond C3 with Leslie 147; Luisa Capuani on harmony vocals
3. Don't Lock Me Down (5:25) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Marco Molino: percussions
Marco Valerio Cecilia: lead guitar, vocals
with Inger Nova Jorgensen on harmony vocals; Jeff Pevar on slide guitar and harmony vocals; Luisa
Capuani on harmony vocals; Marco Rovinelli on drums
4. Paper Girl (5:20) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Marco Molino: drums
Marco Valerio Cecilia: lead and rhythm guitar
with Gianluca Sabbi on Hammond C3 with Leslie 147
5. Faster Than the Light (3:38) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli / Marco Valerio Cecilia
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: harmony vocals
Marco Molino: drums, percussions
Marco Valerio Cecilia: acoustic and electric guitars, lead vocals
with Greg Leisz on pedal steel guitar; Luisa Capuani on lead vocals
6. Follow You (2:57) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals, tremolo guitar
Marco Molino: drums
Marco Valerio Cecilia: lead guitar, harmony vocals
7. If I Were an Angel (5:07) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals
Marco Molino: drums
Marco Valerio Cecilia: lead guitar
with Mike Finnigan on Hammond B3
8. Let Me Take You Higher (5:59) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals
Marco Molino: drums
Marco Valerio Cecilia: acoustic and electric guitars, harmony vocals
with Gianluca Galletti on slide guitar, harmony vocals
9. Fly Someday (4:00) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli / Marco Valerio Cecilia
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals
Marco Molino: percussions
Marco Valerio Cecilia: acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
with Greg Leisz on pedal steel guitar; Luisa Capuani on harmony vocals; Stefano Santangelo on banjo,
mandola
10. Summer Night Blues (4:25) – composed by Francesco Lucarelli
Fabrizio Settimi: bass
Francesco Lucarelli: lead vocals
Marco Molino: drums
Marco Valerio Cecilia: lead guitar, horn section programming, harmony vocals
with Jeff Young on piano; Luisa Capuani on harmony vocals
11. How Could I Have Been So Blind? (2:22) – composed by Marco Molino / Francesco Lucarelli / Marco Valerio Cecilia
Francesco Lucarelli: harmony vocals
Marco Valerio Cecilia: 6-string and 12-string acoustic guitars, lead vocals
with Gianluca Galletti and Luisa Capuani on harmony vocals; Giovanni di Cosimo on muted trumpet
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