Fletcher Rhoden.com is releasing THE FIVE & DIME Best Of 2005-2010 in CD and digital download, over 70 minutes of live and recorded tracks. The tunes, covering both secular and religious themes, include "On The Wings Of An Angel" and others and feature appearances from Robbie Rist and Eva James. Following the cd/dd release of the I LOVE LUCY-inspired musical Original Soundtrack Recording of REDHEAD CUBAN HAUSFRAU HUSBAND (also on DVD) THE FIVE & DIME is expected to be the last release of its kind from the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist.
"There was a lot of good work in that five-year span," Rhoden said, "more than enough for a retrospective of this kind. It makes a nice album with a very cohesive feel, even if the work is spread out over so long and covers so many themes. Stylistically, it's very consistent. All my work from before that period, and there is a ton, just doesn't add up to a release the way this stuff does." No new music was recorded for THE FIVE & DIME, although the fertile period has resulted in fragments of almost 10 new songs. No new recordings are anticipated. "I have other plans," Rhoden said.
All the songs on THE FIVE & DIME are originals, but the same five-year period included a lot of covers, radical reworkings of classic rock tunes also being released as CHANGE FOR A TEN. Not for sale or resale, CHANGE FOR A TEN comes as a complimentary download with any purchase of THE FIVE & DIME. Tunes from this collection include a reggae version of "The Sultans Of Swing" a slowed-down "Carry On, My Wayward Son" a delta blues "Helter Skelter" and more.
Free downloads of THE FIVE & DIME are being given away once a week until April 15 to those who sign the home site guestbook. Downloads of both albums are available now, the CD of THE FIVE & DIME Best Of 2005-2010 is expected in early April. Free samples and purchase information is available at
http://www.fletcherrhoden.com/music.htm
Friday, March 18, 2011
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