2011 Allan Thomas – Deep Water

Long-time singer songwriter Allan Thomas releases ‘Deep Water’, his fifth album of original material. Recorded with the generous help of twenty-one stellar musicians playing at top form. You’ll find songs ranging in territory from ‘The Longest Ride’ – a rock-jazz tribute to fallen surfer Andy Irons – featuring David Crosby & Graham Nash – to ‘The Downturn’ – a tongue-in-cheek take on the current state of economic mayhem. The record also features several character-driven compositions, among them ‘Other Than That’ – a vocal and drums only litany on the worst aspects of some people we all know, set to a late ’50′s beat-poet jazz groove, and the wizened and weary weed smuggler confessional of the searing rock-blues ‘Monkey Business’. The many facets of romance are not forgotten here, with a reflective look into just how deep love can take you on the ‘Deep Water’ title track, plus the flat-out jubilant and jazzy ‘The Gift’, and a ballad that endeavors to sum it all up in ‘It All Comes Down To Love’.