The Council Of Thirteen - Down the American Road

The 33rd album by The Council of Thirteen is a slice of American rock styles of the 60s, 70s and 80s. 15 new songs written by keyboardist/composer John W. Edwards. Beginning with the CCR-infused title track, followed by Light Ahead a piece of new wave pop with a Joni Mitchell-like vocals. The seventies light rock feel of Every Day Feels Right is followed by the Natalie Merchant-influenced New Ways To See. Still Waiting On Line is a plaintive 80's pop/rock duet. You Should Know adds a poignant song about second loves dealing with the knowledge of a first love. Black and White is an emotive bluesy/jazz-tinged story of interracial love and the complications around it. Just One Chance has that anthemic Richard Marx/Benny Mardones/John Parr vibe while Back Where I Started has a country rock feeling. I Know This Feeling channels Karla Bonoff/Wendy Waldman/Laura Nyro stylings. Every Life I've Lived has a very 80's singer songwriter feel that reminisces of Dan Fogelberg, Dan Seals or Gene Cotton. Between The Lines We Draw has a flair for the dramatic in a Springsteen style. Common Ground has an almost progressive tinged Kansas/Styx sound. Still Standing In Line is female led country-rock in a Dolly Parton style. Silent Night is an epic intense ending song about a soldier alone in a deserted outpost in space. ELO, Roxy Music, Kansas, Honeymoon Suite, REO Speedwagon, Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Genesis, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Pat Benatar, Journey, Styx, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Buggles and more!