I was going to say the same thing. He's a Brooklyn Jew (oh Gaaahd!). The person and how he talks, is actually pleasant to me. It's too bad I don't like a lot of his work. The amazing things are: 1.) He's not from a musical family, 2.) He's not classically-trained (although it shows in his keyboard playing), 3.) Little, if any evidence shown that he's a Brooklyn Jew (i.e. the accent, vocab, etc), 4.) He's really nice, and I actually watched JUST the spoken bits (and the string song, near the end). I wish I could more of him OFF KEYBOARDS.
I do too. I don't like Dylan and I didn't like Kooper's work on that hit of theirs. The strange thing is, he confirms that he was a guitarist. I call the "organ shit," the "strings from hell." It's like hearing a 1,000 piece string ensemble. Worse than Amy Lee's ideas for Evanescence. Obviously took a string voice and put it thru the Leslie. Let's apply symphonic shit and apply it to folk music. I wonder who taught him to do that. See my playlists and comments for more.
Anytime you find something you really dig in life -Shoes / etc / etc - if you really like it -buy 2, even 3. Cause nowadays - you'll almost never find it again -even 6 months later.
I heard of this guy and was just reading about him. He's a Jew from Brooklyn? Where's that annoying accent? I didn't much of it in the video. He seems like a nice guy. He actually isn't classically trained (which is refreshing to me).
you learned the formula so well you are writing songs sounding like songs already written. i hear no creativity. stop changing the words to Ray Charles songs...
