The Painter (1982)
---5/23/15
No doubt The Painter is "of the era", with its sunny disposition, and proto smooth jazz sounds. The opener 'Once Upon a Fantasy' displays there might be more to this than a tropical vacation, as guitarist Peter Calo turns up the fuzz a bit. From there it's a bit of cruise ship lounging, and perhaps even a little acoustic light world music via the Steve Tibbetts channel. All of that is well and good, but do we get that payoff track? Oh yes, we DO! And it's the finale title track that delivers it - a blistering 9 minute psychedelic guitar fronted fusion number that will have you digging through collection looking for your Love Devotion Surrender album. Well, no Larry Young on organ of course, and period synthesizers are in full force instead. But for 1982, that ain't bad right?
---1/12/22
Yep - I'll stand by that. I've been strangely in the mood for early 80s fusion of late. So this one scratches that itch in a big way and resulted in a +1 listen.
No reissues as of 3/29/25.
Ownership: 1982 En Route (LP)
5/23/15 (review); 1/12/22 (update / new entry)
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