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Misner & Smith review of 'Poor Player' - rarwriter.com by Doug Strobel: Mon 2/8/2010 10:53AM; Publication Name: rarwriter.com
Author: Doug Strobel
Published On: 02/28/2009
Web Link (URL): http://www.rarwriter.com/music_reviews.htm

The new CD released by Misner/Smith, Poor Player, is a celebration in song by a duo of very formidable talents.

Sam Misner won the West Coast Song Writers Association Competition in 2007 for his composition “Madeline” (Paradise Cracked) from the duo’s debut CD Halfway Home. (available @ cdbaby.com)

I have seen/heard Sam (guitar,vocals) & Megan (upright bass, mandolin, guitar & vocals) on 3 occaisions. I was struck from the first notes of the quality of their musical interaction...the harmonies are reminiscent if “the high, lonesome sonnd” associated w/Bluegrass singing.
When this style of singing is used to make manifest the duos original songs the effect is much different...lots of folks sing good together but this is truly inspired vocalizing...a unique blend...this is “shivers up the spine” singing!!

The playing is “spot on” clean throughout; Sam drives the songs with his Martin w/apparent ease. While Smith anchors the sound w/upright bass and mandolin she does cut loose in a lively waltz time coda on the 11th track.

Poor Player captures their signature sound in a “live” setting to very positive effect. I have heard many of these songs in performance. (there is only one overlap from the first disc: the “bonus” 11th track on Poor Player is Piccolo Pete from Halfway Home. This recording is a testament to the art of recording in that it sounds like these folks are in the room w/me when I play the disc.
The title song is a new & cleaver addition to the “paying our dues” oeuvre. “Compose” was completed just days before the recording took place but I would not have known that from the performance.

A standout performance is Megan Smith’s “Wanderin’ Fool” understated & very soulful. Misner ably joins in on the chorus but when she says “ Let me hear you say...” I want to stand up & be counted...this music is a “joyous noise...”
Highly recommended!! You will not be disappointed, buy the disc...

-Douglas Strobel for www.rarwriter.com
Misner & Smith Feature Article in Hicks with Sticks Magazine: Mon 2/8/2010 10:41AM; Jose Segue, Hicks with Sticks raves about "Poor Player"
Misner & Smith feature article by music critic Landon Christensen: Mon 2/8/2010 10:31AM; Davis Enterprise
Landon Christensen Enterprise music critic
Published: May 19, 2009

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