
In Dreams: Guitar Noir II
This long-awaited follow-up to 1999's critically acclaimed "Guitar Noir" album takes the listener on an all-instrumental voyage through the stages of sleep and dreaming. Beginning with the waiting -for- sleep opening salvo of "Mister Sandman", with its White Album-era arrangement juxtaposed with four-part harmony guitars a la The Andrews Sisters, the album just gets more inventive as it proceeds on its journey. From the sweet harmony guitars and Rundgren-esque arrangement of "All I Have To Do Is Dream", through a gorgeous reading of Ray Davies' "I Go To Sleep", through several Doyle originals and even Artie Shaw's old theme song, "Nightmare" this adventurous album has it all.
Mark Doyle has had a distinguished career in the music business since his first band, Jukin’ Bone, was signed to RCA while Mark was in his late teens. He’s gone on to make records as guitarist or producer with David Werner, Cindy Bullens, Andy Pratt, Leo Sayer, Hall & Oates, Judy Collins, Meat Loaf, Bryan Adams, and Mary Fahl, and has p