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Music From a Film by Jack Johnson & The Malloys “Thicker Than Water"
Label: Brushfire
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Review By: Linda Spielman
 

Tracks: Moonshine - Jack Johnson Rainbow - G. Love/Jack Johnson Even After All - Finley Quaye Hobo Blues - G. Love & Special Sauce Relate To Me - Zelig Cove, The - Jack Johnson Holes To Heaven - Jack Johnson (acoustic) Dark Water & Stars - Natural Calamity My Guru - Bombay The Hard Way Honor & Harmony - G. Love & Special Sauce Liver Splash - The Meters Underwater Love - Smoke City Thicker Than Water - Todd Hannigan Witchi Tai To - Harpers Bizarre

"Thicker Than Water is a collection of images & memories that start with the first time we stood on the deck of a surf board & ends with an eighteen month journey through the North Atlantic, South Pacific & Bay of Bengal"  ~Jack Johnson & The Malloys
 
With such producers as Jack Johnson, Kevin Bacon & G. Love the soundtrack for this indie film inspired by and loved by the surf culture embodies all the ideals & mentality of this easy going social set.
 
"Rainbow" which is a duet with Johnson and G. Love is probably the most notable track of the CD that brings the elements of the ocean & music and weave them into a mental image of the surf culture.
 
The soundtrack incorporates spoken word, reggae, Asian/Indian influences, southern bayou blues, guitar melodies & sound bytes of the ocean into a soothing compilation and continually flowing musical escape. Don’t expect Dick Dale on this CD. It’s a much more mellow illustration of the music which evolved from and revolves around all that is the surf culture.
 
The few up-tempo tracks like "Honor & Harmony" add just enough kick to the subdued collection of songs from the various artists who lent their talents to the project.

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