{"product_id":"human-masquerade","title":"Human Masquerade","description":"Product Description\n\nThe CD has been described as sarcastic, sardonic and a haunting search for the truth.\nFolk\/roots music with a twist.\n\nReview\n\n...if you're a serious Joe Ely or Butch Hancock or Terry Allen fan, you very well might never have heard of him. But you will. I'll bet you dollars to donuts on that. Swinney is definitely an up-and-coming singer\/songwriter to watch, and all indications are he's going to just get better over time. -- Dave Ferman-Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Jan. 1998\n\nFrom the savage satire of Country Music Music to the unrelieved bleakness concealed behind the seemingly innocuous title of When I Was a Kid, Swinney's serious side is on display here ...compelling search for the truth. -- John Conquest-Third Coast Magazine, May 1997\n\nHuman masquerade might stir up some heated conversation in some circles, but at least it gets people talking. If anything, this album makes you think; makes you listen; and it gives you an exciting look through the eyes of a man and his quest for knowledge and understanding of a complex world. A definite must have. -- Independent Songwriter Web-Magazine, November, 1998\n\nI was sure that a new songwriter was springing up in the shadows. I was right. ...a man in search of the truth; Swinney soothes my twilights and I thank him. ESSENTIAL. -- Jacques Spiry-RCF Network, France\n\nPut Dylan, Kinky Friedman, Ry Cooder \u0026amp; Ernest Tubb in a blender, and what you get is Cary Swinney. A delicious and refreshing country folk rock musical cocktail. Cary's 1997 release, Human Masquerade, is a must have for the eclectic music collector. -- Dr. John Scott-KFAN 107.9 FM, Fredricksburg, Tx \u0026amp; KEEP 98.3 FM, Kerrville, Tx\n\nSwinney is the latest in a long line of Hub City troubadours whose words will nail your soul to the floor. Swinney's Human Masquerade has words that will chill your blood as well as lyrics that'll make you laugh. There are a lot of songwriters on this mud ball, but there aren't many who can write as well as the young Swinney. -- Jim Beal, Jr.-San Antonio Express-News, Feb. 1998\n\nWarm, passionate, dramatic, he does not concede any truths, it is a continuous intellectual stimulant...A debut such as this one is a rare and precious thing for anyone who loves the singing and song writing of the United States. -- Franco Ratti-OUT OF TIME Magazine, July 1998, Milan, Italy\n\nWe suspect Swinney to be a journalist, otherwise how could you be such a sharp observer and formulate what you see so well... The man is a natural. He writes in such an organic way that you don't often encounter. He is sarcastic, he is funny, he challenges you and he is a philosopher at the same time...If you can get a copy of Human Masquerade, don't let anything keep you from it, as this is a CD of a very high level. -- Dani Heyvaert-DIGGIN' THE ROOTS*****, Hogtown New Magazine, Belgium, Nov.-Dec. 1997\n\nFrom the Label\n\nSwinney tossed all his demons into a bucolic blender and the ricochet wreaked collateral damage on a vast variety of pharisees, pendants and pernicious power freaks on his deity defying debut disc, Human Masquerade. There's not many tribes, trendies or taste tsars safe from Cary's cross, or some cynics might say, crass examination of the witless. It's no surprise that Swinney has lit up the phones at High In The Saddle on the Sabbath at PBS-FM.\n\nFrom the Artist\n\nGrowing up I spent hours listening to John Prine, Loudon Wainwright III and Randy Newman, to name a few. I was lucky to have had an older brother who, fortunately, had good taste in music. (Cary Swinney)\n\nAbout the Artist\n\nCary Swinney Born- September 10, 1960 Place of Birth - O'Donnell, Texas\nMajor influences - John Prine, Louden Wainwright III, Randy Newman and Bruce Cockburn\nReleased his first (and only) CD in February, 1997.\nFeatured musicians include: Lloyd Maines on pedal steel, lap steel and dobro, Richard Bowden on fiddle, viola and mandolin.\nSwinney is being critically acclaimed and his album, Human Masquerade, is being distributed in various parts of Europe, Australia and the United States.\nSwinney is currently working on his second album.\nBAND_MEMBERS: Cary Swinney - lead vocals, guitar\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00000I6WB\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00000I6WB.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Swinney, Cary\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. 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