The CragBaby

I love to support the local Utah artists and find it surprising the talent that has come out of Utah: Jewel, Kalai, Lyrics Born, Peter Breinholt, Joshua James, Kurt Bestor, bass player for The Used…… I have two friends, brothers actually, who are from my hometown of Price who have cds on the market.

I have been friends with Sam Bailey for years and genuinely enjoy his unique work. I suppose is music would be labeled as folk with his humor and intelligence being mirrored in each song. His cd, “Prelude to a Bus Ride” can be bought at Orion Music in Sugarhouse or checked out from the Salt Lake downtown library. The whole cd is fantastic, but my personal favorites are “Proposal #2″ and “Bachelor’s Lament”. Sam isn’t focusing on his music at this time, but his cd still ranks as one of my favorites. Every once in a while I am lucky and I can catch Sam on his trips to Salt Lake …. and when I am really, really lucky he has his guitar in hand. He plays a mean version of “Little Red Riding Hood”, but it is an extremely rare occasion that I can get him to bust that one out.

His younger brother Ben is also a musician and is currently focusing on his music. I purchased the cd online and received it in the mail just yesterday. His music is completely different than Sam’s in the sense of tone and music structure (Ben’s music is mostly more of a slower tempo and more serious than Sam’s tunes), but similar in the sense that they are both thought provoking. Ben is on myspace under Poetry for the Masses and currently has one cd released called “Tale Tell Heart”. The cd is great with my favorite songs being “Expectation / Realization” and “Hope”. The bonus track of “Bloodstain” is great as well. If you want to hear the full track of “Expectation / Realization” go to my personal myspace page as it is the song on my profile at this time.

If interested in the local artists in the community or want to just listen to some good tunes… check them out.

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