Jeffrey Dean Foster - Million Star Hotel

Fans of great tunesmiths like Bill Lloyd, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams, Pat Buchanan and Neil Young will not want to miss Jeffrey Dean Foster`s "Million Star Hotel". It`s luminous, inspired, eerie, deeply thoughtful and full of long-drive-ahead-of-you car radio hooks. It`s an album of uncommon depth, not unlike all the aforementioned songwriters. With its aura of aching beauty and self-revelation, accented by organic production touches, Million Star Hotel bears gem-like reflections of such seminal influences as Neil Young, Ray Davies, Lindsey Buckingham and Hank Williams. Youll even hear occasional nods to such Seventies rock forebears as Bowie, Bolan and ELO in such songs as Lost In My Own Town and Long Gone Sailor. "Album Of The Year..It took him five years to make and it is more than worth the wait. It`s a long albm that never sags, and it stands toe-to-toe with just about any album released anywhere by anybody..music this good, this smart doesn`t come around often"-Ed Bumgardner, Relish.

" As demonstrated on this consistently excellent CD, Foster occupies some pretty rarified air. While effortlessly conjuring pleasant aural images of Neil Young, the Byrds, Brian Wilson, and Chris Bell, Foster, over the course of a few listenings, admirably establishes his own identity as a literate songwriter for whom hooks fly off his fingertips like a magician tossing glitter over a room full of awe-struck kids."-The Day. "The album is elegantly stoked by co-producers Mitch Easter and Brian Landrum to spotlight Foster`s honey-sweet high tenor, his classic-rock-leaning arrangement skills and his feel for rescuing poetic truths from longing, heartbreak and reflection. Highlights include the Ryan Adams-esque "Lily Of The Highway," twinkly power-popper "The Summer Of The Son Of Sam," brash anthem "Lost In My Own Town" (with its outrageous Move/ELO "Do Ya" steal) and the piano-and-trumpet meditation "Milk And Honey" (a veiled anti-war tune recalling Tom Petty circa Southern Accents). If Ryan Adams had been humble (and smart) enough to distill the best 14 songs from his three recent records onto a single platter, we might have Million Star Hotel."-Magnet.

Its 14 tracks play through like a song cycle thats moved forward not by an overt plot or concept but by an emotional arc that pulls the listener through a kaleidoscopic range of moods. These include yearning, melancholy, determination and, in the end, grateful and passionate accommodation to lifes circumstances. Foster wanted to make an album that felt true to life but also a bit larger than life, and hes succeeded with this soulful, atmospheric set of shivery-good songs. "4 out of 4 stars..This is Foster`s Born To Run. It`s an album born of desperation, an emotional summation of past musical byways that supports messages of a need for search and escape, and a yearning for peace in an increasingly complex world. Foster has finally found the way to frame his emotive, somewhat fragile voice, writing delicate songs capable of withstanding a pounding or sustaining atmospherics and sharp dynamics. More than any album this year, this offers a far-reaching expression of the greatness of rock `n` roll. This is as close to perfection as rock `n` roll should be allowed to come. It`s the real deal!" - Relish.com. Footnotes: Foster used to be the sadly missed, long departed 90`s band, The Woods. Additionally, Million Star Hotel features some the talents of Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, as well. Extremely Highly Recommended!

Lily Of The Hightway - mp3

I Know How Your Broken Heart Feels - mp3

Long Gone Sailor - mp3

Lost In My Own Town - mp3

Corner Of My Eye - mp3