I'm sure all of you reading this have also read my review of the New Cars CD that was posted a few months back.
You all know how Todd Rundgren was called upon to fill the void left by Ric Ocasek.
What you may not know is that former Todd Rundgren opening act Doug Powell was also approached about being in The New Cars.
Doug's Four Seasons album features six songs he'd written in anticipation of joining the band. It`s amazing how Doug captured `their sound.`
If The New Cars had stayed together and worked on new material, guess what? They would have had a hard time doing better than any of these tracks. The scary thing? Doug tossed these babies off as a creative exercise.
This was the last album we saw for a while from Doug as he took a hiatus from music to concentrate on his writing and graphic design business.
Not a bad highlight to go out on, a joy-filled send-off that most pop fans will enjoy, available from CD BABY.
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Dang! The first song does sound like the Cars. The Christmas song sounds like a retro pop chart thing from the late 60s or early 70s.
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I'd never heard of Doug Powell, but am glad you posted this. I like him. I was always a fan of the Cars, and his Cars-knock-off song you posted sounds quite good to me. Talented guy.
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ReplyDeleteDoug has a few CD's out there, all of which are pretty solid power-pop efforts.
And I would be remiss if I didn't say to check out "The New Cars", as Todd Rundgren did a pretty good job filling in for Ric.
But I also did a review of the Cars 2011 effort a few months ago, and if you're a fan of the band, there's no substitute for the real thing!
LC