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Scott Kirby has been making music fulltime for twenty years already and Row Me Home is his sixth CD since 1993. The ex-political consultant also does 150 to 200 gigs per year, but the Florida-based American is completely unknown here.
In these eleven self-penned songs he proves an experienced and inspired singer/guitar player. Hij combines influences from singer-songwriter and pop with traces of rock, jazz and roots in supple melodies. Melancholy and irony alternate in lyrics about how his relatives fled Ireland during the Great Famine or how difficult it is to order a hooker by phone on Valentine’s Day.
In four compositions and in the studio Kirby got assistance from colleague-Floridan/drummer Russell Kunkel, who brought bass player Leland Sklar, guitar player Dean Parks and others. Because of that Kirby, who firmly chooses position as James Taylo’s lost cousin, convinces too.
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