Hurricane
Independent
As the noise fades away from the forefront a distant echo is
heard... that’s the Screamin Eagle. A message, a voice, a guitar, and a
purpose.
“The creator created everything, which means, there is
nothing the creator did not create.”
Shaggy, unkempt, self proclaimed rebel armed for revolution
with a six-string in hand is here, Florida born and Florida raised. Christopher
Alan Nanney is the Screamin Eagle, a singer-songwriter from St. Augustine. In
the intrepid voyage of life few tenants stand out as a promontory in the
void like the Screamin Eagle who shrikes across the recesses. It is difficult
for one to know when a voice like his begin to develop because, it’s motive is
universal, eclectic, and semi-spiritually enveloping.
At the age of 22 he was taken to county jail for breaking
and entering the largest, most influential, church (institution) in
Jacksonville, FL. Found wearing a garment and flailing a scepter, allegedly
taken from the establishment, police encouraged Screamin Eagle to relinquish
his post from atop a decorative fountain, where he was then apprehended.
(source)
The debut album Hurricane is filled to the brim with
creative song writing inspired by Screamin Eagle’s own meandering experiences.
The opening track sapidly invites the listener to a simpler place, one where
the weeds grow high and time moves slowly with a deliberate pace; nowhere in
particular but lasting, intransient, and ever-so-delightful. “Step, step, step
right in, the water is fine...” From the opening howl to the final vibration
this album has a familiar, yet, imaginative grasp on the listener.
Stand-out
tracks on this album include: “Obama,” harmoniously repeating the chorus with a
dark introspective tone, “County Jail,” the confession of faith in a duality of
consciences, “Brand New Dawn,” a playful and elated melody, and “the Jesus
Song,” a duet featuring Katie Grace Herlow.
Screamin
Eagle is an intransigent paradigm of folk. other than a simple
one-two-and-three drum track on the “Obama” song; the album has no
accompaniment. Brilliantly acoustic and unperturbed Screamin Eagle is on “...a
whole’nother level.” Although the format is unformitable the beauty of it
resonates in the heart, strumming the strings of exquisiteness.
Screamin
Eagle’s stage presence is rivaled by few but, hailed by all. Often performing
solely illuminated by lamp light he captures attention immediately, then leads
the audience into a self assured resolve. It is as if the listener has carnal
knowledge of a music dormant in the soul and Screaming Eagle brings it
melodically into prominence.
Superbly drafted, masterfully executed, and performed
dutifully commanding attention the debut album by the Screaming Eagle,
Hurricane, is the first installment in what is to be a fruitful and prosperous
career.
Thomas Bellflower
for MovementMagazine.com
