![]() This move proved to be a wise one, as he was signed by the largest music publishing company in the world, Acuff-Rose. Gove moved to Nashville in the early 70's after a four-year stint as a submarine sonar technician in the Navy. Gove, once again, introduces songs that are full of life and energy and his very personal, soulful sound. Now joined by John Prine, Nanci Griffith and Lari White for his first Compass Records release Shine On, Gove has created a collection of five self-penned and selected favorites of fellow artists. When Gove released early albums on Flying Fish Records, his friends, Doc Watson, John Hartford, Marty Stuart, and Buddy Emmons.all lined up to contribute to his recordings. When looking for expressive and uncommon sounds, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Dan Seals, Hank Williams, Jr., Iris Dement and Glen Campbell all turned to the evocative sound of Gove Scrivenor's autoharp. Gove is a treat to see.Īmorese - NORFOLK VIRGINIAN PILOT - VARIOUS Evans, Jr., President - LEES McRAE COLLEGE You made a great evening for all of us, and your talent and personality is so uniquely suited to excite and entertain a student body. Gove, as always you came through with a five star performance. Gove's Southern accent is the right blend of gentle slur, for the blues, and nasality, for country songs. He has impressive control over his performance he knows exactly what he wants, and he produces it flawlessly. He avoids the extremes, the rock singer's aggressive bellow and the folksinger's monotone. Gove's voice is dark and deep, yet ready, unusually expressive. His dedication and cooperation make him a pleasure to work with, and as a musician he's one of the finest. Gove's performance was truly outstanding. There should be creativity in music, and emotion and soul, and Gove's got 'em all. His picking is superb, and he sings these gut level Memphis Blues and Delta type things with a voice that's both beautiful and funky. His presence and audience rapport command attention. A visit to a Gove concert is like going to the theatre. To see a performer like Gove single handedly entice and cajole and entertain an audience is unique. Lynda Van Horn - LONGWOOD COLLEGE ROTUNDA His singing reached all levels from soft ballads to rowdy rock, and he often seemed to be pulling the music from his guitar which he aptly said was his home. Country, folk, rock, heavy all these adjectives may be applied to his music. Labeling the music that Gove shared with the audience is not easy. ![]() Mark Seal - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, DAILY BEACON Gove is still relatively unknown in the world of music. His set was well chosen, full of fine blues, and he was obviously playing what the crowd wanted to hear. Gove got the best response and achieved a downhome relationship with the audience of 1500. Terry Lickona - AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, PBS TV Gove's first appearance on "Austin City Limits," with the Amazing Rhythm Aces, was such a success we had to bring him back the next year this time with Doc Watson. Thanks for opening up the skies on top of that mountain. Ted Robinson - THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD - Ted Robinson Scrivenor's encore on autoharp also bears mentioning, if only for the effortless way he glided from leading a euphoric community sing-a-long of You Are My Sunshine into Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring laced with the odd quote from Beethoven. His rendition of his own Two Rivers instrumental suite redefines the possibilities of this traditional Appalachian instrument with waves of carillon-like sound and beautifully articulated themes. Gove Scrivenor's voice is robust, flexible and beguiling, but for me the highlights of his performance were instrumental and came in two excerpts on the autoharp. Cocaine Blues became again a believable saga of some self deprecating wit, warmth and an acceptance of despair as a matter of course. Lovely songs like Eric Von Schmidt's Make My Love Come Rolling Down were contrasted with ebullient offerings like a children's song from Texas that was at once tough and whimsical. On the night he came out of the blocks with a vigorous slide guitar treatment of Brownie McGhee and Sunny Terry's Stranger Blues and played and sung his way through an hour's worth of songs new and traditional. I'm not too familiar with his two record albums - but he is clearly a performer who bears closer scrutiny. It's hard to understand why this master American guitarist, singer and songwriter isn't better known. In full flight his feet provide a stomping rhythm section, at other times they merely flutter and scissor in delight at what the fingers have just achieved. GOVE Scrivenor may not actually swagger sitting down, but he manages to dance quite convincingly to the beat of his own accompaniment in that position.
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