Reviews

11/7/04 The Syracuse Post Standard, Mark Bialczak.

Singer songrwriter, Don Paul Way says he's been dreaming of putting out this disk of his own music forever. "Burning Daylight" shows that Way learned plenty while he played in solid Central New York blues rock bands, including Homegrown in the 1970's, and Blueprints in the 1990's. In between, Way moved to Alaska, where he performed in an oil- boom days band called Sockeye. His twelve song debut disk rings of blues, rock, jazz, and even a bit of easy listening pop. The Morrisville resident's guitar and bass work are helped loads by the guitar sounds of George Deveny, keyboard work of Dave Liddy, drums of Bob Holz, percussion of Darryl Mattison and harmonica of Terry Vickery. The disk leads off with the title cut, a pleasant instrumental with jazz- blues- combo guitar runs reminiscent of Robert Cray. Way's lead vocals are strong, too. "Beautiful Woman" couples his deep voice with an Allmans Brothers band like slide guitar. On "Waste Of Time" Way sings, "It's a waste of time I know, 'cause I've been holding on so long. You see I never knew how to walk away from you." George Deveny also produced the disk which was recorded at Savage Studio and J.A. Castle Studio in Utica. The result goes down smooth and easy.

 

11/11/04 Mid York Weekly, Mike Jaquays.

The new Burning Daylight CD by village guitarist/singer/songwriter Don Paul Way is more than just a collection of some great sounding tunes- it gave Way the chance to play with some familiar musical friends. "It's a lot of old boys coming out and getting together to play", he explained of the recording of the twelve song disk, where he plays accoustic and bass guitar backed by George Deveny on Dobro, electric and slide guitar, Dave Liddy on piano and keyboards, Bob Holz on drums, Darryl Mattison on percussion, Terry Vickery on harmonica, and Steve Quenneville, Alesha Gonyea, Maren Vantine, and Deveny on backing vocals. A veteran of CNY faves Homegrown in the 1970's and Blueprints in the 1990's, plus Alaska's Sock-Eye in the 1980's. Way has performed on bills featuring acts like Little Feat, Freddy King, The Nighthawks, Asleep at the Wheel, and Roger McGuinn. He admits having completed his own CD is a major milestone in his musical career, and thanks to modern technology he's already gotten a positive, world wide response from listeners as far away as Belgium. The mellow, bluesy, accoustic collection of Way's originals is a laid back offering of both instruments and vocals, with a sound that confirms the fun the old friends had getting back together to play. Way said he plans to take his music as far as he can in the future, and expects the CD to help market his originals to new audiences. "Hopefully it'll open up some new gigs in front of some new people in the future," he said. "I'm just really happy to have it done and I'm going to go as far as it'll take us." The CD is available through his web site at www.donpaulway.com, cdbaby.com, or at Border's music and Music Soundgarden, Barnes and Noble, and Mediaplay in Syracuse; Last Unicorn in New Hartford; Oneida Music in Oneida; the Colgate Bookstore in Hamilton; and Doughertys Pharmacy; and the public library in Morrisville.