| Just before he died Mic Christopher completed
the songs for what would be his debut
solo
album. He left instructions with his
former
Mary Janes bandmate Karl Oldum about
what
finishing touches needed to be done.
Considering
this, no one can claim that this album
is
a digging up the demos or lost recordings
of a deceased artist to make a quick
buck.
It is more the finishing of what was
almost
complete and the preservation of the
music
of a talented musician. Sometimes the
last
recordings of an artist may be melancholy
or even dark and moody but Skylarkin'
is
nothing but positive and optimistic.
The
words from Daydreamin' repeat, ‘Why
should
we wait/For things we want in life/When
we
can just go out and find them/And stop
dreaming
our lives away.' Mic's surviving friends
and family have certainly done an excellent
job bringing a certain warmth and full
bodied
sound to the album, which was somewhat
lack
in his previous release, the Heyday
EP. The
production and finishing touches would
mean
nothing though without Mic's simple
yet poignant
lyrics that conjure up thoughts from
childhood
innocence to true friendship. Despite
Mic's
life being cut too short, one can only
conclude
after listening to this album that
it was
a life well lived. |
