Olu Dara & Daughtry

This artist may be miss-filed, alphabetically. My person contends that Dara is his last name. I was under the impression that "Olu Dara" means "God is good," which would make it his whole name. To settle our disagreement, we consulted Wikipedia and discovered that his name is actually Charles Jones, III, so now, we're really confused. For the time being, the album In the World is in the D section. This is what happens when you don't have opposable thumbs and have to depend on your person to get things off the shelf for you.

Whatever his name is, Olu Dara is a versatile musician. He plays the guitar, trumpet, and cornet, and sings. He plays jazz and blues, funk, reggae, and In the World also has an African flavor. The lyrics range widely from topics such as okra (who'd have thought to write a song about this vegetable?), shopping, rain, and his girlfriend's lips. My favorite line is "Your lips, your lips, your lips, your lips are juicy." Reminds me of when my own lips have been wrapped around a delicious mouse. Enjoy your own mouse while listening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qs1DDGjUw0

You probably remember Chris Daughtry as the intense, sultry cowboy contestant on American Idol in 2006. (Did I actually just describe someone as a "sultry cowboy?" Oh, well, if the boot fits...) After getting booted off the show, Chris turned down an offer to be Fuel's lead singer and formed his own band, which has been touring ever since. 

Chris' voice is very manly, as are his shaved head and exaggerated sideburns. My cat friends and I constantly wonder about humans and the odd things they like to do with their fur. The most well-known cuts on this first album are "What About Now" and "It's Not Over." The thing that disappoints me about Daughtry is that he has this powerful rocker voice, but he usually sings about insipid country music subjects: his truck, getting out of jail, getting married. Seems like a bad pairing of talent and genre. You can see what I mean at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ92eyxnxmQ&feature=relmfu  It's another miss-file, if you ask me. 

Peace out!