Hollow Man (2000) Director's Cut

Mike Morgan is back with a few surprises up his sleeve. "Texas Man" is the first CD where you will find the Dallas native as both guitarist and lead vocalist. The self-produced album not only features Mike singing for the first time, but fans can hear him backed by some of the best in the business. Fellow Texans Anson Funderburgh and Johnny Moeller lay down the rhythm guitar tracks and top-notch harp man, Gary Primich, lends his talents as well. On "Texas Man," Mike has managed to mix together the styles of Hound Dog Taylor, Earl Hooker and Elmore James and make it his own.

If Rick Wakeman had performed this in the time of Medieval Britain he would have blown them away with this one. For us it awakens the spirit of history. A fine performance of classical meets rock virtuosos embellished with Rick's typical trills and frills with carefully crafted interlacing of majors and minors. One or two surprises though, a sprinkling of synthesised strings and possibly a mix up of titles between The Seige and Castle Rushen. This album has a more "grandiose" feel than most of Rick's pure piano albums.