CD

Below you will find a few cuts from the CD that you can listen to, selected excerpts from published reviews and some of the original art work that was created for the project.

Original art by Verne Anderson

Excerpts from published reviews of the CD.  Follow links to read full reviews.

"...Hoover stands out, ranking right up there in the small fraternity of harmonica players (Jean "Toots" Thielemans, Hendrik Meurkens, Howard Levy)."

St. Paul Pioneer Press  - November 9, 1997

"...Dream of the Serpent Dog" is exotic, swinging, warm and resonant....masterful chromatic harmonica..."

Minneapolis Star Tribune  - Sunday, January 18, 1998

"...a knockout jazz CD...(his) playing is so fluent that anything seems possible..."

American Harmonica Newsmagazine  - January 1998

"...surprisingly delightful...Hoover's harmonica has a lovely tone..."

Cadence  - February 1998

Use the play buttons to hear a sample of the music.

You will need the Quicktime Player plug-in to hear the samples.  If you do not already have it you can get it at the Apple web site.

The serpent dog sleeps
and dreams the dream
of the Good Life:

The scent of spring rebirth -
Padding down wooded shade trails
through fields light with prairie grass,
Toe claws sink deep in cool velvet moss,
ears cock to the quiet voice of the swamp,
Scrabble scratch over the rocks slick with creek water,
Tongue on root, bark and stem.

But best of all -
Wanton rolling in the
Thick, Fecund Dead.

For further information about the four musicians who appear on the CD, check out the Promo. 

If you would like more information about Dream of the Serpent Dog, 

    Clint Hoover.