Re-looked, recorded, re-claimed.... Five Days is the new six track release from Gregg Rolie. This is a re-recording of songs from both Santana and Journey, as well as his own solo compositions. The interesting thing is that he did these in a laid-back, easy-listening way. One can't help but think of Frank Sinatra while listening to it. There is no specific trend going on with this that I can think of, other than the fact that Rod Stewart has been doing covers of old classics, but that is nothing like this. So this is somewhat of an original idea of, and Rolie delivers it very well. It was recorded in his home in the southwest, on his old piano that belonged to his father and he dedicates it from his home to ours. I wasn't keen to what was going on when I first put it in the player, but I have to say I was surprised and very interested at the first few notes alone, as it is very relaxing and soothing to hear these tracks recorded this way. This is just a great CD for either driving along the countryside or relaxing at home. It’s a special gift for anyone who appreciates Gregg Rolie, and I'm glad to be one of them.

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This is probably the most satisfying number to hear in this style, as Rolie really slows it down and sings the first verse in a subdued manner. Then he just let’s some great piano fly to compliment things and comes back and springs the second verse out in an almost startling way. This is not going to be everyone's cup of tea, mostly because it's only two versus of vocals.