Soul Beautiful is Hampton Taliaferro's first solo album - a kaleidoscopic, outside-the-box collection of moving grooving original songs which seamlessly blend classic sounds of the 70's with the energy of the 80's and the grunge of the 90's. Hampton plays drums, acoustic rhythm guitar and sings lead vocals. He's joined on this musical journey by Medo Agus on electric guitar and Roxy on viola, violin, sax & vocals, with special appearances by Shelley Martin on flute, Chuck Dodson on electric keyboard, Levon Walkin playing acoustic slides & fills - plus a reunion with Common Children bassist Drew Powell. "I definitely get a Peter Gabriel feeling from this, I love the environment you put the listener in - a wonderful, great CD." -Brian Godula, Zoppa Records More from listeners: "I just played all 5 tracks for Daevid. He dug 'em all, particularly Soul Beautiful. I could tell he really dug the flute on If I Was Falling....said it reminded him of Jethro Tull meets Stone Temple Pilots." "(Hampton's) voice at times reminds me of Counting Crows and at other times Van Morrison. Flute tracks are inspired, and as far as the lead guitar, the only other player i've ever heard sound like Chris Spedding is Chris Spedding." User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.