Check out these great reviews of David Saw's new CD Broken Down Figure:
Saw hangs out with the likes of Carly Simon and her son Ben Taylor, (who’s father is of course James Taylor) and with whom he’s apparently become “inseparable”. The son, not the father.
Not only is Saw a regular guest at Simon’s house in Martha’s Vineyard, he’s on the record label owned by Ben Taylor and Simon covered the first song he wrote aged 16 ‘Quiet Evening’, on her “Into White” album, which Saw doesn’t appear to have yet committed to vinyl. She also covers a Saw/Taylor co write ‘I’ll Just Remember You’ on the same album.
So it’s not surprising that this album is chock a block full of simple songwriter contemporary folk songs. Opening with ‘Don’t Call”, he sets his stall out for all to see.
‘Simple Song’ sums up his attitude to song writing, that permeates this entire album. Songs of the usual topics, including broken hearts, loss and unrequited love, are seemingly delivered with just Saw and an acoustic guitar, though he does bring in additional musicians which sit delightfully and unobtrusively in the background.
