Peaceful: The Best of Kenny Rankin

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(5 stars) - Kenny Rankin
Fabulous! I have a almost all of Kenny Rankin's albums and was missing this one. I couldn't wait to get it in the mail. It is in great condition, as promised, and just brought back so many memories. Kenny is so missed...There will never be another voice like his.

(5 stars) - The Very Best of a Truly Great Artist
I knew that I had to have this cd after I heard of Kenny Rankin's recent death. This is a must for anyone who knew and loved his music, as I did, or someone who never heard of him, but wants to know who he was. It's a great value with twenty of Kenny's best songs. This is a great overview of Kenny at the very peak of his career in the 1970's. I find myself being transported back to my youth as I listen to his timeless, brilliant music. He was one of the most underrated musicians that ever lived. But we can all be thankful that his incomparable brilliance will live on in his music. This cd is a magnificent testament to the greatness that was the one and only Kenny Rankin.

(5 stars) - Rankin is a classic and "Peaceful" is classic Rankin
If you grew up with musicians like Kenny Rankin, there really is nothing that can ever take the place of that sound and type of music. It gets in your soul and never leaves--that's what makes an artist timeless and forever a part of your life. Kenny Rankin is a touchstone to a past era when you didn't have to use musical gimmicks or schemes to get noticed--your music was all that was needed. "Peaceful" contains the tracks from Rankin's long and understated career that have become classics: Peaceful, Blackbird, Haven't We Met, and Sunday Kind of Love top the list, but all 20 tracks are very good--vintage Rankin. Take the time to slow down and enjoy each one. You can't go wrong with this CD.

(5 stars) - Beyond compare!
Kenny had a voice beyond compare. I was hooked from the first time I saw him in SF in 1973. I've seen him over a dozen times....and one time that sticks out was an intimate show at Wolfgangs in SF. Kenny was perturbed at one person in the audience (Kenny had a short fuse) - so he walked off - someone blurted out "you can't walk out the backstairs of our lives" - he came back and played that very song off this CD. I'd met Kenny a few times over the years and once I handed him a copy of FAMILY on LP - he laughed and said those 2 wonderful girls on the cover are in college now - he signed it and handed it back to me.

I was to see him in SF 2 weeks ago -- I was completely stunned to hear of his passing.

I played and sang "What Matters Most" to my wife many times. She is now in heaven, but what matters most is that we loved at all. God bless Kenny and my wife. His music will live on...forever.

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