Driver is a folk-rock album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Ferron . It was originally released in 1994 on her own Cherrywood Station label, and distributed by Earthbeat!, a division of Warner Brothers. Stephen Holden of The New York Times named it one of the top 10 albums of 1994: "These expansive confessional road songs by the husky-voiced Canadian singer and songwriter communicate a lifetime's wisdom with a bone-deep honesty."
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114-607: A rustic idyll in the Pacific Northwest," said The New York Times . "The songs, the best of which recall the dreamy mood of Van Morrison's most enraptured reveries, take stock of life and love in language and music that is startlingly intimate, honest and inspiring." The Philadelphia Daily News called Driver "an arty gem," singling out "Girl on a Road," "Independence Day" and "Maya" as favorites. Geoffrey Himes in The Washington Post considered Driver
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171-525: A while." The song was written quickly, in Chicago, while waiting for a sound check. She cried while writing it. When recording the song for the album, she asked the musicians to refrain from distracting flourishes in order to maintain focus on the core message. The song also inspired the title of a 2009 documentary about the musician by filmmaker Gerry Rogers . "...an expansive sigh of joy from this nomadic folkie who has finally found her mate and settled into
190-408: The album was "the completion of an intention to create a whole body of work." The songs on the album were informed by the positive feelings generated by Ferron's relationship and family, which by 1994 included a baby daughter named Maya. Relegated to a drawer marked "g" for "garbage," Ferron considered the songs too personal to record until she auditioned them for guitarist Shelly Jennings. Some of
209-496: The album was recorded Ferron's garage on Vashon Island , using portable equipment. "It's very peaceful," Ferron told The Province . "But not sleepy. I went through a lot of emotion putting that record out." "There's supposed to be a question mark at the end of the title, but everyone thought it looked stupid," she told The Vancouver Sun . "But I think the question mark is important—because who ever really knows? It may feel like driving, but we all take wrong turns, we all screw up all
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266-682: The first game in the series Driver 2 , the second game in the series Driver 3 , the third game in the series Driver: Parallel Lines , the fourth game in the series Driver 76 , a 2007 PSP game Driver: Vegas , a 2005 mobile game Driver: L.A. Undercover , a 2007 mobile game Driver: San Francisco , the fifth game in the series Driver: Renegade , a 2011 3DS game Driver (Adult Mom album) , 2021 Driver (Ferron album) , 1994 "Driver" (Blue October song) See also [ edit ] The Driver (disambiguation) Drive (disambiguation) Drover (disambiguation) Pilot (disambiguation) Dorylus ,
285-682: The first game in the series Driver 2 , the second game in the series Driver 3 , the third game in the series Driver: Parallel Lines , the fourth game in the series Driver 76 , a 2007 PSP game Driver: Vegas , a 2005 mobile game Driver: L.A. Undercover , a 2007 mobile game Driver: San Francisco , the fifth game in the series Driver: Renegade , a 2011 3DS game Driver (Adult Mom album) , 2021 Driver (Ferron album) , 1994 "Driver" (Blue October song) See also [ edit ] The Driver (disambiguation) Drive (disambiguation) Drover (disambiguation) Pilot (disambiguation) Dorylus ,
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323-426: The time, but we all keep going." The song "Maya" was inspired by a dream about Joni Mitchell. "Borderlines" had previously appeared on Ferron's 1977 debut album . "Girl on a Road" has become one of her signature songs. According to a 2017 interview, only one line of the song is strictly autobiographical: "My momma was a waitress, my daddy was a truck driver/ the things that kept their power from them slowed me down
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