Oops -- I was talking to you phil (ha, ha). It is dated because of the delivery style (in my opinion) -- if it was just a guitar/vocal demo (but I should probably go back and listen again). Maybe "dated" is the wrong word, though. On the other hand, he delivery is quite similar to yours on a bunch of your songs -- so you have something going for you there. Just need to break out of that a bit. Now I don't think having a section or two on the "dated" side is bad. In this case, the musical treatment adds a more americana, contemprary sound to it.
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