Mark Newman Discography
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 Mark NewmanMust Be a Pony Release Date 2006 Label Danal Rating:  Mark Newman's Must Be a Pony seems to be based on that hopefully optimistic joke about so much (expletive) in the room that there must be a pony in there. On a mostly blues-based album it's actually one of the poppier and mainstream tracks, perhaps subconsciously emulating John Lennon's &"I Dig a Pony" from the Let It Be disc. The singer pairs up Wings/Ian Hunter percussionist Steve Holley with the great Anton Fig on the title tune, with co-producer Keith Lentin providing bass and piano. It's an intriguing essay worthy of further study. In concert Newman is a formidable presence, a great player who, like Marty Balin guitarist Kerry Kearney and John Sinclair axeman Ted Drozdowski, is dedicated to his craft. He's absolutely eloquent on &"Hard in the Rain" which he co-writes and co-sings with Domingo Samudio aka Sam Samudio of Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs, whom Newman tours with on occasion. There's another co-write with Sam the Sham, a pleasant tune entitled &"Wanda" featuring Mark Newman on all instruments -- guitar, bass, keyboard, and vocal, along with Anton Fig again on drums (he appears on three tracks). &"Love Won't Ever Pass This Way Again" is introspective and soulful with the singer's passionate vocal front and center. Newman and Lentin weave interesting textures in the production department, a cover of the Bee Gees &"New York Mining Disaster, 1941," that group's first American hit from 1967, works well as an acoustic with Gordon Lightfoot overtones. Must Be a Pony is impressive on many levels, 14 entertaining tracks that warrant further exploration. Joe Viglione, Rovi |
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Dead Man's Shoes | Newman | 4:00 |
| 2 | What She Does to Me | Carey, Newman | 5:20 |
| 3 | Must Be a Pony | Newman | 4:26 |
| 4 | Hard in the Rain | Newman, Samudio | 3:46 |
| 5 | Mean Season (Lucille, Lucille) | Newman | 5:09 |
| 6 | God for Sale | Newman | 3:28 |
| 7 | Mambo Dancing | Newman | 3:31 |
| 8 | Little One | Poag | 3:21 |
| 9 | So, So Cynical | Newman | 5:10 |
| 10 | New York Mining Disaster, 1941 | Gibb, Gibb | 3:04 |
| 11 | Love in Vain | Montalbo, Newman | 3:58 |
| 12 | Wanda | Bubenik, Samudio | 4:21 |
| 13 | Love Won't Ever Pass This Way Again | Newman | 5:34 |
| 14 | Going Underground | Newman | 3:11 |
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