Rogér Fakhr is a Lebanese singer/songwriter that is infused with the pure Woodstock vibe. One would guess it was an American produced album from the era. But in fact, Fine Anyway was recorded and produced in the late 70’s – In Beirut. Some more songs later in Paris while in exile. The mood teeters back & forth. Touching on both somber folkies and upbeat ditties that land somewhere between Santana & Larry Jon Wilson. It wasn’t until last year that Habibi Funk Records was able to collect the original recordings – mostly on cassette tapes and release them. What a great piece of work this is.
– Meanwhile In Music
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“The album is captivating, from beginning to end. It confidently drifts between moods, from the unavoidable groove of ‘Had To Come Back Wet’ to the haunting melancholy of ‘My Baby, She Is As Down As I Am’, never once relenting its marvellous lyricism or pluck-and-twang hook. That is except for one of the final tracks, ‘Keep Going’, whereby Fakhr sings “When you don’t like it, keep going, it’s nonsense, in a way, to fight shadows”, shortly before his voice is poignantly drowned out by the sound of warfare”
– @stilllisteningmagazine
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“Fine Anyway is an album of cerebral cool, bursting with movement, melody and mystic imagination. It might easily have been unearthed from the vaults of Asylum Records, or even Black Fire. For once, the "lost classic" tag is more than merited”
– @allaboutjazznearyou
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