3/5
A fan club release that exceeds some of his “official” releases. The album is Keaggy’s tribute to the Zion guitar. Zion opens with the blistering instrumental version of “Whatever Life Demands,” which is great except for the percussion. The album then goes into older songs collected from previous releases including the overhyped “March Of The Clouds,” and “Prayer,” from The Wind And The Wheat, and “Zion [Instrumental Track 10]” and “Zion [Instrumental Track 13]” from his pop/rock vocal album Find Me In These Fields. “The Dawn Is Near,” is an escapee from Music to Paint By: Electric Blue that never should have been broken out. All the other tracks are either new or new instrumental versions of older songs. There are several highlights here. “Z’Blues,” is a fun, you guess it, blues number. “Blue Ridge Shuffle,” is a quieter tune that delivers a a nice counter to the rockers.
Keaggy released Zion to Bandcamp in 2019 with a ton of additional tracks.