Jim Matheos

Jim Matheos: Away With Words

by Michael Askounes
August 1, 2000

Jim Matheos apparently decided that he needed a break from the metal-prog din of his day job as Fates Warning guitarist, so he went out and got himself a “new-agey" trio of musical buddies and recorded Away With Words , a severe departure from his work with Fates Warning that will invoke images of Michel Flatley's “Lord of the Dance" rather than headbanging prog-heads. The result is a mixed bag of “smooth jazz," complete with Tony Levin inspired bass riffs ...