Teaming with veteran producer
Jim Scott, the duo of Eric Lowen and
Dan Navarro released
Walking on a Wire in 1990.
Lowen & Navarro both handle guitar and vocal chores, creating lightweight, albeit melodic, acoustic-based folk-pop.
Walking on a Wire isn't a bad record as much as it is an inconsequential one. The two do know their way around a melody and do make most every cut seem instantly familiar with engaging choral hooks. They had some success as songwriters prior to this release with
Pat Benatar's Top Five hit "We Belong," which they include here in a much more sedate and wistful version, and
David Lee Roth recorded "Hammerhead Shark," also included here. The problem is that there just isn't much substance to the lyrics, which are rather simplistic insights into love and relationships. Even the appearance of
Navarro's alternative rock guitar god cousin,
David Navarro, can't raise this effort beyond ordinary. ~ Tom Demalon