By Brian Rill David Tipton’s Memento is a touching tribute to the golden melodies of popular culture. The soothing sounds of a solo stick master rat-at-at-tating his steel strings offers a sweet relief to even the most stressed-out customer. Tipton, the original gangster of elevator music, makes a strikingly appealing and broad, sweeping declaration of sounds that calm the inner ear in this melodious instrumental album. Emmet Chapman invented his iconic namesake instrument known as the Chapman Stick in the 1970s. A distant cousin to the guitar, the stick is played by tapping both hands on a long, wide, fret ...
