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▀▄ Howe Gelb And A Band of Gypsies - Alegrφas ▄▀
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▀ ▄▄ ████▀ Date ::: 2011-08-12 ▀████ ▄▄ ▀
▄██▓▒▌▀ ▄▄▓ Artist : Howe Gelb And A Band of Gypsies ▓▄▄ ▀▐▓▓██▄
▄▄ ▀█▀▄▀▓▀ Title :: Alegrφas ▀▓▀▄█▀▀ ▄▄
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Howe Gelb and a bunch of Flamenco gypsies flowing freely from Cordoba,
Andalusia.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE SOUTHWEST (of Spain)
Let's redefine the meaning of crossover. The album recorded by Howe Gelb and a
bunch of flamenco gypsies in Cordoba, Spain, sounds like absolutely nothing
else you have ever heard before, yet it maintains the familiar flavor of the
Arizona desert Gelb has been shaping throughout the years, both solo and as
the leader of seminal alt.country pioneers Giant Sand. It flows as naturally
as if it had always been there, waiting for someone to grasp its pieces and
put them together.
Back in the late π80s when Howe Gelb used to live in Joshua Tree he only had
three tapes he could listen to in his car: Tom Waits, Miles Davis and
Tomatito, the virtuoso flamenco player. Many years later, a lucky combination
of hazard and destiny found him jamming in a home studio in Cordoba (the
studio has now gone professional and is named Recordoba after these sessions)
with some local musicians: Lin CortÄs, Juan Punky and Aûil, Ramos, Inma,
τngela, RocÆo, Prin' La Lç. Cùrdoba, the same city mentioned by Obama in a
recent speech as an example of tolerance and cross of different cultures
living together: Arabs, Jews and Christians lived together in Cùrdoba for
centuries, and the town retains a certain magic atmosphere you can't find
anywhere else.
The gypsies didn't speak English, but they could play Spanish guitar and cajon
like only drunk devils can. Howe doesn't speak Spanish, apart from a few
useful words he learnt by the Mexican border, but he's got a grainy voice that
disarms any listener, and started playing piano in a way the gypsies had never
seen. They all instantly fell in love with
each other and played for hours without end. Words didn't work, but glances
and chords did the job. That same night, in the room downstairs from the
studio, Howe wrote four new songs inspired by the intensity of the moment.
In the control room was Fernando Vacas, one of the Spanish top producers of
the recent years (the man behind the enormous mainstream success of young
Spanish female folk- singer Russian Red). Recording everything and thinking
ahead: there might be a record there, not only a friendly meeting. New songs,
new sound, a million ideas in his head. On the second session, Raimundo Amador
popped in, and that unleashed the magic and took it to even higher grounds.
Raimundo is a huge star in Spain, a super talented guitar player who has
played with the likes of BjÜrk and B.B. King. He invented the crossover
between flamenco and psychedelic rock back in the late 70's with his bands
Veneno and Pata Negra, and his contributions to the album are truly
mindblowing, including a superb pure flamenco guitar introduction to one of
the main tracks on the album, "Cowboy Boots on Cobblestones".
Mixed in Bristol by John Parish, this album, ╥Alegrias╙, by Howe Gelb and A
Band of Gypsies, is still a country-folk record, but soaked with the collision
of flamenco flavor, latin rhythms and indie-rock. Gelb, Vacas, Amador et al.
have managed to capture the magic of this new music and present it in the form
of an astonishingly beautiful album.
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1. 4 Door Maverick 3:35
2. Uneven Light Of Day 3:32
3. The Ballad Of Lole y Manuel 3:18
4. Cowboy Boots On Cobble Stone 3:50
5. Notoriety 2:33
6. Blood Orange 3:17
7. Lost Like A Boat Full Of Rice 1:12
8. Broken Bird & The Ghost River 3:33
9. (There Were) Always Horses Coming 3:01
10.The Hangin' Judge 2:50
11.Saint Conformity 2:46
12.Where The Wind Turns The Skin To Leather 3:27
13.One Diner Town 3:31
Total Playtime: 40:25
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