- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Chuck Ragan
Album: Covering Ground
Label: Side One Dummy
Playtime: 45:16 min
Genre: Acoustic
URL: http://www.myspace.com/chuckragan
Rip date: 2011-09-09
Street date: 2011-09-13
Size: 77.22 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 228 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
The new album from Chuck Ragan, brought to you by the group that ripped all
the other Chuck Ragans. What does that mean? We love Chuck Ragan. We'd have
his gay babies.
With his emotional and gravel-coated bellow, vocalist/guitarist Chuck Ragan
made a name for himself as one-fourth of the much loved Gainesville
post-hardcore outfit Hot Water Music before releasing his first solo album in
2007. Alongside friends Chris Wollard, Jason Black, and George Rebelo, Ragan
formed Hot Water Music in the early '90s. Through a slew of well-received
albums for labels like No Idea, Doghouse, and Epitaph -- and an incessant
grassroots touring regime -- the passionate crew turned itself into a highly
respected and influential act on the underground scene. Outside of his main
gig, Ragan also recorded two side albums with some friends, including the
stripped-down rock of Rumbleseat and the punk-oriented Cro(w)s. In the spring
of 2005, Hot Water Music went on an indefinite hiatus, largely spurred by
Ragan's desire to spend time outside of the band with his growing family. The
group's other members went on playing music together (soon forming the Draft),
while Ragan concentrated on his home life and, eventually, writing some
acoustic-based material.
Hot Water Music officially closed up shop in May 2006, and Ragan began playing
various shows solo, logging time by the year's end alongside acts like Dustin
Kensrue, Flogging Molly, the Lawrence Arms, Rob Huddleston, and Tim Barry.
Ragan (who was a carpenter by day) signed with California indie SideOneDummy
Records in early 2007 for the May release of his intimate debut, Los Feliz.
Recorded live on February 19, 2007, at Tangiers in Los Feliz, CA, the album
features Ragan armed with just an acoustic guitar and harmonica, and
occasionally joined on-stage by Ted Hutt and Jon Gaunt. Ragan also set up a
"singles club" with his buddies at No Idea Records, sending subscribers a new
7" (six total) every month or so from September 2006 to June 2007.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Nothing Left to Prove ( 3:27)
02. Nomad by Fate ( 3:13)
03. You Get What You Give ( 3:37)
04. Wish on the Moon ( 3:32)
05. Come Around ( 4:30)
06. Seems We're OK ( 3:53)
07. Valentine ( 3:31)
08. Right as Rain ( 4:07)
09. Meet You in the Middle ( 3:24)
10. Lost and Found (12:02)
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