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: Artist......: Rose City Band
: Album.......: Garden Party :
: Label.......: Thrill Jockey .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Rock :
Catnr.......: THRILL588 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2023-04-19
Str.date....: 2023-04-21
Quality.....: 263kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://www.rosecityband.org '
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1. Chasing Rainbows 4:51
2. Slow Burn 3:45
3. Garden Song 3:08
4. Porch Boogie 6:51
5. Saturday's Gone 3:28
6. Mariposa 7:18
7. Moonlight Highway 6:29
8. El Rio 6:02
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,: Rose City BandÆs country psychedelic rock evokes the wide-open :,
: spaces of the American west and free spirits who call it home. :
:' The project of acclaimed guitarist and vocalist Ripley Johnson, ':
,: Rose City Band has extended beyond the studio and lives in :,
: tandem as a live ensemble featuring some of the finest players :
:' in contemporary rock: pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, ':
,: keyboardist Paul Hasenberg, bassist Dewey Mahood (aka Plankton :,
: Wat) and drummer Dustin Dybvig. Garden Party is a celebration of :
:' summer and all it brings: communal gatherings, the respites ':
,: offered by nature, and an appreciation for even the simplest :,
: beauty, from 12-foot sunflowers to a contorted carrot planted in :
:' the spring. Freedom, contentment, and joy were the sources for ':
,: the songs. From the soaring guitar solos, to the driving :,
: rhythms, the elegant pedal steel lines to the organ grooves, :
:' Garden Party has a live bandÆs energy captured in exquisite ':
,: detail. :,
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:' At its inception Rose City Band focused on what songwriter ':
,: Johnson calls ôporch musicö. Recorded largely at Center for :,
: Sound, Light, and Color Therapy in Portland and mixed by John :
:' McEntire, Garden Party features guest appearances by Moon Duo ':
,: bandmates John Jeffrey on drums and Sanae Yamada on synths, as :,
: well as Rose City Band live performers Hasenberg on keyboards :
:' and Walker on pedal steel. With the musicians in his life in ':
,: mind, RipleyÆs porch has opened up for each player to step into. :,
: Despite being tracked primarily as a solo endeavor the :
:' recordings capture the twists and bends of a fully realized ':
,: ensemble, and in a nod to bands such as the Grateful Dead it :,
: doesnÆt stop there. ôThe songs wonÆt really be finished until we :
:' play them on the road,ö says Johnson. ':
,: :,
: Garden PartyÆs carefree attitude is layered with subtle turns :
:' and melodic gems which push the easygoing spirit towards ':
,: transcendence. The interplay of Johnson and WalkerÆs guitars is :,
: nothing short of radiant. Opening track ôChasing Rainbowsö finds :
:' the two casting out lines back and forth, carefully weaving ':
,: around and through one another before basking into a wash of :,
: texture and twang. ôSlow Burnö drives JohnsonÆs signature cosmic :
:' sound into the roots of the earth, twisting more grounded ':
,: phrases and homespun bends around the rollicking rhythm section. :,
: WalkerÆs range as a pedal steel player is on full display :
:' throughout with classic licks dancing in tandem with JohnsonÆs ':
,: voice. Album centerpiece ôPorch Boogieö was written with the :,
: live ensemble in mind while Johnson was out on one of his :
:' regular walks, with only rhythmic ideas setting the pace for an ':
,: extended groove that the group could stretch and relax into. The :,
: shifts in tone and feel on ôMariposaö and ôMoonlight HighwayöÆs :
:' transition into ôEl Rioö are indicative of the expansive and ':
,: unexpected directions Rose City Band are able to roam as the :,
: players follow one another from tender ballads to folk rambles :
:' to loping riffs. The sizzle of ôMoonlight Highwayö translates ':
,: the unpredictable and invigorating energy of the bandÆs road :,
: gigs into a song tailor made for dancing, speckled with the :
:' gleaming starlight of night drives across the country. ':
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: Like all great music, Garden Party taps into the listener's :
:' emotional center and takes them to their happy place û their ':
,: sunny spot. The album is an invitation to recalibrate, a joyous :,
: ride where the bandÆs sounds surround and embrace you. Ripley :
:' says it best: ôI always like when an album starts in one place, ':
,: and ends in another.ö What a beautiful journey it is. :,
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