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██▓▀ Album......[ Shapeshifter ▀▓██
▄ █▓█ █ Label......[ Grass Roots Record Co █ █▓█ ▄
█▒█▓█▄▀ Catalog #..[ GRR013 ▀▄█▓█▒█
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▓█▄ ▀▄ ██▓ Genre......[ Indie ▓██ ▄▀ ▄█▓
▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ English ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2007-07-20 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2007-07-24 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
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▀█▓▀ Quality....[ 158 kbps AVG VBR 44.1/Joint Stereo ▀▓█▀
▄ █▓█▄▓█▓ Url........[ http://www.grassrootsrecordco.com ▓█▓▄█▓█ ▄
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█▓ 01 Pass The Peace Pipe 6:59 ▓█
█▓ 02 Mama Lonely Wolf 7:41 ▓█
█▓ 03 Elevator Blues 8:20 ▓█
█▓ 04 Looking Glass Mass 5:21 ▓█
█▓ 05 Mississippi Burnin 6:31 ▓█
█▓ 06 Sin Is A Spell 6:44 ▓█
█▓ 07 The Mountain 5:38 ▓█
█▓ 08 Made In Stone 8:47 ▓█
█▓ 09 Speak The Truth 7:53 ▓█
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█░█ Aptly described by its title, Aaron RossÆ solo █░█
█░█ effort Shapeshifter is more than a listening █░█
█░█ experience but a poetic endeavor that explores █░█
█░█ the scope of life. Each song tells a █░█
█░█ magnificently dynamic tale, complete with a █░█
█░█ lyrical imagery reminiscent of greats like Bob █░█
█░█ Dylan and Woody Guthrie, and sung with the █░█
█░█ heartfelt resolve that makes RossÆ voice █░█
█░█ one-of-a-kind. At first listen, itÆs hard to █░█
█░█ believe the front man for California rockers █░█
█░█ Hella had a cache of folk-inspired and █░█
█░█ orchestral-touched song secreted in his soul but █░█
█░█ as each verse unlocks his impassioned reflection █░█
█░█ it is clear theyÆve been burgeoning since long █░█
█░█ ago. █░█
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█░█ Aaron Ross has most recently been known as the █░█
█░█ powerful voice of the experimental rock outfit █░█
█░█ Hella, but in his local community of Nevada City, █░█
█░█ CA, he is the most respected of the areaÆs most █░█
█░█ prominent musicians and his reputation as a █░█
█░█ devoted family man may explain the sparks that █░█
█░█ developed into the beautifully arranged █░█
█░█ Shapeshifter. Each experience, whether weathered █░█
█░█ or uplifting, led to the blossoming of each song █░█
█░█ from beginning to finish and each contributor on █░█
█░█ the album, from cello to drum, was given the █░█
█░█ liberty to alter and explore their parts as they █░█
█░█ saw fit. Calling on friends Neal Morgan of Joanna █░█
█░█ NewsomÆs Ys Street Band, Dan Elkan and David █░█
█░█ Torch of Them Hills, Jonathan Hischke of Kings & █░█
█░█ Queens and cellist Luke Janela, Ross fashioned █░█
█░█ the picture and let each musician fill in the █░█
█░█ color. Ross enlisted the help of Elkan on █░█
█░█ production as well (also of Hella and Holy Smokes █░█
█░█ fame), reasoning: ôI believe you should work only █░█
█░█ with people who believe in your music as much as █░█
█░█ it were there own and he did, everyone who played █░█
█░█ on the record did.ö Written in the fall of 2006 █░█
█░█ and recorded early 2007, the result is a stunning █░█
█░█ example of the splendor created when a handful of █░█
█░█ gifted musicians align their spirits. █░█
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█░█ Aaron RossEach track is a contemplative journey █░█
█░█ complete with a beginning, climax and finale. █░█
█░█ RossÆ tenor voice, always unwavering, leads the █░█
█░█ way as tumultuous drums juxtapose with spry cello █░█
█░█ melodies on the opening track ôPass the Peace █░█
█░█ Pipe.ö On ôLooking Glass Massö, a folk romp that █░█
█░█ could easily be passed down from one generation █░█
█░█ to the next provides a lighthearted undercurrent █░█
█░█ to powerful words on the simplicity of life: ôYou █░█
█░█ can laugh and you can cry but everybody still █░█
█░█ must die.ö Charged words of freedom and █░█
█░█ spirituality take the spotlight on ôMississippi █░█
█░█ Burninö, as a guitar lullaby summons the listener █░█
█░█ closer before culminating into an all-out jam. █░█
█░█ The albumÆs finale, ôSpeak the Truthö, showcases █░█
█░█ RossÆ remarkable vocal agility and leaves the █░█
█░█ listener with a resounding message on humanity. █░█
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█░█ Aaron Ross will tour the west coast with fellow █░█
█░█ friends Alela Diane, Mariee Sioux, Lee Bob Watson █░█
█░█ and Benjamin Oak Goodman on the Grass Roots █░█
█░█ Record Co Summer Revue tour in June. █░█
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█░█ http://www.grassrootsrecordco.com █░█
█░█ http://www.myspace.com/aaronmanuelross █░█
█░█ http://www.hellaband.com █░█
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