Ben Minnotte
Greetings From Elderbush Gulch
© 2006 Ben Minnotte (634479323768)
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Rooted in the singer/songwriter tradition, but with an eclectic/experimental/hard-edged streak. The album "Greetings From Elderbush Gulch" includes the 2004 lo-fi EP "West of Elderbush Gulch" as bonus tracks.
tracks
- 1 Come Hell or High Water
- 2 Settling The Score
- 3 These Memories
- 4 Fade To Blue
- 5 So Many Things
- 6 The Horror Movie Song
- 7 Souls For Sale (Circus Fire Scene)
- 8 Fugitive
- 9 Ice Blue Eyes
- 10 Mean Woman Blooze
- 11 Everybody's Got Their Own Ideas
- 12 The Battle At Elderbush Gulch
- 13 Turn Around
- 14 Lightning Never Strikes Twice
- 15 The Temptress
- 16 Vision of Paradise
- 17 The Burial At Elderbush Gulch
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Note: This is a very poorly-written "press release" and if I ever find the guy who wrote it...
His intimate, lo-fi 2004 EP “West of Elderbush Gulch” (issued that May), featured touches of his wide range of influences and was meant to establish him as a new voice in music. The EP featured a slice of psychedelic alt-rock (Turn Around), an on-the-road hotel room saga (Lightning Never Strikes Twice – appropriately recorded in a hotel room), and a trio of folky instrumentals, most notably the truly unique celtic/bluegrass hybrid of “The Burial At Elderbush Gulch” and the hand-drum littered folk-rock of “The Battle At Elderbush Gulch” (which draws it’s name from the 1913 D.W. Griffith two-reeler of the same name).
But, unhappy with the murky recording and at times shaky one-man band performances, the EP was withdrawn from sale within a couple of weeks. The only things recorded in the following 18 months would be a long succession of home guitar/piano demos, spawning the brief, chaotic guitar-only instrumental, “Souls For Sale (Circus Fire Scene)”.
In late January, with only minimal money, Ben set out to make the start of what would become his first official full album. The basic band tracks for “Greetings From Elderbush Gulch” were recorded in a furious, one-day session in the basement of an art gallery. In April, Ben took what he had completed to a studio in Denver to unleash an avalanche of overdubs and to attempt to make the most of the unfavorable conditions of the art gallery session into a unique, but still listenable, whole album.
Among the highlights of the album are the folk-rock tunes, “Settling The Score” and “Come Hell or High Water”. Also, the blues (or blooze) jam, “Mean Woman Blooze” and an ode to the experience of watching a slasher flick (The Horror Movie Song).
As an added bonus to the new album, Ben has opted to include the contents of the “West of Elderbush Gulch” EP as bonus tracks (we think he's desperate).
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