THE GENERAL STORE: Mountain Rescue

The General Store

Mountain Rescue

© 2008 Brewery Records (733792727021)

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Brilliant West Coast pop rock.

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A Modern Day Masterpiece!

The General Store is one Tam Johnstone - son of Davey Johnstone (full-time guitarist for Elton John since 1972).

MOUNTAIN RESCUE is the anticipated follow-up to Local Honey, the critically-acclaimed debut from The General Store (2002, Not Lame Recordings). This new album brilliantly combines lush Beach Boys and CSNY-style harmonies, the West Coast country of The Flying Burrito Brothers and Beatles-inspired melodies to create an album that can only be described as a true masterpiece.

Any fan of West Coast rock 'n' roll will LOVE this record from start to finish...guaranteed!

What the critics are saying about The General Store:
"The best West Coast pop record in decades" - PopMatters

"An absolutely brilliant slice of music that will appeal to fans of both pure pop and alt-country" - The Cavern Liverpool

"A blissful, hook laden alt-country stunner of an album, thanks to Johnstone's beautifully crafted songs." - Strange Fruit

"Traces of The Byrds, The Beatles and Neil Young permeate the songs without dominating them." - Metroland

"An excellent, charming disc of which the major labels ought to take quick note" - Bucketful Of Brains

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  • Brims with energy and pop smarts!
    author: Luke Torn - Pop Culture Press

    When the General Store swing into their “out on the 405” chorus on the beguiling “Come Around,” you will do a double take, thinking this is certainly a long-lost Neil Young outtake, circa Gold Rush or Harvest. As strong as that cut is – and it is a monster of full-blooded guitar-and-harmony rock glory – the band, led by singer/writer Tam Johnstone, son of Davey Johnstone (of Elton John’s band) from his vital contributions to the Orgone Box and Green Tambourines, but this group may be even more impressive. Mountain Rescue is album #2, following Local Honey, a 2003 effort on Not Lame, and gets help from Mojave 3’s Nick Zola and renowned producer Paul Reeve. Plenty of West Coast touchtones – Beach Boys, Byrds, Crazy Horse – inform the band’s approach, but Johnstone’s writing transcends. “Desert Weathered Hiway” rides weeping pedal steel straight into a shuffling, classic country chorus, something like Poco might have come up with in their prime, while “The Point” (think Dillard & Clark meets the Rubinoos!) and “Over Here” brim with energy and pop smarts. Highly recommended.

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