Rivet Gang
Audubon
© 2002 John Eric Johnson (656613811429)
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Intoxicating, americana, folk/rock tunes with quirky lyrics about aliens, lost friends and lovers, drunken preachers, burial plots, driving, and just searching.
tracks
- 1 Susan Gibson
- 2 Shirt For A Dress
- 3 Fireflies
- 4 Sally Get The Plow
- 5 13 Miles
- 6 Put It In A Box
- 7 Lost and Found
- 8 Run, Run, Run
- 9 Tanya
- 10 Don't Talk About Love
- 11 Ripples
- 12 Silverfish
- 13 Footsteps
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This album is loaded with intoxicating, country, folk/rock tunes with quirky lyrics about aliens, lost friends and lovers, drunken preachers, burial plots, driving, and just searching. Recorded in two weeks at the home studio of Brett Sparks from the Handsome Family.
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Review from the Weekly Alilbi, August 8th, 2002. Albuquerque, N.M.
The Rivet Gang Audubon
(self-released)
The Rivet Gang crept unobtrusively onto the local scene and remained just below the scope of scenster radio until they became regulars at Burt's, O'Neill's and preferred openers anytime the Launchpad brought a national roots or alt.country band to town. Featuring Eric Johnson on guitar and deliciously wavering vocals, bassist harmony vocalist Joe Fuka, David Gutierrez on pedal steel and vocals and drummer Pete Lukes, the Rivet Gang's twist on the alt.country game is that they emphasize the "country" rather than the "alt" part of the genre. The result is a purity that's often missing from the music of bands whose so-called country music background consists of their older brothers' Uncle Tupelo records and the Whiskeytown CD they won from the local hipster radio station.
Audubon, the band's debut, was custom built for lazy afternoons spent swinging in a hammock. Brimming with winding melodic structure and the almost mystical quality of Gutierrez' steel work, it's a record that gets you just as you begin to drift off and doesn't reveal its depth of songwriting until after the fourth or fifth listen.
Recorded by Brett Sparks at Handsome Family studios, Audubon has that quizzical laid-back feel that makes Sparks' own records at once wondrously beautiful and slightly unnerving. In that way, Rivet Gang have debuted with a record that's not just forlorn and heartfelt for the sake of the trend, but for the fact that the band's members are drawn to the music they perform for more noble reasons: they enjoy it, which almost positively insures that you will, too.
--Michael Henningsen, Music Editor, Weekly Alibi--
www.alibi.com
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Here are a few letters from some of our fans:
"Hey Eric, Joe, Pete, and Dave
Thanks for the great music. It's been a tremendous boost for me the last few days. I can't get over Shirt For A Dress. Let me know when you're playing again. How about my garage? Or maybe Mary Fox Park. (I'll pass the hat)
Tony"
"hey ej,
looks like you been a little busy.
anyway I'm digging your record...nice use of a pbr.
darrell"
"Dear Rivet Gang,
Just received your C D, WOW you guys are awesome!!! Listening to it right now, This is what I've been searching for. It's like the lonesome west has been found in the vast expanse of the Universe...Your music shines. Thank you so soo much!
Sincerely, Eugene"
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Masterful twanging, lovely songs and an emotive voice
author: jonathan daviesMasterful twanging, lovely songs and an unusual and emotive voice. Just been listening to it in the sun, with a beer in the back garden in the good 'ole UK - Perfect! (Can't wait for the new one, "The Time is Now", the demo's great).