STEVE GOLDBERGER & THE FRINGE LOCALS: Gumbo Dreams

Steve Goldberger & the Fringe Locals

Gumbo Dreams

© 2002 Steve Goldberger & the Fringe Locals (821937100829)

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These songs are what he calls his "little paintings;" a culmination of 30 years of playing many different styles of music.

tracks

1 In a Life
2 Messing With My Mind
3 Gumbo Dreams
4 Back On My Feet
5 Hooray For the Weekend
6 Cuvee
7 Play Something Good
8 Help Me
9 We Gotta Stop
10 Whishing Won't Make It Come True
11 Paying the Price
12 Dont' Think Too Much

notes

Just like the previous instrumental album, this is a project that began in 2000, when Steve began getting serious once again about songwriting. These songs are what he calls his "little paintings". A culmination of 30 years of playing many different styles of music. Just like gumbo in a pot. Take a little country-folk, add a little blues and jazz, stir in some funky roots and simmer for a while, adding some hot creole spice to taste.

Over a two year period the songs began to take shape and whenever Eric Mahar and Dave Norris would come to Niagara-on-the-Lake to appear with Steve at the Angel Inn, they would use that opportunity to record some bed tracks. In between these dates, just like a painter or a chef, Steve would invite the other band members and guest artists to add their layers to these art pieces, or ingredients to the gumbo.

All songs were recorded and mixed the old-fashioned way, "on the fly", without the use of computer-aided editing, pitch correction or automation.

After surviving open heart surgery, veteran bandleader and singer/songwriter, Steve Goldberger released the CD, "Come From the Heart" which was recorded live over three nights in the spring of 2000. As Steve splits his time between Toronto and Niagara-On-The-Lake, he has been dubiously dubbed the "fringe local". These days, in between Steve's other freelance gigs, the Fringe Locals have found a regular home for themselves at the Angel Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Feathers Pub in Toronto, where they appear just about on a monthly basis. The personnel has settled into a regular ensemble of players which varies slightly from gig to gig. The arrangements are tighter yet still have the same fresh adventure.

They are releasing two new albums in 2002. The first of which "THE NIAGARA RHYTHM PROJECT". has just been released (Mar/02) and contains new all original instrumental compositions. It is getting a great response and is already getting radio air play across Canada on CBC and college radio as well as on stations all over the globe. (USA, New Zealand, France...)

The second album, "Gumbo Dreams" is Steve's first album of all original "singer/songwriter" material. Steve was heavily involved in writing music in his Black Creek days (mid 70's) and even won a Genie award for best original score in 1975. Now, finally after thirty years of playing other writer's tunes and a lifetime of experience, he has gotten back to writing again. The songs cover the wide range of styles that have influenced him over the years resulting in a "gumbo-type" mix of roots, country-rock, blues and folk. And if you had to "label" his music with that of other artists, you might be reminded of Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Lucinda Williams or Little Feat with some Don Henley thrown in.

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  • it rocks!
    author: Herve Oudet, "Americana in Paris" Radio Show, Paris, France

    "... I' just wanted to let you know that his new album is out and it rocks! It's called Gumbo Dreams and sounds just like its name ;) A great cocktail of original songs with original sounds." "

  • the nerve to be different...
    author: - Don Campau

    the nerve to be different..." - Don Campau - KKUP 91.5FM, Cupertino California

  • "...A tasty sample of musical gumbo
    author: - Nick Baxter-Moore,

    "...A tasty sample of musical gumbo is served up when Steve Goldberger & the Fringe Locals play their southern-fried cover versions and trans-cultural originals..."

  • acoustic folk, ersatz California country pop, New Orleans swamp rock, Celtic air
    author: Greq Quill - The Toronto Star

    Sometimes the sheer love of music outweighs genre and consistency. Goldberger, a bass-playing songwriter who was part of the Toronto folk-rock outfit Black Creek in the 1970s, and his musical buddies clearly revel in mixing things up on this, their second independent album. Bits of acoustic folk, ersatz California country pop, New Orleans swamp rock, Celtic airs and raucous pub rock float up to the surface of this stew, truly an amalgam of alien parts. For all that, an infectious good humour and energetic teamwork lend this record, a collection of mostly Goldberger originals, genuine appeal.

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