RAILROAD EARTH
OCT 12, 2010
ONE HAVEN MUSIC
55:13
1 Long Walk Home Rymer, Sheaffer 4:40
2 The Jupiter & the 119 Sheaffer 7:57
3 Black Elk Speaks Rymer, Sheaffer 5:40
4 Day on the Sand Sheaffer 4:10
5 Lone Croft Farewell Sheaffer 5:18
6 Too Much Information Sheaffer 4:50
7 Spring-Heeled Jack Skehan 11:28
8 On the Banks Sheaffer 4:58
9 Potter's Field Sheaffer 6:12
Andrew Altman /Bass (Electric), Bass (Upright)
Tim Carbone /Guitar (Electric), Violin, Vocals
Andy Goessling /Banjo, Dobro, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals
Carey Harmon /Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Angelo Montrone /Producer
Todd Sheaffer /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
John Skehan /Bouzouki, Mandolin, Vocals
Railroad Earth's fifth full-length outing finds the New Jersey-based progressive folk-rockers in fine form, tastefully building organic, sonic backdrops around lead vocalist Todd Sheaffer's rich, Americana-influenced narratives. Both classic and forward-thinking, the band may be steeped in common jam band trappings (the nearly 12-minute instrumental "Spring-Heeled Jack" would be far more interesting in a live setting), but between the epic steel-rail journey of "The Jupiter & the 119," the mournful Celtic-inspired balladry of "On the Banks," and the Liege & Lief-era Fairport Convention swing of "Lone Croft Farewell," Railroad Earth have both the chops and the amiable gait of a group of musicians who know each other inside out, coming off as authentic enough for traditionalists and noodly enough for die-hard Phish phans and Deadheads. ~ James Christopher Monger
Recording information: The Majestic Music Factory, Brooklyn, NY; Water Music, Hoboken, NJ.
Photographer: Manjari Sharma.
Personnel: Andy Goessling (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, banjo); Todd Sheaffer (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Tim Carbone (vocals, electric guitar, violin); John Skehan (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin); Carey Harmon (vocals, drums, percussion); Andrew Altman (upright bass, electric bass).
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