Release Date: 07 December 2018
Label: Must Have Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8713762002435
Description
Now on the fore front of psychedelic Americana as Israel Nash, here is the vinyl release of his successful 2011 live album.
After his first album New York Town received a warm welcome from everybody who was only remotely interested in Americana, his sophomore album Barn Doors and Concrete Floor put Israel Nash Gripka (born in a village called Lebanon, can you imagine?) on the forefront of the Roots music scene.
Comparisons with/or references to the likes of John Fogerty, Neil Young and 70's Rolling Stones came up in almost every review. And just to make sure: never in a negative way.
On the 2011 spring tour Israel, assisted by New York punk rockers The Fieros did not really live up to the high expectations that fans had from listening to the album: they just wiped everybody out with performances that nobody really believed possible. High energy, guitar loaded performances of his own songs were combined with acoustic intervals where Israel would just take his voice and guitar away from the stage and the mike into the audience. All to wrap things up with a, might we say devastating, encore: Neil Young's Revolution Blues.
Our quote back then:
"Fortunately one of those shows at Mr. Frits, Eindhoven was captured by the brilliant engineer Ankie Keultjes. Here mixed and mastered by Peer Rave we believe to present a sure to be legendary concert by the future of rocking Americana: Israel Nash Gripka."
Tracklisting
Iain Matthews
Heather Little
Matthews Southern Comfort
Kerri Powers
The Weight Band
Shawn Pittman
Shawn Pittman
Kerri Powers
Israel Nash Gripka
