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fave it Acoustic | Folk Rock
17 tracks | 59 minutes
Released Aug 2006
on Ben Minnotte
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 Come Hell or High Water lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 Come Hell or High Water lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 Come Hell or High Water
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:19 Settling The Score lyrics FREE 03:19 Settling The Score lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:19 Settling The Score
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:33 These Memories lyrics BUY MP3 02:33 These Memories lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:33 These Memories
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:27 Fade To Blue lyrics BUY MP3 04:27 Fade To Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:27 Fade To Blue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:33 So Many Things lyrics BUY MP3 03:33 So Many Things lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:33 So Many Things
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:31 The Horror Movie Song lyrics BUY MP3 03:31 The Horror Movie Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:31 The Horror Movie Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:06 Souls For Sale (Circus Fire Scene) lyrics BUY MP3 01:06 Souls For Sale (Circus Fire Scene) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:06 Souls For Sale (Circus Fire Scene)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:27 Fugitive lyrics BUY MP3 03:27 Fugitive lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:27 Fugitive
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:35 Ice Blue Eyes lyrics BUY MP3 05:35 Ice Blue Eyes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:35 Ice Blue Eyes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:46 Mean Woman Blooze lyrics BUY MP3 04:46 Mean Woman Blooze lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:46 Mean Woman Blooze
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:22 Everybody's Got Their Own Ideas lyrics BUY MP3 04:22 Everybody's Got Their Own Ideas lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:22 Everybody's Got Their Own Ideas
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:32 The Battle At Elderbush Gulch lyrics BUY MP3 03:32 The Battle At Elderbush Gulch lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:32 The Battle At Elderbush Gulch
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:43 Turn Around lyrics BUY MP3 03:43 Turn Around lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:43 Turn Around
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:13 Lightning Never Strikes Twice lyrics BUY MP3 03:13 Lightning Never Strikes Twice lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:13 Lightning Never Strikes Twice
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:06 The Temptress lyrics BUY MP3 01:06 The Temptress lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:06 The Temptress
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 Vision of Paradise lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 Vision of Paradise lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 Vision of Paradise
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:15 The Burial At Elderbush Gulch lyrics BUY MP3 03:15 The Burial At Elderbush Gulch lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:15 The Burial At Elderbush Gulch
Rooted in the singer/songwriter tradition, but with an eclectic/experimental/hard-edged streak. The album "Greetings From Elderbush Gulch" includes the 2004 lo-fi EP "West of Elderbush Gulch" as bonus tracks.
Bio / Background
Note: This is a very poorly-written "press release" and if I ever find the guy who wrote it...
His intimate, lo-fi 2004 EP “West of Elderbush Gulch” (issued that May), featured touches of his wide range of influences and was meant to establish him as a new voice in music. The EP featured a slice of psychedelic alt-rock (Turn Around), an on-the-road hotel room saga (Lightning Never Strikes Twice – appropriately recorded in a hotel room), and a trio of folky instrumentals, most notably the truly unique celtic/bluegrass hybrid of “The Burial At Elderbush Gulch” and the hand-drum littered folk-rock of “The Battle At Elderbush Gulch” (which draws it’s name from the 1913 D.W. Griffith two-reeler of the same name).
But, unhappy with the murky recording and at times shaky one-man band performances, the EP was withdrawn from sale within a couple of weeks.
↓ more ↓The only things recorded in the following 18 months would be a long succession of home guitar/piano demos, spawning the brief, chaotic guitar-only instrumental, “Souls For Sale (Circus Fire Scene)”.
In late January, with only minimal money, Ben set out to make the start of what would become his first official full album. The basic band tracks for “Greetings From Elderbush Gulch” were recorded in a furious, one-day session in the basement of an art gallery. In April, Ben took what he had completed to a studio in Denver to unleash an avalanche of overdubs and to attempt to make the most of the unfavorable conditions of the art gallery session into a unique, but still listenable, whole album.
Among the highlights of the album are the folk-rock tunes, “Settling The Score” and “Come Hell or High Water”. Also, the blues (or blooze) jam, “Mean Woman Blooze” and an ode to the experience of watching a slasher flick (The Horror Movie Song).
As an added bonus to the new album, Ben has opted to include the contents of the “West of Elderbush Gulch” EP as bonus tracks (we think he's desperate).
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