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fave it Roots Rock | Electric Blues
12 tracks | 52 minutes
Released Aug 2006
on Radiation Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:58 Fritos, BBQ & Scotch lyrics BUY MP3 04:58 Fritos, BBQ & Scotch lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:58 Fritos, BBQ & Scotch
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:05 Big Glass Building lyrics BUY MP3 05:05 Big Glass Building lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:05 Big Glass Building
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 Suspicion lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 Suspicion lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 Suspicion
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:18 Fear of Grief lyrics BUY MP3 03:18 Fear of Grief lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:18 Fear of Grief
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:26 30 Lbs. in 30 Days lyrics BUY MP3 04:26 30 Lbs. in 30 Days lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:26 30 Lbs. in 30 Days
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 Wholly Rollin' lyrics BUY MP3 03:49 Wholly Rollin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:49 Wholly Rollin'
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:54 Small Heaven lyrics BUY MP3 03:54 Small Heaven lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:54 Small Heaven
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:34 Riverside Diner lyrics BUY MP3 06:34 Riverside Diner lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:34 Riverside Diner
Top-drawer roots rockin' blues for the discriminating few...MTV and American Idol fans, keep surfing, this AIN'T your thing...
Bio / Background
Forget the prefab corporate airbrushed sound of contemporary American "rock" music. TRICK FICTION is the real deal: twanging, overdriven guitars over relentless grooves and some of the best blues lyrics written by anyone, anywhere. The latest CD from NYC-based PAUL MARK & the VAN DORENS reaffirms the band's status as one of today's premier practitioners in the roots rock/blues medium.
TRICK FICTION contains 11 new songs by Paul Mark, including the instant swamp classic "Big Glass Building", a sound solution to global warming. Included as well is the big-time blues lifestyle proclamation titled "Fritos, BBQ & Scotch" which Albert King might (repeat, might) smile over. And take a listen to the soulful instrumental groove of "Stake Out", where Booker T meets Kenny Burrell. For those given to over-indulgence consider the rollicking, cautionary tale called "30 Lbs. in 30 Days". A cover version of the Pomus/Shuman gem "Suspicion" takes a dark, late-night turn.
↓ more ↓And Mark includes here a solo piano interlude, "Small Heaven", which might be the best ballad he's ever penned in his long career.
But the final track, "Riverside Diner", is where it all comes home. A rawcuss train on a righteous track towards salvation through a world that's cast out its heroes and instead relies on the folly of fools. TRICK FICTION ain't for fools...it's where the train stops. This is the real deal.
BAND BIO
Barroom tested and road-weary tough, PAUL MARK & the VAN DORENS carry on the tradition of live, no-holds-barred blues rock with a difference: original songwriting that goes beyond my-baby-left-me-clichés to cover contemporary turf. Biting, witty and ironic, Mark's original lyrics are head and shoulders above the hackneyed toss-offs of most contemporary acts.
Hailing from New York City and touring up and down the East Coast for years in a beat-up van, PAUL MARK & the VAN DORENS are unforgettable to the thousands of fans who've seen them perform. The band delivers an unsurpassed roar, a sloppy southern blues approach that slams into gear and violates every rule required for MTV rotation.
Mark's top-drawer, finely-crafted songwriting is unsurpassed in the blues/rock idiom. Fierce guitar tones, reckless rhythms that relentlessly churn, caveman vocals that stop you in your tracks, these guys are rough, live and real.
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