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Deep River in My Heart limited edition now available through iTunes - click here |
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DON HEFFINGTON – JAW HARP, SAW, NOSE WHISTLE, HARMONICA, BACKING VOCAL TONY GILKYSON - LEAD GUT STRING & STELLA GUITAR JOSH GRANGE – ELECTRIC GUITAR, PEDAL STEEL, BASS DANNY MCGOUGH – PUMP ORGAN, WULITZER, CONDOR STEVIE BLACKE – CELLO MIKE STAR – FIDDLE, MANDOLIN VICKI HILL – BACKGROUND VOCALS CHRISTA KNUDSEN - BACKGROUND VOCALS CHARLIE MCGOVERN – PIANO SOUND BOARD MIKE STINSON – DRUMS produced by Charlie McGovern |
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DAVE KNUDSEN -THE WEEPING CITY 2005 1. READY IN MY TIME 2. THE HIGH (click to listen) 3. THAT RING 4. TAKE A KEY (click to listen) 5.STONE ON THE WATER 6. MY BEAUTIFUL DREAM 7.HIGH AS THE SUN 8.ANGEL OF THE RIVER 9. WEEPING CITY 10.SOMETHING GOOD THAT LASTS 11.GOOD THINGS YET TO COME |
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DAVE KNUDSEN THE WEEPING CITY PRODUCED BY CHARLIE McGOVERN |
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Dave Knudsen - vocal, leslie and vibe guitar Charlie McGovern - bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, piano bass Mike Stinson - drums, backing vocals Kip Boardman - piano, Fender Rhodes, backing vocals Joshua Grange - pedal steel, electric guitar Christa Knudsen - backing vocals Hydraulic recording and photographs done at Big Ol' Studios by Charlie McGovern additional recording performed at Heffington Electronic All songs written by Dave Knudsen |
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Dave Knudsen and Lightnin Hopkins When I was thirteen years old I was at a used record and used book store. I ended up in the Blues section. In there I found Big Bill Broonzy’s original version of ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’ but there was another record with a gold toothed man and what looked like an modified acoustic guitar with an electronic pickup that got my attention. That was Lightnin Hopkins. I bought both the Big Bill Broonzy and Lightnin Hopkins records for half the price of mowing my neighbor’s lawn. Being 13 is a weird age. Feeling like every adult is against you, figuring out girls and what the Hell you are going to do with your life. I could never sleep and wondering where the universe ends has kept me up all my life. To Hell with School, I hated all my teachers except for my woodshop teacher who believed in me enough to let me do my own project, building a guitar. So everyday I returned to school getting that guitar closer to being playable. But the thing that got me through life at that time was that Lightnin Hopkins record. He was singing about visiting and getting drunk with a gal friend and pissing off his wife. I could relate to all of it, even though it wasn’t anything like my life. It’s the only way I can think of to describe Dave Knudsen’s new record, ‘The Weeping City’. No matter how hard I try I cannot keep myself from crying when I listen to this record. We recorded it here in Los Angeles in an old Apricot farmhouse during one of the rainiest seasons ever, and it sounds like it. This record might sound more like a Tim Hardin or Fred Neil record but I think it’s a Blues record. In 30 years a 13 year old will pick this record up and will be able to sleep that night. -Charlie McGovern July 23, 2005 North Hollywood, California ************* |
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Dave Knudsen "The Weeping City" (Boronda Records 2005) Review by John Hinshelwood Americana-UK.com This is the kind of record which will probably highlight the absurdity of the way the music industry operates, and how thin the line is between massive success and relative obscurity. An initial, cursory listen certainly passed this reviewer's old grey whistle test, finding myself continually humming bits and pieces all of the following day. Knudsen's songs are deceptively simple in structure, but instantly memorable: predictable, yet profound, with an indefinable magic which leaves the listener with a feeling of having just heard something destined to be timeless. At times the sound is akin to Loudon Wainwright singing some previously undiscovered out takes from Neil Young's "Harvest" or " Comes a Time " sessions, but any suggestions of plagiarism are swept away as Knudsen stamps his individuality on each and every song. Many of the arrangements are sparse, with Knudsen's heavily reverb laden acoustic guitar accompanied by just one additional instrument. The wistful " My Beautiful Dream" is a case in point, with some eerie pedal steel redolent of Michael Nesmith's " The Hits Keep On Coming " album, and "Stone on TheWater" would not have been out of place on " After The Goldrush ". When he opts for a fuller band sound, such as on "The High" or " Angel Of The River ", the feel is very much live and loose. Mike Stinson's drums, with strident , yet tasteful brushes to the fore, blend beautifully with some glorious restrained ,yet telling guitar and steel licks, courtesy of Joshua Grange. The production by Charlie McGovern, who also contributes guitar, bass and percussion, is minimal, but effective. With the right promotion, this could become a huge selling record, but whether this is likely to happen, is regrettably, debatable. |
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