California Country (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Country  »  General/Country
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: August 8, 2006
• Label: Western Seeds Records
• UPC: 724101716928
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105774497
• Average Customer Review: There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
• Tower.com Sales Rank: #126508 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #5050 in Country (See Top 100 Country Bestsellers)
• #2409 in General/Country (See Top 100 General/Country Bestsellers)

Browse more products related to "California Country"

Browse more products related to "I See Hawks In L.A."

Personnel: Paul Lacques (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro); Rob Waller (vocals, acoustic guitar); Paul Marshall (vocals); Marcus Watkins (guitar); Rick Shea (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); Cody Bryant (banjo); Chris Hillman (mandolin); Brantley Kearns (fiddle); Danny McGough (celesta, harmonium, organ); Shawn Nourse (drums); Tommy Funderburk (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Gabriel Shepard.

Editor: Paul Marshall.

Connoisseurs of surreal country in the grand Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Brothers/Byrds tradition will find much to love on California Country, a collection of shrewd, witty songs custom-fitted -- big beats and all -- for the beards'n'boots crowd. Here's a disc that suggests its creators have their ears in the '70s and their minds in a modern protest rally: "Byrd from West Virginia" praises the titular senator for his outspokenness on the Iraq War, and "Barrier Reef," with its hilarious refrain that "The keeper of the leaf/Is the barrier reef to my sanity," hints at the backwardness of the national ban on marijuana. Elsewhere, the ever-evolving lineup of I See Hawks in L.A. sees fit to cut loose. "Slash from Guns N' Roses," which hooks up those accustomed to trafficking purely in twang with some excellent rock guitar licks, is a prime example; in it, a Slash impersonator is confronted by the real deal at an L.A. party. "Motorcycle Mama," meanwhile, revisits a beloved character from a same-named Neil Young song -- here, she's still laying her big spike down, only she sounds more inclined to a saddle up when she's off the hog. Musically, I See Hawks in L.A.'s heavenly three-part harmonies are tight as ever, and frontman Rob Waller sounds by turns broken, brainy, and borrowed from a different, cooler planet. Should NASA ever find an outer-space mission for a whiskey-shooting country singer, he's their man. ~ Tammy La Gorce

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

• Great Deals on CDs under $9.99

  New Releases, Bestsellers and Classic Albums all for under $10! Great Music for Everyone's Tastes!

• Great Deals on DVDs under $12.99

  New Releases, Bestsellers and Classic DVDs all for under $13! Great Movies, TV and DVD Specials for Everyone's Tastes!

• Great Deals on Books under $14.99

  New Releases, Bestsellers and Classic Books all for under $15! Great Reads for Everyone's Tastes!