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Atlanta, GA, United States, 02/29/2008 - Ranch Ruckus Records announces the national release of There’s a Road, the new CD from Interstate Cowboy, one of Colorado’s premiere western swing/Americana groups, distributed by Burnside Distribution.
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include John Magnie (organ, piano, accordion, vocals) and Steve Amedée (Ashiko drum, vocals) of the subdudes.
Interstate Cowboy consists of Tim Champlin on lead vocals and guitar, Grant Gordy on lead guitar and mandolin, Dick Meis on pedal steel guitar and vocals, Gene Libbea on upright bass and piano and Oscar Dezoto on drums. Each has their own list of impressive credentials, highlighted by young guitarist Gordy, who’s frequently played with David Grisman; bassist Libbea, a two-time Grammy winner and former member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band; and veteran country steel player Meis, who’s worked with Roger Miller and Loretta Lynn, among many others. Bandleader/songwriter Champlin has a vocal style that’s been compared to everyone from Greg Brown, Chris Isaak and Elvis Costello to Commander Cody. Tim Champlin’s also a Captain for the Poudre Fire Department in nearby Ft. Collins.
On There’s a Road, the band seamlessly blends a mix of western swing, honky-tonk, rockabilly, jazz and traditional country for an exciting brew. In a review of an earlier CD, Dirty Linen said of Interstate Cowboy: “This band is stocked to the gills with talent … (and songs) ranging from groove fueled to guitar cranked with a predilection to romp!”
There’s a Road is the band’s second album, but the first with this current line-up, and includes nine creative Tim Champlin originals, plus a scintillating jazz-meets-western swing instrumental take on George and Ira Gershwin’s “Lady Be Good;” a plaintive reading of the traditional “Frankie and Johnny;” a jazz flavored version of Johnny Mercer’s “Old Cowhand;” and the Billy Strayhorn classic, “Take the A Train,” which showcases the band’s instrumental prowess, while taking the listener on a road trip of sounds winding through the country just as its namesake highway.
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