Concerts became more frequent after the pandemic, with the release of Spellwound and a few have become infamous with guitars smashed to pieces, broken glasses, unruly audience front flipping onto the stage. While living out of a hotel in north east Paris, he played his demos for Third Coming Records who quickly released the Bad Trip EP in 2020. After relocating from New York to France, Charles Rowell began stuffing his suitcase with various synths and samplers while taking cheap bus rides to bordering countries.
Think Nick Cave crooning over Martin Rev's minimal electronics or The Lords of the New Church-era Stiv Bators jamming with Wayne Hussey and Tony Wakeford. Legendary 2010's indie band Crocodiles' guitarist Charles Rowell's new synthpop-meets-gothic rock project. Looks Like Baby's Gone Related productsĪvailable September 29th on smoked vinyl LP limited to 300. 33rd Of August / When The Baby In My Lady Gets The Bluesģ. Once you've heard them you'll understand why.ġ. Peter Blackstock, the editor of No Depression magazine, has said of these records: There may be no more fully realized cyclical trinity of albums in American popular music. The cycle of Cinderella Sound albums ended in 1973 with a third epic, Heaven Help The Child. Mickey followed this masterpiece with another, 1970's 'Frisco Mabel Joy'?recently voted number 6 in an Uncut reader's poll of the 50 greatest 'lost' albums and described by Mojo as an hallucinatory suite of sad, soulful songs. Recorded between 19 at a home studio in Madison, Tennessee, called Cinderella Sound'?in reality, a converted 2-car garage owned by guitarist and engineer Wayne Moss'? and backed by the same musicians who played on Dylan's late 60s Nashville recordings, the albums that constitute An American Trilogy are regarded as key works in Mickey's canon as a recording artist.Ī visionary album in the vein of Love's Forever Changes and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Looks Like Rain immerses the listener into a vividly-painted emotional landscape of heartbreak, madness and despair. 'An American Trilogy' ( Elvis Presley), 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' ( Kenny Rogers and the First Edition), 'She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye' ( Jerry Lee Lewis), 'Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings' ( Tom Jones)'?just some of the timeless compositions in the Newbury catalogue.īut Mickey himself was by far the best interpreter of his own songs. Newbury songs have been recorded by performers like Johnny Cash, Scott Walker, Ray Charles, Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, the Box Tops, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Nick Cave. "I learned more about songwriting from him than any other writer Kris Kristofferson. One of the best singers I have ever heard in any kind of music¦ his voice blows my mind Steve Earle Mickey Newbury's commitment to the power of song is imperative to me Will Oldham Vinyl Editions Of The American Trilogy Box Set
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