You might know steve gunn as a hired gun, one of the guitar layers in kurt viles sound, or perhaps you know his gunntruscinski duo drummer john truscinski is present on this album too or his experimental noise outfit, ghq. Steve gunn trailways ramble official audio youtube. This was the first time the guitarist had made an album as part of a band. I say stonedout, but im not sure if steve gunn was actually high when he wrote and recorded these songs. Indie guitar god steve gunn faces life and death on his.
On time off, one of a pair of 20 band releases the other being. Listen to be still moon, a song by steve gunn on tidal. Steve gunn is just trying to tell you where hes been. Gunn is a guitarist of wide interests and skillful versatility, whether it be early blues traditions like piedmont or delta styles, american primitive, indian music, psych, gnawan, etc. Time off is his first trio recording under his own name. The most notable steve gunn songs, according to steve gunn. Indie guitar god steve gunn deals with life and death on his personal new album. Get all the lyrics to songs by steve gunn and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Steve gunn is an american, brooklynbased, singersongwriter.
Steve gunn makes music that feels like it was tailormade for road tripsexpansive, panoramic, full of twists and sharp left turns. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Released with printed cardboard inner sleeve and digital download code. Steves first album with a full band featuring john truscinski drums and justin tripp bass, time off showcases the virtuosic guitarists oblique character sketches and storysongs, using the trio format to launch his compositions and singing into new, luminous strata. Steve gunn albums, songs discography album of the year. Talking travels, characters and time off with steve gunn playing johnny brendas. The icon of posteverything music lawrence english room40. With a career spanning nearly fifteen years, steve has produced volumes of critically.
With a career spanning nearly fifteen years, steve has produced volumes of critically acclaimed solo, duo, and ensemble recordings. And those who do can make musical magic blending styles, genres and technical expertise in their own unique ways. Or hell have finished perfecting a tenminute portuguese freakjazz solo with his minimalist. Home services handpicked professionals happiness guarantee. On time off, one of a pair of 20 band releases the other being golden gunn on three lobed, the guitarist introduces a somewhat. While he is best known as a goto musician and for his membership in ghq, gunn has a varied recording and collaboration history that includes work with british legend michael chapman and the late jack rose. This is the skill of steve gunn of the steve gunn band. Gunns playing on time off owes just as much to british folkblues. When he finally made his first album with vocals, time off. The icon of post everything music lawrence english room40. I write for bbc history magazine and history today, have contributed to radio and television programmes such as in our time and time team, and speak regularly to historical association branches and. Crisp fall air, alcohol warming the belly, and a stupid smirk on your face as the stonedout acoustic grooves wash over you. Gunns first eponymous album with a full band, time off harnesses a core trio. This is gunn at the top of his game, utterly unique but steeped in traditions both vernacular and avantgarde.
The album opens with the sublime, meditative water wheel, a paean to the water wheels constant turnopen views and days to burn and indeed time off sounds as if steve has swum full circle to reach the headwaters of his musical practice. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Ocean parkway gunntruscinski duo three lobed recordings 2012 order lp. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Time off is a collection of six loose, spiraling guitar songs that give more than they ask. Fingerpicking style and folkrhythms are somehow his trademarks, but not an oldfashioned style. By the time you finish reading this sentence, steve gunn probably will have recorded a new album. Steve was kind enough to sign my copy for me, when i met him at a show.
Steve gunn is a guitarist, songwriter, and producer living and working in brooklyn, new york. Brooklynbased guitarist steve gunn is mostly known as an instrumentalist. Visit an apple store, call 1800myapple, or find a reseller. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends.
Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Includes unlimited streaming of time off via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Steve gunn the unseen in between though he rose to early acclaim as a fingerstyle guitarist, the singersongwriter is steadily developing into. Listen free to steve gunn time off water wheel, lurker and more. Steve gunns time off is available from paradise of bachelors. Brooklynbased guitarist steve gunn is mostly known as an instrumentalist whose work stems from studying the fingerstyle blues ragas of players like john fahey and sandy bull, as well as english folkblues musicians like michael chapman and bert jansch. As the steady heads rush from the porch he follows us and you think that, his hand was so. It sets his intuitive, bluesbased playing amongst the accompaniment of a couple of excellent musicians who help shape one of his breakthrough albums. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. There is some music that just makes you feel safe and secure, like a warm blanket or a cat curled up on your chest. Its a record that i started to appreciate more and more and more. The guitar has long been an instrument that many aspire to master but few do. Steve gunn is a new yorkbased guitarist and songwriter.
I got the time off record after i already had perchased his way out weather and eyes on the lines record. Ocean parkway gunn truscinski duo three lobed recordings 2012 order lp. That was time off in 20, which was the first album that really started to take advantage of using a studio properly. In a world of people buying preholed jeans and wornlooking shoes, time off is the sound of gunn slowly, surely wearing away at the denim, kicking up. Whats particularly exciting about this disc is the possibility that lies in gunns interleaving of timeless songs and allover time few of his influences and even fewer of. Steve gunn guitar, vocals, john truscinski drums, justin tripp bass, helena espvall cello, jason meagher flute, producer, tyson lewis piano. Released 18 june 20 on paradise of bachelors catalog no.
Episode 205 steve gunn by off the tracks from desktop or your mobile device. If id had the timeguts to put my favourites of 20 list into some order, i suspect steve gunns time off wouldve come out pretty near the top gunn is a guitarist, based in new york, whos emerged from and more or less transcended the posttakoma scene in the past few years. Steve gunn has been a stalwart of the american experimental scene for closing in on a decade. Metaphysical consultation to tell you where you are on the path, why things are happening as they are, and what the universe wants from you and what skills you need to learn to transcend those teststo help make the future a happier one. Includes unlimited streaming of time off via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more. Steve gunns time off is like a mixed drink, maybe a scotch and soda, on the front porch after a long day at work. Internationally recognized metaphysical practitioner with clients on all continents. We are now accepting preorders for time off by steve gunn pob08. Originally released in that classic year of 20 was time off by steve gunn.