Name: Tunesmith Retrofit
Brand: Rounder Records
SKU: 18776
Price: 33.21 SGD
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Tunesmith Retrofit

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Album: Tunesmith Retrofit
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Crow's Nest	More Info...	4:51
2)	The Anvil	More Info...	3:33
3)	Spanish Hands	More Info...	4:10
4)	Plumb Line	More Info...	3:01
5)	Scapegoat	More Info...	1:39
6)	Big Shaky	More Info...	4:48
7)	Tight To The Jar	More Info...	5:43
8)	Macdougal	More Info...	3:20
9)	Loud As Ears	More Info...	4:01
10)	Red Light Nickel	More Info...	3:59
11)	Handful Of Arrows	More Info...	3:31
12)	Tunesmith Retrofit	More Info...	2:10

Album: Tunesmith Retrofit
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Crow's Nest	More Info...	4:51
2)	The Anvil	More Info...	3:33
3)	Spanish Hands	More Info...	4:10
4)	Plumb Line	More Info...	3:01
5)	Scapegoat	More Info...	1:39
6)	Big Shaky	More Info...	4:48
7)	Tight To The Jar	More Info...	5:43
8)	Macdougal	More Info...	3:20
9)	Loud As Ears	More Info...	4:01
10)	Red Light Nickel	More Info...	3:59
11)	Handful Of Arrows	More Info...	3:31
12)	Tunesmith Retrofit	More Info...	2:10

Performer Notes

Personnel: Kelly Joe Phelps (vocals, guitar, banjo, melodica); Jesse Zubot (fiddle); Chris Gestrin (melodica, piano, pump organ, Wurlitzer organ); Keith Loew (acoustic bass); John Raham (drums).
Audio Mixers: Steve Dawson ; Sheldon Zaharko.
Recording information: The Factory Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canad.
Photographer: Anthony St. James.
Blues rock singer and guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps followed 2003's full-band effort, SLINGSHOT PROFESSIONALS, with a 2005 live solo album called TAP THE RED CANE WHIRLWIND. Released the following year, TUNESMITH RETROFIT sounds like a meeting ground between the musical complexity of the first and the stark emotional honesty of the second. Returning to a full-band format but severely limiting the number of one-shot guests, these 12 songs have a bracing live-in-the-studio sound that enhances Phelps's trademark lap steel playing. Pedal steel, old-fashioned keyboards like melodica and a circus-like pump organ, fiddle, and drums provide the backing for songs like "Scapegoat" and "The Anvil." The overall effect recalls the first couple of albums by The Band.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (p.139) - "Phelps' musicianship remains impeccable, and his tunes are immaculate and tasteful..." -- Grade: B+

No Depression (p.127) - "Phelps writes snapshot vignettes born of short-story traditions and delivers them in sturdy acoustic settings drawn from folk, free jazz, and country blues."