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FIVE STARS ***** for ETERNAL from REVERBCENTRAL

"This is lush Surfadelic music in the grand tradition." "Tribal drums, rising thunder...dramatic and commanding...Superb!" Phil Dirt REVERB CENTRAL,SURF'S UP

"genius-in-waiting Randy Clark... makes his electric axe sing at the edge of feedback, wields a slide against his acoustic strings with ingenuity close to that of Cooder and Lindley, and generally creates a mysterious exotic vibe..."--- Derk Richardson SF GATE

"Eternal is five cuts of guitar heaven." -- John Heidt VINTAGE GUITAR

"These records are little masterpieces."-- Freddy Celis ROOTSTIME

"Clark came to surf music through the savage rockabilly guitar of Link Wray and has managed to incorporate surf's twangy, staccato rifts into a style almost equally informed by the languid minor chords of Jerry Garcia or the stinging extrapalations of Neil Young".-- Joel Selvin SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

"Think Ry Cooder meets Neil Young and Crazy Horse with an alt-country/blues penchant and a tad of Bob Dylan thrown in for good measure. Crowsong’s music is vibrant and atmospheric, ranging from delicate slide instrumentals to searing electric epics."... Mick Skidmore RELIX

San Francisco trio Crowsong proudly announces the release of its third recording, Shelter/Eternal. Following Western, the band's acclaimed 2002 sophomore effort, Shelter/Eternal comes after four years of intense writing and recording sessions. The result is a double album packed with songs reflecting the richly various dimensions and influences acclaimed guitarist/founder Randy Clark brings.

In Shelter, Clark layers acoustic and electric chords in traditional rock- and bluegrass-based arrangements that prop up achingly straight-shooting lyrics, sung in Clark's endearing warm, clear twang.

The all-instrumental Eternal opens with a shimmering flourish of surf guitar, greeting you like a rolling wave on a sunny beach. And for those who can't get enough of Clark's glorious, mournful slide guitar, Eternal leaves you with a wistful track subtly merging slide's classical Indian and Delta roots that will have you reaching for your prayer beads with one hand and your bourbon bottle with the other.

Spanning the two-album collection is the unique blend of innate humility, honesty and blazing technical virtuosity that has earned high praise from critics and a loyal following since the band's 1999 debut release, Dark Comes Light.

Links:
Jewell of the Atlantic
Trailier featuring the music of Crowsong.

Purchase CDs
at CDBaby.com
(Also available locally at Amoeba Records on Haight!)

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Crowsong Western

Crowsong Dark Comes Light

Crowsong Shelter Eternal

Clips from the Shelter/Eternal CD release party:

Randy Clark has been called "a master guitarist with a slide style to envy, a vibrato that melts butter, one of the sweetest tones since Ry Cooder and the chops and flash of Blow By Blow Jeff Beck (Al Muzer, Aquarian Weekly). Clark has played and recorded with The Mermen, The Billy Nayer Show, Oscar Brown Jr. and many others, and has worked with producer Jeffrey Wood at Berkeley's Fantasy Studios (Hank Williams III, X, Giant Sand). He has composed film scores for independent festivals in Chicago and San Francisco, contributed music to the Save the Waves Foundation's documentary Lost Jewel of the Pacific, and is currently scoring a film about oil drilling in the Niger Delta. Clark is the author of The Alternative Guitar Chord Book (1996), as well as a series of columns for Guitar Player magazine.

Joshua Zucker, a Mill Valley resident, has been become a regular in Bay Area clubs and studios since relocating from Saratoga Springs, New York in 1994 where he studied jazz performance and classical composition at Skidmore College. Comfortable playing a wide variety of styles, Joshua has spent the last decade recording and touring with numerous regional and national artists on both coasts. When not playing with Crowsong, Joshua regularly performs with The Rowan Brothers, Garrin Benfield, Kenni & Co., Poor Man's Whiskey, Rattlebox, and many others.

Eric Kurtzrock: Born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Eric at the age of fourteen studied with Jazz legend Art Blakey. Later attending Duquesne University graduating with a BA in Jazz Performance. After a short stint at Eastman School of Music, Eric moved to New York City where he studied worked and performed with many of the cities greats such as Bob Rodriguez, Paul Motian, Kermit Driscoll, Eric Kloss, David Budway, David Byrne. After ten years in NYC. Eric moved to California settling in San Francisco where he is at present the Musical Director for the Club/Restaurant Ana Mandara owned by actors Cheech Marin & Don Johnson. The Eric Kurtzrock Trio performs there three nights a week featuring Peter Horvath on piano ( Art Farmer, Victor Bailey) and Gary Brown on bass (Steve Winwood, Airto, Flora Purim. In 2007 Eric joined “Crowsong” a San Francisco based Power Surf Trio lead by guitarist extraordinaire Randy Clark.