grateful dead, new grass revival, uncle tupelo, leftover salmon, hot rize, ryan adams, lucinda williams, steve earle, del mccoury, neil young, csny, jerry garcia, waylon jennings, willie nelson, johnny cash, son volt, eric clapton, jj cale, jayhawks, tom petty
Sounds Like
new riders of the purple sage, wilco, railroad earth, grateful dead, whiskeytown, yonder mountain string band, leftover salmon, willie nelson
Great American Taxi offering free track from upcoming release!
Great American Taxi, which features Leftover Salmon frontman Vince Herman, is gearing up to release their sophomore effort "Reckless Habits." With the official release date yet to be announced Taxi has decided to offer up a free download of "Unpromised Land" (labeled as "Whiskey" on a lot of Taxi bootlegs from the past couple of years) from their latest studio work, which was recorded in December of 2008 and produced by Railroad Earth's Tim Carbone. The album also boasts guest appearances by Barry Sless on pedal steel for a good chunk of the record, Carbone on fiddle for a few tracks, Matt Flinner playing banjo on the aforementioned free download, the Black Swan Gospel Singers and the Peak to Freak Horns .. tunes. Phil Nicolo, multi-grammy winning engineer and producer also lent his talents to the mix and mastering of the record at his fabled Studio 4.
Needless to say Taxi has swung for the fence on this one and the result is nothing short of pure Americana bliss. Follow the link below to get a taste of what GAT has in store from their newest release.
More info about Great American Taxi can be found at www.GreatAmericanTaxi.com and make sure to sign up for their mailing list for updates on the official release date.
Great American Taxi is ready to charge into 2009 with a new album on the horizon and some new members in the cab. In December of 2008 founding members Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon) and Chad Staehly brought their new line-up and a few special guests into Backbone Studio in Loveland, CO to record the next evolution to their “Americana without borders” brand of music. Filled with electric folk, alt-country, a dash of bluegrass and good ol’ rock and roll, Taxi has found their stride and sound. The latest version of Taxi includes Jim Lewin on electric guitar and vocals, Edwin Hurwitz on bass guitar and Chris Sheldon on drums and vocals. Barry Sless is also considered a member at large adding pedal steel and guitar when he can get away from his other gigs and jump into the Taxi.
The band has been led by Herman and Staehly since its’ inception for a Rainforest Action Group benefit show in March of 2005. Now approaching well over 400 shows, the band has kept a fairly busy schedule of 140 shows a year and has hit a lot of the premier music festivals along the way including High Sierra Music Fest, Wakarusa, Summer Camp, 10,000 Lakes Festival, Dunegrass, nightgrass slots at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the list goes .. a brief tour in fall of 2008 supporting Railroad Earth, the idea was hatched to have Tim Carbone (fiddle player from Railroad Earth) produce Taxi’s latest album, and it proved to be a magical marriage. Carbone also added some fiddle to a few tracks complimenting Taxi’s big sound which includes Herman’s acoustic guitar, Staehly’s rock and honky-tonk piano and organ work, Lewin’s west coast telecaster guitar assault, Hurwitz’s funky bass lines and Sheldon’s tasty percussive blend. Sless also added some pedal steel and guitar, and Carbone brought in a horn section and some gospel singers for a few tunes as well. This all supports Taxi’s original song-writing, which is also complimented by 3 part harmonies and strong lead vocals from four of the five members.
Great American Taxi’s sound has been compared to a variety of roots oriented bands including New Riders of the Purple Sage, a “Grateful Dead for the new millennium,” Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, The Byrds and more. People will hear threads of the Leftover Salmon fabric propelled by an inspired Herman being supported by a cast of talented minstrels ready to follow Herman to the land of ‘Festival!” Herman’s in-your- face, in-the-moment improvisation helps bring the party to Taxi’s well-crafted songs. People from all backgrounds will be able to latch onto something in the band’s sound. Great American Taxi is truly a melting pot of musical tastes and styles all rolled into their “Americana without borders.” Look for Taxi’s latest album to be released late 2009. Keep track of updates, tour dates and other news at www.greatamericantaxi.com .
Great American Taxi 4/16/09 Campground, Old Settler's Music Festival, TX
Thanks for the add guys! I'll be changing the tunes occasionally with different gigs I've played in those mountains and some other stuff so check back often! Keep on pickin and grinnin'!!!!! Festival!!!!!
Universal Rhythm Assembly (downtown Peoria on the Riverfront)
Friday June 26th
Cornmeal
Groovatron
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
Saturday June 27th
BRAINCHILD (is headlining and playing a day time spot also)
Family Groove Company
Great American Taxi (with Vince Herman from Leftover Salmon)
You should come out and support good live music!!
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Summer is near and so is the Harvest! Get ready for a jammin' good time as the music echoes across these beautiful Ozark Mountains! Tickets are on sale now!
Hey Great American Taxi, we just got out of the studio with Stephen Perkins of Janes Addiction....here are some of the songs we came up with...let us know what you think!!!!!
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LOL! That is GRRREAT, American Taxi! No,me no metro. Me at the Rainbow festie.. now with ex hubby boy.. .Seeing many old freinds form DEAD days.. good stuff. I am tired and cold and hungry, and that can be good you know. let's see what I can do about changing my music though. was on L.A. for 3 weeks.. God. It is s good thing The Q.A. writes the way they do. Igot to sing , really FUN! It takes ALLOt of LUV to stay there, eve in the canyon. going on home to San Fran, ( wil wear some flowers in my hair)then Boulder-Bound, This is the summer of Love, I am sure. Heard yo got yor asses BLOWn out at Del fest, hope you are ok.. little Taxi drivers.
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