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Rosedale
Crossing was born on the 4th May 2006 at Quad Studios, Friday
Street, Leicester.
Jon,
Bob and Dunc had been playing together for the previous 6 years
in blues-rock outfit SoulMonkey. Upon the split of that band,
due to Jim Dawson relocating and Craig Bartle joining a touring
stage show, the three remaining Monkeys decided not to abandon
the project altogether but to find a new bass player with whom
to move in a new direction.
Early
writing sessions suggested an acoustic-based approach without
the blues-exclusivity upon which SoulMonkey was focused. Whilst
there remained an overall desire to keep a jam-based feel to the
project, more structured songs were needed to complement the new
sound and the band spent nearly nine months in weekly rehearsals
prior to performing live for the first time.
The
resulting output is a mixture of country, bluegrass, blues, americana
and good old English folk. Pigeon-hole it if you can...
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