Jay Farrar (vocal, guitar, harmonica), Dave Bryson (drums), Andrew Duplantis (bass, backing vocal), Chris Masterson (guitar), and Mark Spencer (keyboards, steel guitar).
Influences
The Sonics, The Band, Skip Spence, Taj Majal, Ramblin Jack Elliot
SON VOLT RETURNS WITH 'AMERICAN CENTRAL DUST,' ON ROUNDER RECORDS
Son Volt returns with ‘American Central Dust,’ which was released on July 7th on Rounder Records, a plaintive 12-song collection that recalls the melodic succinctness of the band’s debut album ‘Trace.’ After the musical experimentation of 2007’s ‘The Search, ’ ‘American Central Dust,’ the band’s first album on Rounder, refines the band’s robust sound. Fiddle, pedal steel, lap steel and sparkling piano add an atmospheric nuance to Son Volt’s Americana inspired rock, surrounding band leader Jay Farrar’s stream of consciousness lyrical imagery.
Album highlights include; the rootsy shuffle of album opener “Dynamite,” on which Farrar declares “this love is like celebrating the 4th of July with dynamite,” the tremolo soaked rocker “Down To The Wire,’ the gorgeous, piano led “Cocaine And Ashes,” an empathetic tribute to Keith Richards, references a man who’s “the same as everyone, just kind of lucky,” and ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’-esque rocker “No Turning Back.”
When asked about signing to the new label, Farrar said "Rounder has shown a long term commitment to music forms, like folk and blues, that I have a lot of respect for. Going with Rounder has been a kind of a full circle continuum -- the first Rounder person I met with was instrumental in booking Uncle Tupelo gigs years ago"
‘American Central Dust’ features Jay Farrar (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Dave Bryson (drums), Andrew Duplantis (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chris Masterson (lead guitar), Mark Spencer (keyboards, steel guitar). Son Volt’s national tour begins in July.
‘American Central Dust’ tracklist:
1. Dynamite
2. Down To The Wire
3. Roll On
4. Cocaine And Ashes
5. Dust Of Daylight
6. When The Wheels Don’t Move
7. No Turning Back
8. Pushed Too Far
9. Exiles
10. Sultana
11. Strength And Doubt
12. Jukebox of Steel
JAY FARRAR AND BENJAMIN GIBBARD
JOIN FORCES FOR NEW ALBUM INSPIRED BY JACK ONE
FAST MOVE OR I'M GONE: KEROUAC'S BIG SUR OUT
OCT 20 ON F-STOP/ATLANTIC
One
Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, a new album
featuring 12 original songs composed and performed by Jay Farrar of Son
Volt and Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie--with lyrics based on
the prose of Jack Kerouac's landmark 1962 novel Big Sur--is set for
an October 20 release on F-Stop/Atlantic Records along with a feature-length
documentary of the same title in which both Gibbard and Farrar appear.
Gibbard and Farrar, having never previously met, discovered
a mutual kinship in their passion for Kerouac's work while recording
several songs for the documentary, produced by Kerouac Films.
After the initial San Francisco recording session in July
2007, they decided to develop the project further to create an album
using Kerouac's
own words from the book as the lyrics.
Big Sur, is an evocative account of a time in Jack's life when he'd “come
undone,” both emotionally and spiritually. He escapes to a
cabin in Big Sur to confront his inner demons and find a modicum of peace
by the sea.
Gibbard stayed in the original cabin Kerouac wrote about,
to compose songs for his band's 2008 Grammy-nominated album, Narrow Stairs. For
many years, Jay Farrar's songwriting has been inspired and influenced
by Kerouac's compositional style.
Jim Sampas, (Badlands, Kerouac--kicks joy darkness) is
executive producer of the album. The documentary, One
Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's
Big Sur, is directed by Curt Worden and produced by Gloria Bailen and Jim
Sampas of Kerouac Films. The film features appearances by writers, poets,
actors and musicians including, Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
and Sam Shepard. The album and film will be released on October 20, the
day before the 40th anniversary of Kerouac¹s death, as a stand alone
CD, a CD/DVD package, a limited edition boxed set packaged with the novel,
a 40-page book on the documentary and the CD/DVD. The album will
additionally be released on vinyl.
TRACK LISTING: 1. California Zephyr
2. Low Life Kingdom
3. Willamine
4. All In One
5. Breathe Our Iodine
6. These Roads Don't Move
7. Big Sur
8. One Fast Move Or I'm Gone
9. Final Horrors
10. Sea Engines 11. The Void 12. San Francisco
JAY FARRAR & BENJAMIN GIBBARD TO PERFORM MORE SPECIAL KEROUAC CONCERTS Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard will perform songs from their collaborative album One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, along with other surprise material, at select shows in January, underscoring the influential author's enduring legacy 40 years after his death on October 21, 1969.
The band features Jay Farrar (Son Volt), Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service), Nick Harmer (Death Cab for Cutie), Mark Spencer (Son Volt) and Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Bob Mould, The Mountain Goats).
JAY FARRAR & BENJAMIN GIBBARD TOUR DATES
January 23, 2010 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
January 24, 2010 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
January 27, 2010 - Austin, TX @ Antone's
January 29, 2010 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Ann Arbor Folk Festival** with Iron and Wine
January 30, 2010 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
January 31, 2010 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur (F-Stop/Atlantic) features 12 original songs composed and performed by Farrar and Gibbard, with lyrics based on the prose of Jack Kerouac’s landmark 1962 novel Big Sur. The album will be released October 20 along with a feature-length documentary of the same title in which both Gibbard and Farrar appear.
The documentary, One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur, is directed by Curt Worden and produced by Gloria Bailen and Jim Sampas of Kerouac Films. The film features appearances by writers, poets, actors and musicians including Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sam Shepard, Patti Smith and Tom Waits.
SON VOLT ON TOUR We have
announced dates for August and September. Check the Tour
page where dates are posted as they are confirmed!
SON VOLT BLOG, TWITTER & FACEBOOK
Check out the Son
Volt blog. Drummer Dave Bryson will be posting comments
and photos from the road! Also, Son Volt is now on Twitter and Facebook.
Dave's blog postings will be linked to both Facebook and Twitter.
SON VOLT ON RUSTED ROBOT
Check out RustedRobot.com for
an interview with Jay.
SON VOLT ON THE RADIO
On Wednesday, July 8, Jay will visit KBCO in Boulder
for an on-air interview and solo acoustic performance at 1:00 pm MT. You
can check it
out live here. Next week, WDST in
Woodstock, NY will feature 'American Central Dust' as
the album of the week. And, July 7 will be Son Volt day on WFUV in
New York, NY. The station will play lots of Son Volt including
past live performances an interviews.
OTHER PRESS
Check out The
Wall Street Journal for a Son Volt feature. Also, Spin, NY
Times, and many other newspapers will be running reviews next
week.
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One
Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, a new album
featuring 12 original songs composed and performed by Jay Farrar of Son
Volt and Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie--with lyrics based on
the prose of Jack Kerouac's landmark 1962 novel Big Sur--is set for
an October 20 release on F-Stop/Atlantic Records along with a feature-length
documentary of the same title in which both Gibbard and Farrar appear.
Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard will perform songs from their collaborative album One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, along with other surprise material, at select shows in January, underscoring the influential author's enduring legacy 40 years after his death on October 21, 1969.
