"Just because you didn’t find Stay With Me on vinyl at some yard sale in the middle of nowhere doesn’t mean it’s not a classic. It’s so full of killer riffs and old-school boogie, you’ll be forgiven for imagining pops and scratches where there are none to be found.” -- Roll Magazine
A ribbon of smoke rises through the hemlocks and maples. A bewitching scent floats on the mountain breeze. The electrified sound of people making home-grown music echoes through the holler. You turn off a rural two-lane blacktop and onto Stoney Clove Lane, a tree-ceilinged dirt road frequented by bears, deer, and musicians.
If someone said you’d be heading toward a couple of moonshiners working on a potent batch, they wouldn’t be far off.
Jeremy Bernstein and Adam Widoff, who write, perform and record as Stoney Clove Lane (named for the road), may not be dealing in unlawful production of spirits, but they do have an equally intoxicating concoction for you: Stoney Clove Lane's tastiest CD yet - Stay With Me.
Like white lightnin', a combustible mix of ingredients has been employed to produce this homemade mix. But instead of corn, yeast and sugar, SCL combines funk, rock, and folk; instead of a metal still for fermenting the mash, they dump their tunes from analog tape into a computer; and instead of bottling it in mason jars, they press it onto CDs.
Stay With Me is Stoney Clove Lane’s third and strongest collection of tunes. Previous offerings have the same diverse elements, but this new release features a richer melodizing, more assured vocals from Bernstein and a fatter dose of Widoff’s swirling, lyrical Les Paul. If you thought a banjo could happily co-exist in a funk workout, the opening track "Crawl" proves you're right. But can a band enamored of expansive psychedelia produce a CD of lean, mostly-three-minute tunes? Apparently so: Stay With Me shows that Bernstein and Widoff have learned a lot about economy from both hip-hop and old-time country blues.
Guitarist-lead vocalist Bernstein writes the lyrics, which range from Nature Boy wonderment to good old fashioned man-mischief. Widoff orchestrates the lush harmonies and plays almost everything else (Hammond B-3, drums, bass, slide, etc.). They bring that and more to the table, including resumes that range from national tours with established artists to formative years spent in the hotbed of music and culture that is Woodstock, NY; Widoff has toured and recorded with Toshi Reagon and Robert Wilson, while Bernstein spent his Woodstock youth rubbing dirty elbows with the likes of John Sebastian - who guests on the back porch love song "By Your Side." And then there are the adventures they've had sharing the stage with P-Funk; the Mothership's celebrated percussionist-vocalist Mike "Clip" Payne often performs with SCL and adds distinctive rhythm to the Al Green-meets-Crazy Horse rave-up "Mine O Mine."
Several years spent honing their dynamic and unpredictable live show with a solid line-up of Woodstock-area musicians has made Stoney Clove Lane a force with which to be reckoned and has led to their recent signing with Woodstock Music Works. In the grand Woodstock tradition, an SCL performance is an open celebration where the songs take on the contours of the crowd and the room; where hippies, rednecks, old-timers and kids all come together and joyfully partake.
"Cracking record. Every second is well-used." -- Americana UK
Will Scott's new album, GNAWBONE is here!!! The CD is available at CDBaby and other online retailers.
Over three years in the making, GNAWBONE is Scott's fully-produced studio debut and features a crack team of hand-picked musicians as well as guest performances by Jan Bell, Jolie Holland, Samantha Parton, and Preacher Boy (the album's producer).
Hi STONEY CLOVE LANE We wanna thank you for your very important support in those sad days.
This thanx are in our name, in the name of Enrico's wife Paola and in the name of his sons.
Enrico Micheletti's ashes are flyin' throughout the universe and we hope his soul is finally arrived at a beautiful destination.
What about his music and the music we had recorded toghether?
We finally decide to get it out. We wanna remeber Enrico in this way. In the first quarter of 2009 we will publish all our and Enrico Micheletti' s materials on Itunes and many other stores on the web.
We'll send you a message when it's all ready.
God bless you!!! Have a wonderful 2009!!!
KEEP THE BLUES ALIVEEEE!!!!!!!
Ciao STONEY CLOVE LANE ti volevamo ringraziare per le tue parole e per il tuo sostegno in periodo così difficile per noi.
Questi ringraziamenti non sono formali, sono veramente sinceri a nome nostro, della moglie di Enrico Paola e a nome dei suoi figli.
Le ceneri di Enrico Micheletti sono disperse nel mar Tirreno e stanno viaggiando nell' universo. Noi speriamo che anche la sua anima abbia raggiunto finalmente il miglior approdo possibile.
Cosa fare del suo materiale in nostro possesso e del materiale che abbiamo registrato insieme?
Dopo aver pensato a lungo sul da farsi abbiamo deciso di pubblicarlo. Lo pubblicheremo su Itunes ed altri siti così tutti potranno trovarlo se lo cercano. Glielo dobbiamo. Glielo deve chi lo ha conosciuto.
Cercheremo di pubblicare tutto ciò che è in nostro possesso nei primi mesi del 2009.
Appena sarà tutto pronto ti faremo sapere.
Felice Anno Nuovo. Dio ti benedica ancora, grazie. Suonate il blu
