Cliff Retallick (vocals, piano and keyboards, guitars),
Darryl Jones (guitars, pedal steel),
Jim Martin (drums and percussion)
Influences
Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Blondie, Frank Sinatra (hear Watertown), Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Steve Nieve, Ben Keith, David Bowie, Hank Williams, Ennio Morricone, Jerry Lee Lewis, Cesar Vallejo, Willie Nelson, Wim Wenders, Love Tractor, Federico Fellini, Suicide, Sam Shepard, Ryu Murakami, Mitch Easter, Woody Guthrie, Jeffrey Dean Foster, Mario Bava and most of the other usual suspects.
The Walking Liberties are the new band formed by Cliff Retallick (vocals, piano, guitars), Darryl Jones (guitar, pedal steel) and Jim Martin (drums) from the ashes of MERCURY DIME (r.i.p.). Having cut two records, Baffled Ghosts (OpryFiredHank) and Darkling (Yep Roc), working with producing and guitar legend Mitch Easter (REM, Pavement), performing across America and charting in No Depression, Mojo and topping many critics best-ofs in Europe and the States, the ghost hasn't been that hard to find again. The journey continues, as if it ever ended. **************************************************
Here's what the press had to say about Cliff Retallick and Mercury Dime the first time around:********************************************************************
“Lead singer and songwriter Cliff Retallick belts these songs with authority and his piano skills are formidable indeed, but its really his lyrics that are his finest work. Retallick is a master lyrisit, capable of infusing bleak realities with humor and irony.”****************
--- Greg Corrao, CMJ*********************************************************
“Excuse me if I repeat myself, but here we find ourselves in front of a first choice songwriter and instrumentalist on the level of Nicky Hopkins … He is a genius on the keyboard.”******************************************************************
--- Marco Verdi, Buscadero, Milan, Italy******************************************
“Mercury Dime has single-handedly led beauty back to pop music … Instead of sounding like a record company product, which most pop music suffers from these days, “Darkling” envelops more like a novel, first warm and inviting but up to darker matters after repeat listens … This is ear candy.”****************************************************
--- Mark Guarino, Chicago Daily Herald*******************************************
“Cliff Retallick’s generally exquisite lyrics come across more oblique and overtly poetic than typical for this genre of music (alt. country), often evoking politics as images in the throes of word play (“You’ve got AWACS in your haystacks”) or as pure fantasy in the enchanting “Robert Kennedy works in the airport”. Mercury Dime sounds ready to step to the top of the class.”*********************************************************************
--- Art Menius, The Independent, Chapel Hill***************************************
“Retallick lures you into his strange and cosmic world.”*****************************
--- Rick Cornel, No Depression**************************************************
“The strong lyrical eloquence of main writer Cliff Retallick is underscored by sophisticated arrangements … A real gem.”**************************************************
--- Relix********************************************************************
“Like the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, I found myself transported by Darkling into a strange, new and delirious manner --- Please sign me up for the Mercury Dime frequent flyer program.”**************************************************************
--- Chris Stamey (the dBs, producer: Whiskeytown, Le Tigre)*************************
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The Walking Liberties are currently recording their debut rock-n-roll LP in North Carolina and Los Angeles. Keep your ears on.
My name is Claudio I’m a journalist of “BUSCADERO” the very best italian rock magazine, and other, desultorily I wrote on “Out Of Time” (roots music magazine) and the “FB Folk Bullettin” (folk magazine).
I’m very interested in the good roots’n’rock american music music scene and I’m interested in Americana / Rock / Blues / Folk / Country / Tex-Mex / Bluegrass & Old Time / Punk / Swing / Songwriting / Cajun & Zydeco..etc.. music products, they are cheap and they have a good quality…
my last reviews:
BUSCADERO July / Ago 2007 i-LUF – review live concert at “Oratorio Campagnola” in Bergamo KING WILKIE: “Low Country Suite” cd RON BLOCK: “Door Way” cd BRANDON JENKINS: “Unmended” cd BUSCADERO June 2007 MIKE McCLURE BAND “Foam” cd RED DIRTY RANGERS “Ranger Motel” cd PINE LEAF BOYS “Blues De Musicien” cd NORMAN BLAKE, NANCY BLAKE & TUT TAYLOR “Shacktown Road” cd
OUT OF TIME - OOT n°48 summer 2007 Tim Easton: “Ammunition” cd Bobby Osborne: “Try A Little Kindness” cd Turnip Greens: “Carry Me Down The Aisle” cd Sadies: “In Concert – volume one” 2cd Rich Hope: “Rich Hope & His Evil Doers” cd Long Winters: “Putting The Days To Bed” cd Nathan & Zydeco Cha-Chas: “Hang It High, Hang It Low” cd Watchman: “High Acres” cd Rich Hopkins: “The Horse I Rode In On” cd Rev. Billy C. Wirtz: “Sermon From Bethlehm” cd
F.B. Folk Bulletin June 2007: Wylie & The Wild West : “Bucking Horse Moon” cd Stoney LaRue: “The Red Dirt Album” cd F.B. Folk Bulletin May 2007: Rich Hopkins & Luminarios “The Horse I Rode In On” cd Peter Ostroushko “Postacards” cd
J like your tracks on your myspace page it's a good sound I hope to hear from you soon – hasta bien - Thanks for your time
I whish you my best (sincerely) compliments for your work All the best
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I'm overjoyed to be included amongst the Walking Liberties pack of pals. Timeless and tireless memories and melodies. love and peace, Jeffrey Dean Foster
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