Globe Records - Genre Search: Americana


Artist	Title	Format / Price	Label	Year

JOE GOLDMARK	THE WHAM OF THAT STEEL MAN	2-CD: $13.75 (US) - NEW ($12.38 with *discount)	LO BALL	2012
country, rock, americana: 2-CD set. Joe Goldmark blends an eclectic mix of tunes and styles into a truly Americana, country rock shake. Disc one features rocking vocals by Keta Bill, a San Francisco veteran of the Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra, Big Bang Beat, and many other local projects. Disc two showcases Joe's playing and composing. Goldmark has six pedal steel guitar CDs under his belt, and has also recorded three acclaimed albums with Jim Campilongo & The 10 Gallon Cats. He was a member and recorded with the Twangbangers, the all-star band that featured Red Voelkaert, Bill Kirchen, and Dallas Wayne. He has also toured with Jim Lauderdale and Peter Rowan, and played in the legendary "Texas Chainsaw Band." He is currently a partner at Amoeba Music, San Francisco.

PAUL ROGERS	THE CUL-DE-SAC KIDS	CD: $11.75 (US) - NEW ($10.58 with *discount)	GLOBE RECORDS	2010
childrens, americana, folk: Big Sale! Paul Rogers, 20 year front man for the San Francisco rock accordion band, Those Darn Accordions, is set to release a solo CD of kid friendly tunes. While there's plenty of accordion on the tracks, as a solo project, Rogers felt free to bring in lots of other instrumentation to help bring the songs to life. The result is a wonderful collection of 12 original witty, and heartfelt tunes that will delight kids and their parents alike. The CD kicks off with the upbeat "The Cul-de-Sac Kids", Rogers' salute to the cul-de-sac where his family lived for 10 years

S. E. WILLIS	TAPROOT	CD: $13.00 (US) - NEW ($11.70 with *discount)	MR SUCHENSUCH	2009
blues, rhythm & blues, New Orleans, country, americana: S. E. Willis's fourth CD is a moving musical tribute to two founding fathers of American music, Robert Johnson and Hank Williams. Thirty years in the making, Taproot goes to the heart of Country and Blues roots, delivering truly original and inspired interpretations of classics. From the rocking boogie of Johnson's "Preachin' Blues" and "Last Fair Deal" to the heartbreaking intimacy of Williams' "Mansion On the Hill," Willis, a veteran bluesman with incredible vocal range and stylistic maturity, makes an important and memorable contribution to Robert Johnson's and Hank Williams' songbooks. "...one of the most sought-after blues pianists; he covers different styles with aplomb, comps like a master, and bangs out a mean solo." ---Blues Review #84. With: Bobby Cochran, Nancy Wright, Steve Evans, Kedar Roy, Ed Michaels

WINSTON MONTGOMERY	MOZART ON THE ROAD	CD: $13.00 (US) - NEW ($11.70 with *discount)	SEYMOUR STREET RECORDS	2008
Rock, Americana, Folk: Produced by Austin de Lone, Winston's newly released CD, "Mozart on the Road", is a melodic, literate and often humorous amalgam of folk, country and rock with a little bit of Mozart thrown in for seasoning. "Mozart on the Road" is a richer and more polished effort than his first CD, "Child is Father to the Man". It starts off with a new version of "I Can't Stick Around to Take the Fall" (an outlaw song with a postgraduate degree) makes stops at an anti-war hootenanny and the 60's psychedelic Haight-Ashbury, and concludes with "Mozart on the Road", an epic and comically surreal retelling of the young Mozart's peregrinations through Europe in 1762, all to a driving rock beat.Born in New York State an hour's drive north of New York City, Winston Montgomery made the pilgrimage to San Francisco during the summer after the "Summer of Love" and has never left "the cool grey city of love". He made his living for 25 years renovating houses, among them many of the multi-hued Victorian edifices that San Francisco is famous for. After a stint of singing lead in a band and writing songs 30 years ago he has started writing again, playing at clubs with his four piece band, The Tall Boys.

JOE GOLDMARK	SEDUCING THE 60S	CD: $12.25 (US) - NEW ($11.03 with *discount)	LO BALL	2007
country, rock, americana: "Helpless" begs to be heard...then pick a favorite! Joe Goldmark takes some of his favorite 60's rock tunes and lovingly tinges them with a soulful, country sound. Vocals are provided by new Amoeba Records artist Brandi Shearer, the versatile Bart Davenport, and "the real deal," Gary Claxton. Special guest guitarist is the wonderful John McFee (Doobies, Elvis Costello, Clover). Goldmark has five pedal steel guitar CDs under his belt, including the popular "Steelin' The Beatles" (Lo-Ball #8), and "Strong Like Bull ...But Sensitive Like Squirrel" (Hightone HMG 3014). He has also recorded three acclaimed albums with Jim Campilongo & The 10 Gallon Cats. He was a member and recorded with the Twangbangers, the all-star band that featured Redd Volkaert, Bill Kirchen, and Dallas Wayne. He has toured with Jim Lauderdale and Peter Rowan, played in the legendary"Texas Chainsaw Band," and is currently a partner at Amoeba Music, San Francisco.

TRI TIP TRIO	THREE OF A KIND	CD: $13.00 (US) - NEW ($11.70 with *discount)	GLOBE RECORDS	2007
cajun, zydeco, americana, new orleans: This debut album is an exciting tribute to the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier and re-creates those early Louisiana dance hall sounds using the same instrumentation of accordion, rubboard, vocals, harp and drums. With Lloyd Meadows harmonica and soulful vocals, Bruce Gordon's funky bluesy zydeco accordion and Tyler Eng's driving drums, the Trio is a fireball of hot music, tear jerking ballads and waltzes. 15 tracks, several great originals plus The Rolling Stones "Miss You." Queen Ida says "I want to commend you, you guys are sounding great, fantastic... Clifton would be real happy. It's a great tribute, a little bit of everything, something for everyone, keep it up."

SOLID AIR	LOCAL COLOR	CD: $11.25 (US) - NEW ($10.12 with *discount)	GLOBE RECORDS	2005
country, rock, acoustic, americana, folk: Big Sale! 3rd Globe Records release by Original roots-based West Coast alternative folk group led by Allegra Broughton (vocals, acoustic guitars, songwriter) and Sam Page (vocals, acoustic bass, electric bass, EUB, electric 12-string guitar, baritone slide guitar) with a stellar cast of S.F. Bay Area luminaries and special guests Norton Buffalo, Nina Gerber, Vince Welnick and members of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, John R. Burr (Maria Muldaur), Gary Vogensen (Angela Strehli Band). Ten great original songs plus "Ticket to Ride" (Beatles) and "For What It's Worth" (Buffalo Springfield) done with a fresh twist and mastered by George Horn, Fantasy Studios. "A down-home meeting of British folk-rock duo Richard & Linda Thompson and The Flying Burrito Brothers". Other comparisons range from pop-rock icons 10,000 Maniacs to folk legends Ian & Sylvia. Sam & Allegra are native Californians who perform and record with many ensembles. (Sam: New Riders of the Purple Sage, Elvin Bishop, Hot Frittatas; Allegra: SoulJoy Gospel R'n'B Revue, Laughing Gravy, Wild Catahoulas).

S. E. WILLIS	COLD HAND IN MINE	CD: $13.25 (US) - NEW ($11.93 with *discount)	MR SUCHENSUCH	2003
blues, rhythm & blues, New Orleans, americana: A musical slice of Americana that takes a listener from the hills of West Virginia to the bayous of Louisiana, the banks of the Ohio to the Mississippi Delta. S. E. Willis' third and finest release ranges from the title track's neo-Rockabilly to Jimmie Rodgers style blue country (When and If), swing (Chasin' a Train), swamp-pop (That's My Dream), blues (I'm Tired) and funky zydeco (Muddy Water, Think Twice, I'm Coming Home), with plenty of side trips between. Harmonica ace Norton Buffalo adds his talents to the unique "Poison Love." Mandolin hero Tom Rozum (Laurie Lewis and Grant Street) provides a bluegrass edge, and Johnny "V" Vernazza plays perhaps the best guitar of his career. "If Bill Monroe and Howlin' Wolf had ever played together it wouldn't sound like this, but that's got the idea, that's the aim." -S. E. Willis

CAROLINE DAHL	NIGHT HOUSE	CD: $13.25 (US) - NEW ($11.93 with *discount)	GLOBE RECORDS	2003
blues, rhythm & blues, americana: Caroline Dahl's second CD released on Globe Records is an all-instrumental piano-based recording of American roots-style music. It is largely boogie-woogie, but also includes elements of blues, country and swing as well. Twelve of the fourteen songs are original. The remaining two are Dahl-arranged medleys. The instrumentation is a variety of solo piano, piano/drum duets, piano/bass/drum trios, and quartets, with the addition of tenor sax or violin. Filling these positions are Kent Bryson and Bowen Brown on drums, Tim Wagar on bass, Rob Sudduth (Huey Lewis, Rhythmtown-Jive) on tenor sax, and Tom Rigney on violin- all veterans of the San Francisco Bay Area music community. Caroline is also featured on Rhythmtown-Jive albums.

POOR MAN'S WHISKEY	TRAIN TO CALIFORNIA	CD: $12.25 (US) - NEW ($11.03 with *discount)	PMW	2003
bluegrass, folk, acoustic, americana, country: Poor Man's Whiskey plays American Acidgrass, a blend of acoustic music shaken with rock-n-roll attitude. Through fermentation and distillation, they've crafted an original and modern American music that inspires you to move. "Poor Man's Whiskey is one of the hottest bluegrass bands to emerge from Sonoma County in years." - Larry Carlin, Bluegrass Gold

DAN HAYES	TRUCKIN' TUNES	CD: $9.00 (US) - NEW ($8.10 with *discount)	HAYESONGS	2002
country, blues, americana: "Truckin' Tunes" is an all-original CD compiling the best simple country music of Sonoma County songwriter Dan Hayes, intended as a modern "Tip-o-Hat" to a genre steeped in C&W and Bluegrass tradition. The road is and has always been an allegory for the journey of life. A fun CD for the family trip or the daily commute. Just add a hot cup of coffee and a piece of pie at the next Truck Stop and you're truckin'. Be it a winding, rural road or a fast, straight Interstate, "Truckin' Tunes" is a soundtrack for the sojourn...

VARIOUS ARTISTS	WEST COAST MARDI GRAS PARTY	CD: $10.75 (US) - NEW ($9.68 with *discount)	GLOBE RECORDS	2001
new orleans, zydeco, cajun, rhythm & blues, americana, collections: Big Sale! More than a Cajun invasion - it's the Gator that ate the Gate! A Festive Parade of the Best of the West Coast US in New Orleans R&B, Zydeco, Cajun, Funk & Dixieland by Zydeco Flames, Gator Beat, Andre Thierry, Motordude Zydeco, California Cajun Orchestra (w/ Danny Poullard), Rhythmtown-Jive, Mumbo Gumbo, Tom Rigney, Tee Fee, Eddie Baytos & the Nervis Bros. (w/ Ziggy Modeliste), Frog Legs, Golden Gate Rhythm Machine, Brass Monkey, S. E. Willis, and The Pulsators (w/ Art Neville). This high summit celebration shows off the cream of the burgeoning west coast music scene for New Orleans-based music. "The largest Cajun/Creole/Zydeco music scene outside of Louisiana" - Dale 'Le Blanc' Johnson. "In America, great migrations produce great music. Just as Delta musicians took Highway 61 to Chicago and electrified their blues, so did the Creoles and Cajuns migrate to California and establish vital dance communities. Now the California scenes rival anything back home in Louisiana..." - Michael Tisserand, author, The Kingdom of Zydeco. 15 tracks from 15 west coast artists (mostly from the greater San Francisco bay area, some including former Louisianas and some who just got swept away with the vital Crescent City fever. - Total running time 59+ minutes

CAROLINE DAHL	NO HATS	CD: $13.25 (US) - NEW ($11.93 with *discount)	GLOBE RECORDS	2000
blues, rhythm & blues, americana: Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, where she worked with the Metropolitan Blues All Stars (June Appal Records, Taxim Records) the self-taught Caroline Dahl is a master pianist of the American roots styles of boogie-woogie, blues, vintage R&B, swing, country-swing, and roots R&R. On "No Hats," her mostly-original debut release, she is featured on acoustic grand piano and accordion with no other accompaniment than trap drums, featuring the best of S. F. Bay Area expert sticksmen: Jimmy Sanchez (Roy Rogers, Boz Skaggs, Rhythmtown-Jive), Kent Bryson (the Johnny Nocturne Band), John Hanes (Pearl Harbour & The Explosions, Paris Slim), and Bowen Brown (Swing Session, Indigo Swing, John Lee Hooker). Caroline Dahl, piano player for the driving American roots R&B group, Rhythmtown-Jive (Globe Records), has also worked many shows with Brenda Boykin, Jerry Shelfer, Those Darn Accordions!, The Lickettes (formerly with Dan Hicks), The Melotones, and The Rhythm Sheiks

SOLID AIR	TAILGATES AND SUBSTITUTES	CD: $11.25 (US) - NEW ($10.12 with *discount)	GLOBE RECORDS	1999
country, rock, acoustic, americana, folk: Brand new release by this original roots-based Sonoma County alternative folk group. "A down-home meeting of British folk-rock duo Richard & Linda Thompson and The Flying Burrito Brothers". Traces of 10,000 Maniacs and Lucinda Williams. This San Francisco Bay Area-based Alt-folk group's new album digs deep into American Roots with a wide-open Sonoma County style on ten new original songs and two classics, Bob Dylan's "You Ain't Goin Nowhere" and Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm." Using 12-strings, lap steels, harmonica and keyboards on top of a solid core of guitars and vocals, this release tips it's hat to Eddie Cochran ("Little Bird"), echoes the glory days of Gram Parsons ("Whistle of the Wheels") and brings back shades of The Beatles, Beau Brummels, and The Lovin Spoonful ("If You Took The Time," "In The Summertime"). The group has received critical acclaim, featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine and Performing Songwriter Magazine. Solid Air has been performing together for over twelve years and were nominated for the "Wammies" S.F. Weekly's Alternative Music Awards. Their song "Postcard" was featured in Fast Folk Audio Magazine.

JOE GOLDMARK	STEELIN' THE BEATLES	CD: $12.75 (US) - NEW ($11.47 with *discount)	LO BALL	1997
country, rock, americana: The wonderful songs created by the Beatles sound like they were written for the pedal steel guitar on "Steelin' The Beatles" by Joe Goldmark. This rockin' CD also features the excellent playing of some great Bay Area talent. Engineer and guitarist Garth Webber is an alumnus of the Miles Davis band. Mac Cridlin played bass on Stephen Bishop's "On & On" and Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy", and was in Tony Williams' band. Billy Lee Lewis played drums with Marty Balin, Gary Potterton is a top country-rock guitarist, and Pete Elman on keyboards has three of his own highly acclaimed CDs.

SOLID AIR	HEARTBREAK TOWN	CD: $11.25 (US) - NEW ($10.12 with *discount)	GLOBE RECORDS	1996
country, rock, acoustic, americana, folk: Brand new release by this original roots-based Sonoma County alternative folk group. "A down-home meeting of British folk-rock duo Richard & Linda Thompson and The Flying Burrito Brothers". Other comparisons range from pop-rock icons 10,000 Maniacs to folk legends Ian & Sylvia. Solid Air is Allegra Broughton (vocals, songwriter, guitar) and Sam Page (vocals, co-writer, acoustic stand-up & electric basses). Heartbreak Town features musical guests: Steve Kimock (Zero) and John Salz, electric guitars; piano & keyboards genius John R. Burr (Alison Brown Quartet), Sally Van Meter - dobro (Sugar Hill), harmonica ace Dave Wellhausen (BluesTime Records), pedal steel guitarist David Phillips (Tom Waits), and drummers Rick Cutler, Kendrick Freeman and Jim McCarty (Buck Owens, John Stewart).

JOE GOLDMARK	THE GOLDMARK ROUNDUP	CD: $13.25 (US) - NEW ($11.93 with *discount)	LO BALL	1996
country, rock, americana: 20 selections from the Joe Goldmark LPs: "Pickin' My Pleasures", "Vertigo", and "Rockin' It". Exemplifies Joe's unique melodic treatment of the pedal steel with 9 originals, and covers of songs by The Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Stylistics, Link Wray, and others. Takes the instrument beyond the strict C & W boundaries and into the realm of pop music.

JOE GOLDMARK	ALL OVER THE ROAD	Cassette Sale!: $2.25 (US) - NEW ($2.02 with *discount)	LO BALL	1994
country, rock, americana: Pedal steel guitar fronts this wacky & well produced album of rock & soul faves. 1st CD by this virtuoso who has accompanied David Byrne, Michael Bloomfield, Taj Mahal, Maria Muldaur & Norton Buffalo.

SOLID AIR	LOVE AND DESIRE	CD: $11.25 (US) - NEW ($10.12 with *discount)	SOLID AIR	1992
country, rock, acoustic, americana, folk: Continues to receive airplay and critical acclaim with its original country/folk-rock roots sound.Featured in the Jan./Feb. '95 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine and was instrumental in Solid Air's nomination for the 1992 "Wammies", S.F. Weekly's Alternative Music Awards. The Love And Desire CD made the 1995 Top Folk Playlist on University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth's WSMU-FM 91. Led by duo Allegra Broughton - vocals, guitars and Sam Page - vocals, acoustic stand-up & electric basses. Joined by the Honoraires: Sally Van Meter - dobro, Weissenborn slide guitar (Sugar Hill). Rick Cutler - drums, percussion Joe Goldmark - pedal steel guitar, 8-string dobro (Lo-Ball Records) Evan Marshall - mandolin, fiddle (Rounder Records).

SOLID AIR	STAND UP FOR LOVE	CD: $11.25 (US) - NEW ($10.12 with *discount)	SOLID AIR	1990, 1998
country, rock, acoustic, americana, folk: Classic folk-rock, featuring vocalist/guitarist Allegra Broughton and bassist/vocalist Sam Page. Originally released in 1990 on cassette to critical acclaim and now re-mastered for CD release by George Horn, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley. "Stand Up For Love" has a lush acoustic sound, featuring founding bandmembers Allegra Broughton (guitars, vocals) and Sam Page (vocals, acoustic & electric basses), with special guests Nina Gerber (guitar) and AshboltStewart (drums).

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