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Wednesday, November 9, 2011.
Singer-songwriter Walter Rose teams with Lucinda Williams’s band, producer for dusty debut.
American Songwriter Magazine says “Cast Your Stone” songs could have been released in 1975.It isn’t every day you open a door and see someone like Lucinda Williams on the other side,” exclaims Carmel, California-based Walter Rose about the final day of recording for his debut album Cast Your Stone. Williams, along with her band and long-time producer Eric Liljestrand, back up Rose on the record; a dusty, worn-in collection of songs that American Songwriter Magazine says sound as if they “could have been released in 1975.”
The cathartic qualities of Rose’s songs come hard fought, colored by personal tragedies in his late teens and early twenties that ultimately led him to songwriting. “It was a dreadful time in my life,” Rose says. “I used songwriting as an outlet. I wouldn’t say that it is the subject of my songs but it was somehow a catalyst to start writing seriously.”
Of the demo EP that came out of that time and eventually made its way to American Songwriter, Rose remembers, “The recording was rough, but the songs came through.” Realizing he needed to re-record the material with higher production values, Rose set about tracking down Liljestrand.
Signing on, Liljestrand then suggested that Williams’s band join Rose in the studio. Williams herself appears on the album track “Driving South” to duet with Rose. Of the cast of the album, Rose simple states, “This is my dream band.”
Walter Rose’s debut album Cast Your Stone will be released on January 17th, 2012.
Track Listing:
01. When You Were Mine
02. Dusty Road
03. Head For The Hills
04. On My Mind
05. Times Are Hard
06. Driving South with Lucinda Williams
07. Black Crow
08. Better Days
09. Wrecking Ball
10. Long Winter
11. Cast Your Stone (Bonus Track[attachment=0:ndsp6c2q]walter-rose-cast your stone.jpg[/attachment:ndsp6c2q]Have a listen to Walter and Lu-The full song-Driving South-Lu’s great voice comes in about 1/2 way thru the song.
http://walterrose.bandcamp.com/
lwjLink to hear song – http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/walter-rose-driving-south
http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=24895
MOKB Premiere : Walter Rose : Driving South (feat. Lucinda Williams)
Over the last 25 years or so, the term country music became something of a joke for those who searched a little deeper for the music they listen to. Somewhere after the movie Urban Cowboy, country music became less about telling the story of the common man and more a commodity being sold to the masses at your local Wal-Mart. Recently, we have seen a shift in country music towards what made the likes of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Loretta Lynn icons in American culture. Movies like Walk the Line and Crazy Heart along with acts like The Avett Brothers, Wilco, and Those Darlins embracing their country leanings has led to a younger audience of fans open to seeing someone live wearing a Nudie Suit, Stetson Hat, or Wranglers and playing a steel guitar or having a little twang in their voice. In comes Walter Rose.
Hailing from Carmel, CA, Walter Rose is creating in his own words, “melodic novellas of road trips trough broken-down desert towns” and the kind of stories that bring to mind tumbleweeds blowing through old Client Eastwood movies.” We are fortunate to have the first taste of his debut album Cast Your Stone. The song is titled Driving South and features the excellent Lucinda Williams. It is a beautifully subdued number with tiny cracks of honesty in every lyric sung. The perfect musical companion for a road trip of self-discovery.
Cast Your Stone will be released on January 17th.
Just got this one too right here… 😉
Tom
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