Joe Purdy - Eagle Rock Fire (2014) FLAC Beolab1700
Joe Purdy - Eagle Rock Fire
Artist...............: Joe Purdy
Album................: Eagle Rock Fire
Genre................: Americana
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 46 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 H
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Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 16/12/2014
Tracklisting
1. Joe Purdy - Ba Girl [03:23]
2. Joe Purdy - Meet Me in N.Y. [04:49]
3. Joe Purdy - Wildflowers [03:11]
4. Joe Purdy - Eagle Rock Fire [05:03]
5. Joe Purdy - Sorry You're Blue [04:26]
6. Joe Purdy - L.A. Livin [04:01]
7. Joe Purdy - Good Gal Away [03:23]
8. Joe Purdy - Waiting for Loretta Too Long [03:12]
9. Joe Purdy - This American [03:23]
10. Joe Purdy - That Diamond Ring [02:42]
Playing Time.........: 37:41
When Arkansas songwriter Joe Purdy was told to evacuate his California home because of nearby forest fires, he didnâ™t pack up his dog Smalls and a couple favorite guitars. Instead he sat down and started writing a song: “Warn all the horses, warn all the riders, that the fire is coming down.” He finished the song and the evacuation warning passed. The song is the title track on Eagle Rock Fire, his thirteenth record released on his label Mudtown Crier Records.
On Eagle Rock Fire, heâ™s taken an analog stance. Not only did he make the record on tape, mix on tape, and cut the lacquer mastered from these tapes, he had all computers removed while recording and mixing down the record. “We didnâ™t want any screens in the room,” says Purdy.
“It allowed us to just use our ears.”
This is Purdyâ™s second time living in the Los Angeles area. He had moved back to the comfort of Arkansas living, but a couple years ago realized he just couldnâ™t stay away from a city where people really valued making art. He found himself a hilltop spot surrounded by Pine trees—a place that feels a little like Arkansas in the heart of a creative city—and spent the past few years carefully collecting vintage audio equipment and working with bassist and analog audiophile “Matty D” DelVecchio painstakingly restoring each component. They even got pedal steel guitarist “Jolly” Chris John Hillman—who Purdy met while touring with Billy Bragg—soldering on the porch.
The three are the only musicians featured on the new album, whose songs tell of the life of a country boy living in the city. A song like “L.A. Livin” has Purdy barely holding back starting a bar fight with loud punks not respecting a singerâ™s performance. In “Baâ™ Girl,” Purdyâ™s heart is broken when a girl runs off to join the Blue Man Group. He sings, “I used to like watching hippies dance till mine traded me in for Burning Man; chances are it wasnâ™t meant to be. So Iâ™ll keep writing cowboy songs and being me.” Purdy sings what Johnny Cash would if he was 30-something in L.A.