the Great Ride, by Words and Music Of Chris Brecht

the Great Ride

by Words and Music Of Chris Brecht

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Dead Flower Motel

1.	Night Highway 99 03:58	info	buy track
2.	Someone is Gonna Lose 03:55		buy track
3.	a song about lightbulbs 05:41		buy track
4.	Dead Leaf 03:38		buy track
5.	Readin' My Mind (free) 04:22		download
6.	Every Time I think of her 04:48		buy track
7.	Belle Streets Midnight 04:42		buy track
8.	Better Grab My Coat 03:49		buy track
9.	By Train 06:48		buy track

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Chris Brecht’s long-awaited 2008 debut, The Great Ride, raked in folk and country roots behind the local songwriter’s winding narratives and distinctive nasally drawl. Brecht’s tunes reel with the lure of the late night open highway, steeped in a poignant and personal loneliness and longing, braced against a wonder for the road. Since The Great Ride’s release, Brecht has expanded his band and sound, and while his characteristic Dylanisms remain strong in the new material, the Dead Flowers buck with a more polished country rock vibe in the vein of the Band or Sweetheart of the Rodeo-era Byrds, folding in impressive flourishes from the group that includes, among others, Ricky Ray Jackson (Lomita; Brothers and Sisters) on pedal steel and John Michael Schoepf of the Happen Ins. Chris Brecht and the Dead Flowers will be holding down the Belmont downtown next week on Wednesday, September 9, and they’ve offered up a taste of some of their new material below in the form of both a lo-fi demo and full band take in the studio. - the Austin Sound www.austinsound.net

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released May 5, 2008

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