Following
GI Blythe’s recent announcement to provide periodic free music downloads of
songs from their successful CD release Lost
in Space, they are now offering another free song download, this one
written by lead singer Archie Brown. “Hundred
Dollar Bill” is a driving up-tempo rocker, a working man’s lament from a man
who works a grinding double shift and can’t seem to get his penny-pinching boss
to pay him on time, and who ultimately faces losing his job to a worker more
desperate than himself who’s willing to work for even less. In the wake of a highly successful national
radio campaign and last year’s triumphant CD release tour of the East Coast,
beginning with a CD release party at Connolly’s Klub 45 in New York City and closing
with a CD release concert at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY, GI Blythe
will be offering further free song downloads in the months to come, so stay
tuned! As many fans are already aware, GI
Blythe is a group
of seasoned musical pros from a variety of impressive musical backgrounds who’ve
come together to fuse a high-energy hybrid of wit and horn-centric good-time
Rock, which is amply demonstrated on Lost
in Space.
Lost in Space is an exhilarating introduction
to a band that has already piqued some discerning ears and raised some diverse
eyebrows. Along with the scorching rocker “Hundred
Dollar Bill” the CD
contains other original tunes written by Blythe, Archie Brown & Jim
Paterson—including the instrumental “Freedom March” with some swinging,
scorching Jazzy moments—and their funky and haunting “The Narrative of G.
Bristol Groot (Vampyre)” (also a video available on YouTube), which like many
cuts on the album just might bring you out of your chair. So be forewarned: before you put on this music be sure to put on
your dancing shoes!
GI Blythe is
a band of exceptional players from the U.K. and the U.S. that have outrageous
chops and share a pure joy of making music that is both exuberant and street
savvy. Several members of GI Blythe have
worked together in various music settings over the years—including Dexy’s
Midnight Runners and Black 47—and along with Geoffrey Blythe have collectively
played and/or recorded with a number of diverse artists from Elvis Costello,
Paul Simon and Nick Lowe to Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and The Funk Brothers
(of Motown fame), to name but a few. The
band’s foundation is provided by drummer Crispin ‘the Pump’ Taylor and
bassist Joe ‘Bear Claw’ Burcaw—and these guys cook! They provide a solid pocket that
energetically propels the band and allows lead singer Archie Brown and the
horns of Blythe and ‘Big Jim’ Paterson (trombone & backup vocals), along
with the keys of Pete Levin and guitars of Larry Baeder, to alternately punch
the rhythm section and float above the smooth ride effortlessly. Although the band’s
players are accomplished pros, they retain a raucous, authentic post-punk
attitude resulting in a sound that’s soulful, sometimes Jazzy (with
tasteful flashes of dissonance—and a funky beat!), rockin’ and audacious—all at
the same time!
What/When: “Hundred Dollar Bill” available NOW
for FREE!
Where: Download at www.giblythe.com |
Redwood Entertainment, Inc., 212-543-9998
info@redwoodentertainment.com, www.redwoodentertainment.com |
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