Wednesday, May 25 2011 8:00 PM
21+ $20.00
Lincoln Hall
David Lowery, co-founder, frontman and guitarist of country psychedelic rockers Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven presents The Palace Guards, his witty, lyrically clever and incisive, musically eclectic (and, in some ways, 27 years in the making!) solo debut on 429 Records. A self-professed studio cat who says it’s a “happy accident” that he ever became a lead singer of a rock band, Lowery concocts a diverse array of recorded at his Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, Virginia. A batch of incredible songs that didn’t quite fit the vibe of Cracker or Camper Van Beethoven, Lowery was actually working on the compositions for The Palace Guards quietly behind the scenes while working on Cracker’s last two records...
For Lowery one of the most exciting parts of the recording experience was the powerful creative chemistry he shared with his band of musician friends that appear on this album—all of whom he has worked with at his popular independent studio for fifteen years. Producer/engineer Alan Weatherhead, who plays guitar and pedal steel guitar on The Palace Guards, has mixed records for Sparklehorse, The Comas, The Cardigans and of course, Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, among numerous other indie bands who appreciate his naturally experimental style. Another is John Morand, one of Lowery’s inner circle who basically was the glue that held the whole thing together.
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