Exclusive Tracks

Gabriel Kelley "Panic"

Gabriel Kelley All is going swimmingly well in the world of Gabriel Kelley. His website is being redesigned, and Dualtone has posted both of his EP's for digital download: Light at the Bottom and Stranded in Nashville. Gabe comes to Americana naturally, as he was raised in the foothills of the Appalachians, steeped in the music of his forefathers. Added were layers of rock and roll, blues and soul, making for a heady stew. 

The Music Fog crew was blown away by his band set (the same evening at 3rd & Lindsley), I dig the beard, and Beans thinks the song "Panic" is a stone smash.

-Jessie

Gabriel Kelley & the Reins

Happy Halloween From The Fog

Bobby Bare Jr This is the first Halloween for Music Fog. Our first opportunity to look through the content that we've captured and see what applies to the occasion. Boy did we get lucky this time.

Bobby Bare Jr. took the Music Fog stage at SXSW in the back room at Threadgills with a beat up guitar and his ability to work the crowd like a guy who wants to guess your weight at the state fair. When he performs the rule book goes out the window. So much so, we have no idea how to post the rest of the video we have of his performance because it is just pandemonium. At one point the camera leaves in the middle of his performance to follow a guy to the parking lot while he retrieves a harmonica Bobby wants to "swap spit" on. He starts. He stops. He drops a song because he just doesn't feel like doing it.

This song is based on a real Halloween experience Bobby had in Atlanta. When he finished his set at Threadgills, we asked him for the title...Bobby didn't know. He said, "Call it Night of 1000 Whores." But he changed his mind more than once, and finally settled on "Rock and Roll Halloween."

This should be the standard all things are measured from. Including body mass index.

-Beans

Bobby Bare Jr.

Chip Taylor & Kendel Carson "Charcoal Sky"

Chip Taylor Chip Taylor is nothing if not prolific these days. He told me on the phone today that he is treating his recordings as if they were paintings. This is such a productive writing period for him, that he just wants to get them OUT, and then move on to the next. On October 27th, Yonkers, NY arrives. It is a look at his childhood, and his developing love of music, horses, girls, and family, foretelling the arc of Chip's life and loves. We were so lucky to have Chip and company at the end of a very long day! They were on stage at 3rd and Lindsley at 11 pm, and came over after their set was done. From the forthcoming album, here is "Charcoal Sky."

-Jessie

Chip Taylor - Yonkers NY - Charcoal Sky