Paul Pe?a "New Train"
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Paul Pe?a "New Train"
Everybody should check this album out. Paul Pe?a was that guy that was in the documentary called Ghengis Blues who was from San Francisco and learned how to throat sing.
This album however, was released in '73. It's absolutely a Soul Music masterpiece. I should say, 'San Francisco' soul music, so yeah, there are strings and shit, the drummer from Moondance, and even Jerry Garcia on pedal steel on one song.
It's totally one of the best sounding recordings I've ever heard, but that's beside the point. The players on it are just ridiculously tasty. And Pe?a had one of those voices that you'd give your left ball for. It's the only album he made too, outside of the throatsinging stuff.
This album however, was released in '73. It's absolutely a Soul Music masterpiece. I should say, 'San Francisco' soul music, so yeah, there are strings and shit, the drummer from Moondance, and even Jerry Garcia on pedal steel on one song.
It's totally one of the best sounding recordings I've ever heard, but that's beside the point. The players on it are just ridiculously tasty. And Pe?a had one of those voices that you'd give your left ball for. It's the only album he made too, outside of the throatsinging stuff.
Last edited by honkyjonk on Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I picked this album up probably 12 years or so ago when I heard it playing at Tower Records (remember those?).
Agreed, it's a fantastic sounding recording with great songs. Good stuff.
Agreed, it's a fantastic sounding recording with great songs. Good stuff.
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Went on Amaazon after reading this and bought it mega cheap. I only got to spend a bit of time with it, and it is great. I love the ultra warm production. Seems to occupy the same weird niche that Tony Joe White and J J Cale occupy in that its not soul, nor blues, nor country, nor rock. Very much a keeper!
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97% of the time I also prefer a nice birthday cake to eating Twinkies. However, in Paul's case, the sales of those Twinkies kept him (marginally) afloat for years, allowing him to do some cool non-commercial projects like, say, learning Tuvan throat-singing...E-Rock wrote:I agreebluesman wrote:I prefer Paul's version of the song.
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