Vance Gilbert

6/16/08

Welcome to summer and the new album!! UP ON ROCKFIELD is available now, and it is an assemblage of music beyond my wildest dreams!

The concept of the tunes being written as if someone else was writing them is a real hit. I'll leave it to you to figure what tunes sound like which artists.

There's a myriad of ways to get it – I Tunes ( gimme a week or two here) the cd form a few sources (from Nimbit is best…. Click on "Shop" at the upper left of this page), and from me at a show!!

Here are the songs:

Up On Rockfield
Welcome to Lovetown
Goodbye Pluto
Old Man's Advice
Judge's House
Whatever Louise Wants
Sweetwater
It'll Never Be Enough
House Of Prayer
Some Great Thing
Sing Me Down

Folks that showed up to play and sing? – Kevin Barry, Tom West, Richard Gates, Antje Duvekot, Lorne Entress, Abbie Gardner (from Red Molly…great vocals, dobro and lap steel guitar!!) just to name a few. There's even a co-write with Lori McKenna, House Of Prayer, and she sings on it too!!

Oh, do you think I forgot about the New Year's resolutions? Me, the gym, and 30 pounds….which one of those things has left the building? Look out Hulk!! I got yer Iron Man right here!!

Here's to a summer of Peace and Good Music,

Vance

1/1/08

Yeah, it's the New Year. Clean slates, diets, the gym....I'll remind you of all this in a few months!

I'm just about done writing all the songs as I work towards a new album called "Sounds Like...". The concept goes like this: all the tunes are written by me but sounding like they were penned by someone else. Brazen, maybe, but a fun and inspiring way to get new material to happen.

Who do I try to, uh, be? Here's a list of writers and co-writers that "join" me on this endeavor ( the list has expanded!!):

John Hiatt
Al Jarreau with Lynrd Skynrd
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Garth Brooks
David Wilcox with help from Patty Griffin and Raffi
Van Morrison
Tom Waits
Thomas A. Dorsey
Richard Thompson.....

Come to a live show and see what's happening in my head ( help us all).

Until then, please be good to each other,

Vance