There’s nothing quite as freewheeling and fun as calling up a few buddies to get together and play music, creating a bond, and, if the stars align, walking away with a song or two. Now imagine if the friends were tenured professional touring musicians who’ve just never quite had the chance to all be in the same room at the same time. That’s exactly how the newly formed, feel-good Americana collective, The High Hawks, came to be.
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Next Friday, June 18, Colorado’s Tenth Mountain Division will independently release their third studio album,
Butte La Rose. JamBase is pleased to premiere the
The quintet assembled at Denver’s Silo Sound Studio to record the 10-track follow-up to 2018’s
In Good Company. Railroad Earth‘s Tim Carbone served as producer with Todd Divel engineering.
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The group started work on
Butte La Rose early last year and completed the LP after the pandemic hit by putting together a COVID-safe plan. Percussionist
Will Trask added to every track on
Butte La Rose. Other guests besides Peck and Carbone include a horn section consisting of trombonist
The High Hawks land for a concert at Long Bridge Golf Course this Sunday. Can you just feel the excitement in the air as the summer comes on and the music heats up? Well, that might be a tad dramatic, especially considering the unseasonably cool weather of late, but compared to last year at this time, things are utterly unbelievable and totally grooving. So, let s see where the music is at, then head out to enjoy what we have when we have it. Not necessarily live music happenings, but certainly related to the making of music, there are a couple of area museum exhibits you may want to visit. The State of Sound: A World of Music from Illinois at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum is getting lots of expected and deserved attention, locally and nationally, for its excellent coverage of major music acts that originated from Illinois. From Miles Davis to Dan Fogelberg, Cheap Trick to Muddy Waters, John Prine to Earth, Wind and Fire
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In the first few seconds of The High Hawks’ debut single, a flurry of pulsing electric piano, kick drum, and Townshend-esque guitar strums give way to a flat out J.J. Cale groove just in time for the first line to be sung: “If we could just find a highway.might even find a way to make it home.” And thus, The High Hawks take flight. That tune, “Heroes & Highways,” is an appropriate first taste of music from the long-time-coming, feel-good Americana cooperative, naturally expressing the range of which the bands’ members can reach. With close to 150 years of collective experience as professional touring musicians, The High Hawks Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon), Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth), Chad Staehly (Hard Working Americans), Adam Greuel (Horseshoes & Hand Grenades), Brian Adams (DeadPhish Orchestra) and Will Trask (Great American Taxi) have maintained a generation-spanning presence at the fore