Gary Peters - Beginnings: Collected Pedal Steel Guitar Works (2023)
BAND/ARTIST: Gary Peters
- Title: Beginnings: Collected Pedal Steel Guitar Works
- Year Of Release: 2023
- Label: Scissor Tail Records
- Genre: experimental, ambient, country
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 41 min
- Total Size: 151 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Words by Susan Alcorn...
"The pedal steel is an oddity among instruments. Invented in the early 1950s, it soon became a standard bearer for American country-western music. It is an instrument with enormous potential, which has been tied at the hip, even among its best players, to country music with little tolerance for innovation. Among the very few who stretch themusical and artistic boundaries of this difficult-to-play instrument is the British pedal steel guitarist Gary Peters whose new album “Beginnings: Collected Pedal Steel Works” on Scissor Tail Records is one I am fond of. For lovers of creative music, this album covers lots of ground. Throughout the eleven tracks, there is quiet lyricism, tasteful chromaticism, dissonance, and nods to minimalism. I especially enjoyed the duets with Veryan Weston (keyboards) and Christopher Williams (double bass).
If you are a lover of what is often called experimental music, this collection is one to check out."
- Susan Alcorn
The first full length LP by UK based pedal steel guitarist and improviser Gary Peters. As there seems to be a slew of pedal steel guitar albums coming out in the last 5 years, this one is unlike any we've heard. There's no use of reverb pedals or ambient swells, yet it still has so much atmosphere and emotion. The majority of the compositions and improvisations are solo pedal steel guitar but there are a couple tracks with accompaniment by upright bassist Christopher Williams and pianist Veryan Weston.
Gary Peters has been quietly and prolifically releasing recordings over the years. This grouping of songs we spent about a year working towards narrowing down and mixing and I am very honored to present this album of collected pedal steel guitar works.
The ambient country cabinet is filling up pretty quickly these days and we’re in a golden age of pedal steel, but there’s always room for one more. RSTB faves Scissor Tail offer up a new record from UK steel slinger Gary Peters and while not as overtly awash in the trappings of ambient country , the record still hovers in the humid space between waking and dreams. A halfway hitch between the jazz steel of Dave Easley and the more cosmically aligned works of SUSS, the record promises to carve out its own corner of the genre." -Raven Sings The Blues
Tracklist:
1.01 - Gary Peters - Beginning (2:59)
1.02 - Gary Peters - Caged (4:10)
1.03 - Gary Peters - At Veryan's (with Veryan Weston) (2:00)
1.04 - Gary Peters - Chromatic Suspension (4:45)
1.05 - Gary Peters - Double Lament (with Christopher Williams) (3:20)
1.06 - Gary Peters - Redemption (2:53)
1.07 - Gary Peters - Relent Less (5:33)
1.08 - Gary Peters - One On One (3:26)
1.09 - Gary Peters - Flatpick (4:32)
1.10 - Gary Peters - Wayne's Refrain (4:57)
1.11 - Gary Peters - Started Wishing (2:38)
"The pedal steel is an oddity among instruments. Invented in the early 1950s, it soon became a standard bearer for American country-western music. It is an instrument with enormous potential, which has been tied at the hip, even among its best players, to country music with little tolerance for innovation. Among the very few who stretch themusical and artistic boundaries of this difficult-to-play instrument is the British pedal steel guitarist Gary Peters whose new album “Beginnings: Collected Pedal Steel Works” on Scissor Tail Records is one I am fond of. For lovers of creative music, this album covers lots of ground. Throughout the eleven tracks, there is quiet lyricism, tasteful chromaticism, dissonance, and nods to minimalism. I especially enjoyed the duets with Veryan Weston (keyboards) and Christopher Williams (double bass).
If you are a lover of what is often called experimental music, this collection is one to check out."
- Susan Alcorn
The first full length LP by UK based pedal steel guitarist and improviser Gary Peters. As there seems to be a slew of pedal steel guitar albums coming out in the last 5 years, this one is unlike any we've heard. There's no use of reverb pedals or ambient swells, yet it still has so much atmosphere and emotion. The majority of the compositions and improvisations are solo pedal steel guitar but there are a couple tracks with accompaniment by upright bassist Christopher Williams and pianist Veryan Weston.
Gary Peters has been quietly and prolifically releasing recordings over the years. This grouping of songs we spent about a year working towards narrowing down and mixing and I am very honored to present this album of collected pedal steel guitar works.
The ambient country cabinet is filling up pretty quickly these days and we’re in a golden age of pedal steel, but there’s always room for one more. RSTB faves Scissor Tail offer up a new record from UK steel slinger Gary Peters and while not as overtly awash in the trappings of ambient country , the record still hovers in the humid space between waking and dreams. A halfway hitch between the jazz steel of Dave Easley and the more cosmically aligned works of SUSS, the record promises to carve out its own corner of the genre." -Raven Sings The Blues
Tracklist:
1.01 - Gary Peters - Beginning (2:59)
1.02 - Gary Peters - Caged (4:10)
1.03 - Gary Peters - At Veryan's (with Veryan Weston) (2:00)
1.04 - Gary Peters - Chromatic Suspension (4:45)
1.05 - Gary Peters - Double Lament (with Christopher Williams) (3:20)
1.06 - Gary Peters - Redemption (2:53)
1.07 - Gary Peters - Relent Less (5:33)
1.08 - Gary Peters - One On One (3:26)
1.09 - Gary Peters - Flatpick (4:32)
1.10 - Gary Peters - Wayne's Refrain (4:57)
1.11 - Gary Peters - Started Wishing (2:38)
Year 2023 | Country | Ambient | FLAC / APE
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