What kind of music is railroad earth

We were working really hard. We were only there for 10 days, so we were really busy. You gotta have a nice meal and New Orleans is a good place for that. You can interpret it how you like. And actually, there was more than just the Andy in this past year. There was so much heartache and loss and that inevitably finds its way into the songs.

The main body of the string work is Andy, with Timmy singing on it, and then down in New Orleans we elaborated on it then actually played along with what Andy had tracked. What was your first guitar and what kind of stuff did you play on it? I think my first guitar was a Guild dreadnought that my parents bought me when I was kid.

I wish I still had it! It was probably a great guitar, but I sold it somewhere along the way. I think I learned on that, but pretty quickly started playing electric. I had a nice [Gibson] SG until one day when I was fooling around with some friends, wrestling and stuff, and we landed on it and cracked the neck off of it. But this time, we found ourselves all available at the same time. Ultimately, Railroad Earth's music is driven by the remarkable songs of front-man, Todd Sheaffer, and is delivered with seamless arrangements and superb musicianship courtesy of all six band members.

There are a lot of songs that, when we play them live, we adhere to the arrangement from the record. And other songs, in the nature and the spirit of the song, everyone knows we can kind of take flight on them. Anything else just comments on the songs and gives them color. Railroad Earth broadened their songwriting style during the remainder of , carrying on the improvisational, multiple-genre tradition started by the Grateful Dead , String Cheese Incident , Phish , and Leftover Salmon.

The group skated the edge of traditional bluegrass and the jam band tradition to produce an eclectic blend of folk, Celtic, jazz, and rock filtered through a bluegrass lens. A live album named Elko followed in early Railroad Earth toured heavily, but the band also found time to regularly return to the studio.

In , the guys released their fourth studio effort, Amen Corner , which doubled as their last recording with bassist Johnny Grubb , who had replaced Dave Von Dollen five years prior.

The group drafted Andrew Altman as his replacement and hit the studio once again, this time to record 's self-titled Railroad Earth. After long periods of touring and some well-deserved time off, the band reentered the studio in In January of , they re-emerged with Last of the Outlaws. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. He has been the frontman and principal songwriter of the local group The Cabin Killers who have performed at many regional venues and festivals.

Aaron also spends time working on several Bluegrass and Old Time musical projects with members of The Henrie Brothers. Support Donate. Info Festival Postponed. Volunteer for GR Live! Past Lineups.

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