It’s seems only fitting that Ernest Troost’s newest album, Ernest Troost Live at McCabes (release January 17, 2012) was recorded at the very venue that inspired him to begin songwriting and performing. Ernest Troost Live at McCabes features some of the most popular selections from his two previous records, (All the Boats Are Gonna Rise and Resurrection Blues) as well as seven new songs. Recorded on January 8, 2011, the record captures an evening of Ernest’s songs that slowly build from solo performance to a full band.
Ernest Troost Live at McCabes will come full circle with a CD release party at McCabes in Santa Monica, CA
on January 6th, 2012.
It will be the first concert of McCabe’s 2012 season. On January 1, 2012 Ernest will be promoting his McCabes show with the host of KCSN's Tangled Roots, Pat Baker. The Show is on at 2pm and you can listen on your computer at http://www.kcsn.org or on your radio 88.5 FM Pat Baker will be interviewing Troost, and he will play a few songs live with the added bonus of ticket giveaways for the January 6th McCabe's show.
Ernest Troost has earned the high praise of Steve Dulson (President of the Far West Folk Alliance) who says, “Ernest, playing in his infectious Piedmont-blues style, has phenomenal guitar chops. His voice is uniquely his own, and free of affectation. His melodies are inventive and original, and his lyrics, though deep, are in a straightforward, everyday vernacular. His songs are filled with almost cinematically described characters so vivid they linger long after the song’s end. Humble on stage and off, Ernest is the whole package.”
Paul Zollo of Blues Railroad writes, “His work reflects Woody Guthrie’s axiom that any damn fool can be complicated, but it takes genius to attain simplicity. It also takes a certain measure of courage in the context of modern times. His lyrics blend wistful humor, gentle resignation and the kind of enduring folk wisdom which has made great songs great for ages. These songs aren’t confection; they’re not synthesized, looped, or digitally manipulated. This is about real music, things of substance, as he expresses ideally in ‘Real Music,’: ‘Real music got a mind of its own/Real music is blood and bone.’ Indeed.”
Featured on “Californiality”:
http://www.californiality.com/2011/11/ernest-troost-live-at-mccabes.html
And as example of blues/folk style:
http://oliverdiplace.blogspot.com/
Live!
McCabe's Guitar Shop
Jan 6, 2012 8:00 PM
Santa Monica, CA 310-828-4497
special guest Shaun Cromwell
for tickets: http://www.mccabes.com/condata.html
For more information, please visit: http://www.ernesttroost.com
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