Ted Russell Kamp’s first track, the Will Hoge co-write, “Smile Alone” sets the mood of Night Owl with its Levon Helm meets Eric Clapton in ’72 feel. It seems that the Laurel Canyon mythos rings true throughout this Americana set. This is definitely California desert country with the top down.
“Right DownThe Wire” even has a little George Harrison inspired melodic slide. Night Owl can hang on the turntable with Robbie Robertson, The Eagles as well as modern Americana poets like Ray Wylie Hubbard, Hayes Carll or Ryan Bingham with his gritty self styled voice.
Night Owl is a part of the continuum from when Graham Parsons made California home and helped start a movement that still goes on today with the new country sounds coming out of the west coast.
There is always a Hammond B3 lurking in the background like Bob Dylan’s Nashville recordings as well as some of the soulful country tracks that came out of Muscle Shoals. Ted Russell Kamp pays tribute to a lot of American music heroes weaving The Band, Bob Dylan and Spooner Oldham gravitas throughout this song cycle.
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