SRQ by scot ray
Scot Ray - lap steel guitar, compositions
Bill Barrett - chromatic harmonica
Steuart Liebig - fretted and fretless basses
Alex Cline - drums and percussion
"Troubled lullaby, mournful intensity, Moroccan Bo Diddley and a lot of soul." - Metaljazz, L.A.
“Engaging, thoughtful, haunting...quietly complex songs giving the lap steel and chromatic harp their chance to stretch out and solo at length with the dynamic L.A. rhythm team: Steuart Liebig and Alex Cline. 'Feel The Key Turn' features some unique twisted lines from Mr. Ray’s lap steel, which sounds a bit like Dave Tronzo’s slide guitar playing. I really dig the laid back, almost bluesy vibe here. Mr. Ray is most impressive, taking one inspired solo after the other here.” - DMG, NY
“All four musicians move on chromatic structures that support each other in a continuous removing and adding of liminal, simple and marginal structures, which generate a quiet, fluid, elegant music. At the same time, we are witnessing a sort of reinvention of the lap steel slide guitar, both in terms of music and style. Here there are no loops or textures, it is a quartet of traditional inspiration, but it is the chamber music nature that got my attention. Everything is in perfect balance, in an order that seems to exclude the possibility of improvisation and which instead appears to be an instantaneous composition. Another great job for the independent Italian label Long Song Records.” - Neuguitars, Italy
A Long Song Records release.
Recorded Nov 9th 2019 at Big Ego Studio, CA
Special thanks to Fabrizio Perissinotto for his support and enthusiasm.
Tracklist
| 1. | Feel The Key Turn | 6:24 |
| 2. | Bridge The Chasm | 4:55 |
| 3. | The Cave Of Art | 6:23 |
| 4. | 21 Sun | 6:39 |
| 5. | Sugandhalaya | 4:05 |
| 6. | Palo Santo | 6:56 |
| 7. | Murmuration | 5:06 |
| 8. | Liminal | 3:13 |
