What an album!
"Skip Heller -- 'an American hero flying beneath the radar' (Time Out New York) -- is back with an amazing new disc, The Long Way Home.
Heller's musical activities over the last couple of years have mostly been gigs in the honky tonks around Bakersfield, CA, where the local music was shaped by Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and Red Simpson. Co-produced by Mark Linnett (known for his work with Brian Wilson, Dave Alvin, and others), The Long Way Home comes from that hard-knock world, complete with great, incisive songwriting and the patented brilliant Heller guitar. Plus he's a shockingly good singer! And what a fantastic supporting cast of players, including exotica clarinetist Robert Drasnin, X percussionist DJ Bonebrake, and Hacienda Brothers drummer Dale Daniel. It's a vivid and dusty travelogue through touring, divorce, adultery, Hurricane Katrina, hot San Fernando Valley summers, and low-pay day jobs."
Press:
Mobile Press-Register
http://blog.al.com/entertainment-press-register/2010/05/guitarist_skip_heller_returns.html
Sonic Boomers
http://www.sonicboomers.com/albumreviews/skip-heller
All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article_print.php?id=34854
Zocalo Tuscon Magazine
http://www.thezmag.com/article-285-the-long-way-home.html
Skip's Blog:
http://www.skipheller.com/
and his facebook Fan Page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Skip-Heller-Fan-Page/253500681295
and now The Long Way Home can be yours! for the extremely low price of 10 BUCKS. click here to buy now!
