If you were to gift your friend with a mix CD full of legendary 60s/70s country-rock (something akin to The Very Best of Eagles-meets-Lords of Dogtown soundtrack), and you happened to slip in a little Blitzen Trapper, your friend would jam along never knowing the difference.
"American Goldwing is us letting our loves and early influences hang out for all to see. We entered into the sounds we grew up with - the hard guitar rock and country picking of our younger years mixed with glimmers of our usual space-aging technology and pawn shop Casios," explained vocalist Mark Earley recently. So, although I'm not obsessed with any of these songs like I am their older tune "Furr," this new batch of Americana has been an excellent addition to my playlists.