Check out the Steelism Daytrotter session now!
Steelism with Evan P Donahue - 9 to 5 Jive and Apache live at the Basement in Nashville, TN.
9 to 5 Jive can be purchased on a limited edition 7 inch.
Steelism with Caitlin Rose & Andrew Combs covering Tiger By The Tail in Nashville 10.25.12
Stream a new track, Sometimes You’re The Bad Guy, from Forget Cassettes’ new EP, O Cursa I.
Purchase HERE.
Jeremy Fetzer & Spencer Cullum, Jr. Present: Steelism
The Intoxicating Sounds of Pedal Steel & Guitar
The Steelism tapes may have just as well been unearthed at 926 East McLemore Avenue—a relic from a not-so-forgotten past. Songs like “Mint Julep” and “9 to 5 Jive” would have made Atlantic and Stax record execs giddy, circa 1962. But Steelism, for all its vintage chops, is happening now. It’s the project of Jeremy Fetzer and Spencer Cullum, Jr., guitarists who share a classical education in Steve Cropper licks, ELO synthesizers, and a dog-eared copy of Bill Keith and Winnie Winston’s seminal Pedal Steel Guitar book.
Fetzer, an Ohio-born guitarist with a natural affinity for the Telecaster, and Cullum, Jr., a pedal steel-playing Brit from Essex, east of London, channel the sounds and ambiance of rock and roll’s gold-plated past on their debut EP, The Intoxicating Sounds of Pedal Steel & Guitar. The duo met in Nashville and was soon together on a European tour backing Nashville’s Caitlin Rose. Their early songs create a musician’s roadmap: the languid “Sète, France” was penned on the Mediterranean coast, while “Lewis & Clark” can be traced to a Bozeman, Montana motel. The EP moves from a strolling Sunday afternoon soundtrack to raunchy surf rock and pedal steel-talkbox homage to Pete Drake. On “9 to 5 Jive,” you can almost see the hip shaking girls from Duane Eddy’s “Rebel Rouser” video. Intoxicating, indeed.
Steelism will be releasing their debut 7 inch on theory 8 records in October. Stream five songs here.
Mystery Twins - I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen cover)
The b side, available now on the Arrow 7” single below.
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