Memorial Day has passed. It’s now okay to wear white, or something, and grill season has officially kicked off. Celebrate by stealing this track from old timey string band .
Bluegrass devotees may disagree, but mountain string music is best suited to summer. Standing in a clearing under the late day sun with a session beer in hand while five string players huddle around a microphone can make even the most cynical city hipster want to hum a John Denver song.
Here, we’ve got “Where Do My Bluebird Fly” from Trout Steak Revival’s spring release, “Flight.” Each member of the Denver five-piece contributed original, old timey songs to the LP, taping the mountain string sound. It’s amazing how bands like this can take a style that’s so familiar and teeming with musical archetypes and make it entirely personal and heartfelt. Truly, it’s a challenge greater than creating something “new” by mashing two old things together, which is way too common in music.
Trout Steak Revival have a full summer line-up of for living the Colorado summer ideal, though not all are in mountain clearings. On June 8, they will be performing at on South Pearl in Denver, bringing the mountain air to the Queen City of the Plains.
Please note that downloads offered via Steal This Track are intended to whet your appetite, and are NOT CD-quality recordings. If you want those, please support the artists by buying their music and/or seeing them live.
If you’re a band or musician ready to expose your fresh sounds to the readers of Reverb, email your tracks — along with any interesting facts about them, as well as a photo or album art — to Steal This Track for consideration.
Josh Johnson is a Denver freelance writer and Reverb contributor. He is also a co-host/co-producer of the Denver podcast . He’s also a butcher. Seriously.
