Will Stewart & The Gold Band roll tide in Norway with ‘Real Drag’. This is the first single from their new EP ‘Live in Norway’. Alabama-based Stewart was joined on the road by Janet Simpson on guitar and harmony vocals, Ross Parker on bass and Tyler McGuire on drums.
The EP was recorded at a show in Trondheim, Norway at a small venue called Bar Moska. The recording itself is crystal clear with none of the mud or fake audience overdubs that plague many live releases. Stewart and the band sound spot on with echoes of the Jayhawks in their vocal harmonies.
‘Live in Norway’ is available now from Cornelius Chapel Records.
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy.
He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.