God Street Wine uncorks new album

The time-tested rock collection God Street Wine is back on tour in support of their self-titled, third major label release.

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	God Street Wine Tomorrow Majestic Theater With special guests Strangefolk

The New York-based group, consisting of guitarists Aaron Maxwell and Lo Faber, bassist Dan Pifer, keyboardist Jon Bevo and drummer Tomo, is no doubt one of the lesser-known bands of today's jam-band community. Still, the fivesome manages to put out great material and continues its tradition of putting on absolutely mind-blowing live shows and never playing the same version of a song twice.

Guitarist/vocalist Aaron Maxwell, in a recent interview, said that despite many fans' disappointment over the previous album's clumsy translation into the live arena, their latest, "God Street Wine," is a great workable live collection.

"It is important to us that the songs from the new album translate well live, and they do," Maxwell said. "That's an exciting thing for us. The new stuff makes us pumped to go back on tour again."

God Street is celebrating their new album, as it not only captures the hard-to-accomplish live feel in the studio, but it also marks their second release on Mercury Records, coming off the fiasco thay encountered with Geffen.

"We've had our ups and downs, but what we do always has feeling," Maxwell said. "We put so much of ourselves into this album."

The album does have many bright spots. The single that will be released to radio stations, "Feather", is good, though far from the best song on the album.

God Street Wine intoxicates tomorrow.

"Good Dream" is excellent, as GSW's fine lyrics and emotional content force the listener to either smile or tear. As in many great GSW tunes, "Good Dream"'s final chorus really does seem to accurately bring to a climax the feeling of enchantment that is conveyed throughout the song.

God Street Wine has matured from their bar-band image of old, but nonetheless know their roots. Shows are characterized by joyous lyrics and classic jamming that has brought GSW a fan following and loyal support throughout the music community.

Maxwell said that along with the concentration on the new Wine material, old favorites like "Stupid Hat" or "Waiting For The Tide" are still played live, and the improvisation that live performances are maintained by allow for old stuff to sneak in here and there.

"We've been going without a set list lately. It lends itself to a lot of weirdness, but is refreshing and makes for a better experience."

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