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Nashville's Great Peacock perform a cover of The Allman Brothers' "Ramblin' Man" LIVE at Ol Elegante in Birmingham, AL for The Audiovore's Spectra Sonic Sound Sessions.

Great Peacock- "Ramblin' Man" (Spectra Sonic Sound Session)

Nashville's Great Peacock perform their song "Broken Hearted Fool" from their upcoming LP Making Ghosts LIVE at Ol Elegante in Birmingham, AL for The Audiovore's Spectra Sonic Sound Sessions.

Great Peacock- "Broken Hearted Fool" (Spectra Sonic Sound Session)

Nashville's Great Peacock perform their song "Go Back" from their upcoming LP Making Ghosts LIVE at Ol Elegante in Birmingham, AL for The Audiovore's Spectra Sonic Sound Sessions.

Great Peacock- "Go Back" (Spectra Sonic Sound Session)

Nashville's Great Peacock perform their song "Arms" from their upcoming LP Making Ghosts LIVE at Ol Elegante in Birmingham, AL for The Audiovore's Spectra Sonic Sound Sessions.

Great Peacock- "Arms" (Spectra Sonic Sound Session)

Joey Kneiser - The Wildness LP - This Is American Music

Joey Kneiser was a boy formed in the red-clay mountains of East Tennessee. Skinned-kneed and too blind to drive a car, he constantly searched for a place to locate his restlessness– playing in punk bands with instruments he taught himself to play, skateboarding with a pack of Oak Ridge ruffians, and writing his own songs amongst the humid Southern air.

The boy grew up and headed west to the small Tennessee town of Murfreesboro. There he met the group of people who would go on to form the band Glossary. As the singer/songwriter for the group, Kneiser led the band through seven albums of country/soul-infused rock-and-roll. He filled his downtime between Glossary tours with his own solo projects. In 2009, he released his first solo record, "The All-Night Bedroom Revival," which he wrote and recorded in his Murfreesboro home. Two years later, he recorded and released the EP "Moonlight for the Graveyard Heart." Meanwhile, Glossary’s drummer Eric Giles had begun what would become a long bout with shoulder and back problems, leaving the band unable to tour or make a record. "The five of us made a promise years ago that there was no substituting anyone in the band. If someone couldn’t play, we’d take a break."

Moving to Nashville and building a small home studio, Kneiser began recording his third solo record "The Wildness" during Glossary’s hiatus. "I felt like I was starting over. I had no band and no money to pay one. I realized pretty quickly that if I was going to make a record I’d need to record it myself and play everything." He called on Glossary member and ex-wife Kelly Smith to sing with him. "We’ve been singing our whole adult lives together. I don’t like to hear my voice without hers next to it." What came out was a ramble of songs that echoes back to Kneiser’s youth by highlighting the illness that haunts musicians – an unrelenting restlessness. "I wanted to go back to the beginning and try to figure out what it was I truly loved about rock and roll."

The songs that make up "The Wildness" hearken back to Kneiser’s musical first loves. Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, The Band, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Van Morrison all make their influence known on the record. "I wanted to make something simple and classic sounding with the writing as the centerpiece." The record goes from rock and roll driven barn burners like "Run Like Hell" and "The Heart Ever Breaking" to folk songs like "Heaven Only Wants Us Once We’re Dead" and "Every Port In The Storm." As to the overall vision for the record, Kneiser says, "These songs are a love letter to rock and roll and to the person closest to you who lets you pursue it."

In addition to his own music, Kneiser has produced and recorded records for numerous artists, including Austin Lucas and Wooden Wand. He has also made music videos for artists like John Moreland, Jason Isbell, and Lucinda Williams.

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Arkells and Lights perform an acoustic rendition of 'Book Club' from the album 'Michigan Left'.  Features Aaron Goldstein on pedal steel guitar.

Arkells ft. Lights - Book Club (Acoustic)

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