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Midnight, California
Dave Gleason's Wasted Days
Midnight, California
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (12) - Disc #1

The laid-back spirit of California country rock (Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark) is mixed with a dose of Bakersfield and given a 21st-century twist in the music of singer-songwriter Dave Gleason and his band Waste...  more »

     
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All Artists: Dave Gleason's Wasted Days
Title: Midnight, California
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Well Worn Records
Release Date: 8/24/2008
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Americana, Country Rock, Roots Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 675604701228

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The laid-back spirit of California country rock (Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark) is mixed with a dose of Bakersfield and given a 21st-century twist in the music of singer-songwriter Dave Gleason and his band Wasted Days. From hard-edged honky tonk to mournful weepers, this alt-country is as cool as it is classic.' -cnet

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Closest thing to Gram Parsons
Jon Hensley | Western KY | 03/10/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This guy Dave Gleason just blew me away with his new record "Midnight, California". This guy is the real deal, nobody else has played California Country music this good in a long, long time. Nobody has played country rock this well in a long, long time.His first record just called "Wasted Days" by the way included an unreleased Gram Parsons cover called "Funky String Quartet". Getting back to the new record..
Listening to Dave reminds me a little of Gram, Wynn Stewart, and even a little Dwight.. but most of all he's very similar to Gram. This guy could even be a better songwriter than Gram was. There is also some beautiful harmony on this record.. one song that sounds like an early Bee Gees song with twang.You have to pick this record up, it's an instant classic."
True Country
Martin A Hogan | San Francisco, CA. (Hercules) | 11/06/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Dave Gleason has formed his own brand of country music on his own terms. Its so original and pure, it makes the "popular" country artists of today sound like copy-cats. With a touch of blues and a country twang band that captures the real feel of what a country bar band sounds like, Dave Gleason is refreshing. Its interesting to note that he has a tribute song to Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees - a person who delved into country music on his own at various times of his career (and co-wrote, "Island In The Stream")."
Glad For Wasted Days
handyman | 03/25/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I am so glad to have discovered Dave Gleason's Wasted Days recordings. I can hardly believe my ears. The listening experience is like something out of California country rock's Twilight Zone,or perhaps, Back To The Future, which is saying something good.

Despite occasional surfacings of outlaw fringe and "trad" country the basic fluff-country pop sounds emanating from Nashville studios are odviously here to stay. The writers and "artists" have long been preaching and selling to that great mass middle ground common denominator. Everybody's happy, right? Wrong.



Review the reviews of this DGWD recording and the first. Gleason and his Wasted Days have been name dropped in to a pot of the finest honkytonkin',country rockin' alumni, and not without good reason.



If you're out searching for the next Gram Parsons, Dwight Yoakum, John Dawson, Buck Owens I gaurantee you will be glad to have discoverd the recordings of Dave Gleason's Wasted Days.







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