Low Stars

Low Stars | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: DAS Label
• Run Time: 54.16 minutes
• ASIN: B000NJJ4EQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

We wanted to make an authentic-sounding record that was reminiscent of that era of music, Low Star Chris Seefried says of the CSN/Eagles inspiration. We're not trying to reinvent the wheel, says Low Star Dave Gibbs. People don t even realize that they miss this kind of music until they hear it. It s straightforward, very genuine music. The situation today is that everything is so processed and artificial. You don t really have to know how to play anything or how to sing. You can fix everything with Pro Tools in the studio. But that s not us. We re just four dudes with guitars. We sound exactly like that when we stand in front of you and sing. Having known each other as friends and having toured on some of the same shows, Low Stars were hatched organically. The initial seed came when Gibbs booked his annual benefit at Hotel Café (the hip L.A. folk room where Damien Rice broke) to help the Audrey Hepburn Children s Fund. He and buddy Seefried were on the bill, and at the last minute Jude showed up and played. We just started talking after the gig saying, Wouldn t it be great to start singing together? recalls Seefried. Then we realized we made a nice chord. I have a raspy rock voice and Dave has a sweet voice and Jude has a really clear natural falsetto. Gibbs had been playing in another project with Jeff Russo, and a few phone calls later the four Low Stars were singing on Jeff's porch up in the Canyon in the Hollywood Hills. We started hitting some chords together that sounded pretty nice, so we kept on singing, and we ended up playing late into the night, says Jude. At one point, one of the girls staying at the house came outside and said, I really miss this kind of music. We just looked at each other and started laughing a little, 'cause that's how we felt, too." Low Stars music is an exhilarating, hook-laden blend that is full of the same hope and idealism that fueled some of their idols. The song Calling All Friends, which was chosen as the

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars wonderful harmonies and mellow sound, June 7, 2007

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Gabriela Perez "Oy! So many books. . . ." (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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If you're looking for grinding rock, skip this. If you're looking for a one-voice album, skip this. If you're looking for anything short of beautiful harmonizing and mellow, breath-relaxing musical compositions, skip this.

I saw this cd at Starbucks and kept passing it by. I thought, wrongly, that it was a country album by Texas singers. Erm. Cut off my legs and call me shorty--I was wrong! This cd reminds me of the Eagles more than anyone else, but without the rock vibes. It's in the harmonies, that similarity.

You'll love it!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch acoustic rock, May 24, 2007

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Daniel B. Yoe "Miami Dan" (Marietta, GA) - See all my reviews
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I first heard these guys on tv while flipping channels at about 1:00 a.m. a few weeks ago. They were doing "Calling All Friends" and I loved the rich (if a bit loose) harmonies that they created live. I ordered the cd the next day and was not at all disappointed in the rest of the material on the album. You can hear tinges of everybody who ever picked up an acoustic guitar in their music - from the Eagles to CSN&Y to Dan Fogelberg to the Bacon Brothers Band - but these guys have created their own identity with this record. And they have shown remarkable versatility in styles in doing it. The first track, "Tell the Teacher" starts with a vintage CSNY opening before seguing into more of a Dirt Band style verse. There's not a throwaway track on this album, which displays strong songwriting from start to finish, but to my ear the heart of the cd is tracks 9 through 11. When I hear music like this on late night tv, it makes me wonder what in the hell some of the major radio station programming guys are thinking about.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just good music, pure and simple., August 22, 2007

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M. Iserman "red_marc" (Bath, UK) - See all my reviews
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I had to get this through Amazon (US) as it is not available in the UK at all. I first heard of the Low Stars by catching the theme tune to a show called 'What about Brian' and wondered what else they'd done. Trust me you won't be disappointed by the rest of this album. Its not often I'll listen to every track all the way through on a CD these days but this seems to just glide by and I like every song on there. Brilliant work guys, can't wait to hear more.