Monday, November 14, 2005

ROCKY VOTOLATO

Artist / Band: ROCKY VOTOLATO
Song (MP3): WHITE DAISY PASSING
Album: Makers
File Under: Folk
Label: barsuk
Info: Texas born Votolato formed Waxwing, a nationally acclaimed punk rock band, in 1996. Common to any prolific and diverse songwriter, Rocky discovered that his writing began moving into new territories – some of which proved too delicate for his more bombastic efforts with Waxwing. When Rocky felt it was appropriate to find a fresh outlet for this new material that fell outside of his traditional rock approach, he recruited the help of some of Seattle's finest musicians – including players in the bands Red Stars Theory, Sharks Keep Moving, The Blood Brothers, And Rosie Thomas – and the production of engineer Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Botch, Murder City Devils, Hayden). With this team, Rocky pushed off in 2001 with a healthy start at building a solid solo discography with the ornate and focused Burning My Travels Clean.read more from the source...

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