What's wrong with going by your own name now a days? It worked for
Vanilla Ice. OK, maybe that's a bad example. A couple of weeks ago it was
The One AM Radio, this week it's another one man band:
The Western States Motel.
Hailing from Monterey, CA, Carl Jordan is the musical mastermind behind this self-titled debut album that was written and recorded while Carl was roving around homeless and jobless over the course of about a year. That becomes evident as one listens to the album: it's got that traveling road trip spirit in it. Carl put down all of the various layers involving a multitude of instruments including one of his favorites: a 15-dollar nylon string acoustic bought at Ikea.
Check out his handywork on the following two tracks.
Cheap Speakers is a jaunty little number about exaclty that: those cheap speakers you used to sport in the back of your '87 Escort GT.
Magic Trick has got the catchiest little hook in it that is so simple that even I might be able to play it if Carl was around to give me some lessons and there was an Ikea near me.
The Western States Motel - Cheap Speakers :
The Western States MotelThe Western States Motel - Magic Trick :
The Western States MotelCatch him on tour next month:
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What's wrong with going by your own name now a days? It worked for Vanilla Ice. OK, maybe that's a bad example. A couple of weeks ago it was The One AM Radio, this week it's another one man band: The Western States Motel.
