Kevn Kinney/Golden Palominos Team for LP

First Kinney record in 7 years, and first Palominos offering since 1996.

By Blurt Staff

Born from numerous jam sessions in a smoke-filled, coffee-stained New York basement, a good country mile, is the latest collaboration between longtime friends and musical cronies KEVN KINNEY (Drivin N Cryin) and ANTON FIER (The Golden Palominos). a good country mile features new Kinney originals, covers of a couple much beloved tunes and a handful of fresh takes on vintage Kinney and Drivin N Cryin material. The basic tracks were recorded at Martin Bisi's BC Studio in Brooklyn, overdubs and mixing was done at One East Recording with Fier producing. The album arrives in stores on Yep Roc early next year but can already be ordered directly from Kinney's website, www.KevnKinney.com.

"Kevn and I wanted to make a record that had the feel, the looseness, the innocence and the spontaneity of some of the late 60's/early 70s records that we were both fascinated by: The James Gang Rides Again, Terry Reid's River, The Faces' The First Step, Marc Benno's Minnows...records made before the corporate rock rules had been established," said Fier, in a statement.

This is Kinney's first album since 2004, when he released Sun Tangled Angel Revival, and the first release to use the Golden Palominos name since 1996's Dead Inside. It's a guitar-heavy album, loaded with dirty riffs and powerful rhythms that would be at home on a Free or Faces album, a definite departure from Kinney's previous folk flavored solo work. Featured musicians include Anton Fier, Chris Masterson, Jim Campilongo, Andy Hess, Tony Scherr, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Jon Cowherd, Eleanor Masterson, Leslie Mendelson and Lianne Smith.

Incidentally, it's not the duo's first teamup. Their earliest collaboration was on Drivin N Cryin's classic album 1987  Whisper Tames The Lion which FIER produced and played drums on. Some 20 years later, they reestablished their musical connection when Fier produced Drivin N Cryin's 2009 album (Whatever Happened To The) Great American Bubble Factory.

Tracklisting:

1. never gonna change
2. gotta move on (again)
3. challenge
4. hurricane
5. wild dog moon pt.2
6. a good country mile
7. set in stone
8. bird
9. in the land (of things that used to be)
10. southwestern state