about Rusted Root
After being celebrated for more than a decade for its consistently riveting live show, Rusted Root is releasing its first live album, a two-disc set featuring the new songs "Jack Kerouac", "Ecstatic Drums" and cover of Neil Young's "Powderfinger."
Rusted Root Live, released November 16th on the band's touchy Pegg/DKE Records, features 22 songs that span the group's more than 12 year-old career, ranging from such early faves-turned live staples as "Cruel Sun," "Ecstasy", "Martyr", "Cat Turned Blue" and the hit singles "Send Me On My Way" (all from 1992's Cruel Sun) to the pretty "Blue Diamonds"and the rousing title track from the band's last studio effort, 2002's Welcome to My Party.
Veering, like each Rusted Root album, into Eastern and African directions, the electrifying and powerfully rhythmic Rusted Root Live features the Pittsburgh-born band's original line-up: Michael Glabicki (lead vocals, guitar), Jenn Wertz (Vocals, Guitars, percussion), Liz Berlin (vocals, guitars, percussion), Jim Donovan (drums, percussion, vocals), Patrick Norman (bass, guitar, baritone vocals, percussion) and John Buynak (electric guitar, percussion, flute).
The band's sixth album, Rusted Root Live is the second album on its Touchy Pegg label, following the re-release of Cruel Sun in 2003, after a long tenure with Mercury/Island Def Jam.
Formed in Pittsburgh by frontman Glabicki in the early '90's, Rusted Root's polyrhythmic style quickly charmed fans of roots music and jam rock. But clubgoesrs weren't the only ones left smitten by the sextet's impressively diverse chops and soaring vocals.
After debuting in 1992 with Cruel Sun, Rusted Root signed with Mercury Records and bowed on the label with the 1994 platinum selling breakthrough When I Woke, which featured the light and lovable "Send Me On My Way," as well as several other rerecorded tracks from Cruel Sun. Not long after, the band scored on tours with Toad the Wet Sprocket, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, The Allman Brothers Band, HORDE Festival and, perhaps most notably, the highly-covered support role on the landmark Jimmy Page/Robert Plant reunion tour.
Playing a brand of rock rooted in the Woodstock generation, but often taking detouring into various types of world music, the hard-touring Rusted Root returned in 1996 with Remember (represented on Rusted Root Live with the tracks "Voodoo," "Heaven" and Scattered"), which was followed by 1998's Rusted Root. After some time off and the reenlistment of vocalist/guitarist/percussionist Jenn Wertz, the band reemerged in 2002 with Welcome to My Party. Along the way, Rusted Root has also issued three EPs (Evil Ways, Live, and Airplane), a home video (Rusted Root Live) and miscellaneous film and TV soundtrack tracks (Twister, Mathilda, Home For the Holidays, Party of Five, Homicide and Ice Age).
The band has sold more than 3 million albums worldwide and continues to tour heavily, averaging roughly 125 shows per year.
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Hi Loved the songs posted here . The Vocals is special and it iwas really cool the rhythm is excellent reg Jya
October 10th at 7:37amIt would be great for you guys to come to Asheville again. I'm fiending for some live Root! :-)
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July 28th at 12:46amYour band is one of the first I had ever heard where the spiritual motion of a drum beat and amazing vocals were used to set a mood of euphoria. Amazing stuff, please keep inspiring the masses.
September 21st at 5:01pm9/29/06 show in Asheville was Fantastic! Rusted Root's sustained energy always blows my mind.
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