WILSON GIL AND THE WILLFUL SINNERS
''WILSON GIL AND THE WILLFUL SINNERS''
MARCH 31 1998
40:30
1. Hey Greg/3:31
2. Get Through The Fall/3:36
3. After The Fall/1:06
4. 18 Miles to Seattle/4:49
5. Stripped/4:49
6. Juice Jam/1:41
7. Gunstore Liquorstore Project/3:42
8. Lying Whoring Cheating Stealing/2:15
9. Salty Water/4:11
10. Ashamed/4:42
11. Hell Yes/9:39
12. Hell Yes (reprise)/4:08
Doug Adams /Fiddle
Lauren Carter /Vocals (Background)
Rick Derringer /Guitar (Electric)
Pete Devine /Washboard
Bruce Douchenoux /Drums
David Frazier /African Percussion
Wilson Gil /Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Juice Harp, Kazoo, Vocals, Water Drums
Jo-Carol /Vocals (Background)
Terrance Kelly
Raz Kennedy
David Levine /String Arrangements
Andy Louis /Drums
Jim McCarty /Drums, Percussion
Mooka /Bass
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Nicole Rose /String Quartet
Erik Turner
Dave Zerbal /Dobro, Pedal Steel Banjo
Album Notes
Born and raised in Bakersfield, California, Wilson Gil is the unspoken hero of today's alternative country. With voice and vision, Wilson provides an angry feedback to the world around us. Deep Despair (Make it Through The Fall) to social commentary (Gunstore Liquorstore Project) this CD is more of an art gallery. Each tune is seperate from itself, a story to be told from the blurry eyed vision of road weary, broke and jaded player. A must buy for those looking deeper than 4 chords and a drum set.
REVIEW
by Denise Sullivan
Though it bears a 1996 copyright, this disc didn't catch anyone's ears till 1998, when it became one of the more popular and surprising records to come out of the San Francisco area in recent years. Gil's trade is country but with a punk edge. Some might call it cowpunk, that thoroughly outre form that thrived in the early to mid-'80s -- but it's not that. Whereas the cowpunkers seemed to favor the rock form, Gil favors country but really doesn't have the background or the chops to go whole hog, so it ends up sounding a bit skewed. His deep voice doesn't seem to match the material which gives the project a Southern Gothic quality, much like Nick Cave's work, even though this is decidedly West Coast. The epic "Hell Yes I Lied (So What if I Did)" features Rick Derringer (!) and a host of local punk rockers fill out the rest of the lineup. A real anomaly, and much better than it sounds here.
''WILSON GIL AND THE WILLFUL SINNERS''
MARCH 31 1998
40:30
1. Hey Greg/3:31
2. Get Through The Fall/3:36
3. After The Fall/1:06
4. 18 Miles to Seattle/4:49
5. Stripped/4:49
6. Juice Jam/1:41
7. Gunstore Liquorstore Project/3:42
8. Lying Whoring Cheating Stealing/2:15
9. Salty Water/4:11
10. Ashamed/4:42
11. Hell Yes/9:39
12. Hell Yes (reprise)/4:08
Doug Adams /Fiddle
Lauren Carter /Vocals (Background)
Rick Derringer /Guitar (Electric)
Pete Devine /Washboard
Bruce Douchenoux /Drums
David Frazier /African Percussion
Wilson Gil /Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Juice Harp, Kazoo, Vocals, Water Drums
Jo-Carol /Vocals (Background)
Terrance Kelly
Raz Kennedy
David Levine /String Arrangements
Andy Louis /Drums
Jim McCarty /Drums, Percussion
Mooka /Bass
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Nicole Rose /String Quartet
Erik Turner
Dave Zerbal /Dobro, Pedal Steel Banjo
Album Notes
Born and raised in Bakersfield, California, Wilson Gil is the unspoken hero of today's alternative country. With voice and vision, Wilson provides an angry feedback to the world around us. Deep Despair (Make it Through The Fall) to social commentary (Gunstore Liquorstore Project) this CD is more of an art gallery. Each tune is seperate from itself, a story to be told from the blurry eyed vision of road weary, broke and jaded player. A must buy for those looking deeper than 4 chords and a drum set.
REVIEW
by Denise Sullivan
Though it bears a 1996 copyright, this disc didn't catch anyone's ears till 1998, when it became one of the more popular and surprising records to come out of the San Francisco area in recent years. Gil's trade is country but with a punk edge. Some might call it cowpunk, that thoroughly outre form that thrived in the early to mid-'80s -- but it's not that. Whereas the cowpunkers seemed to favor the rock form, Gil favors country but really doesn't have the background or the chops to go whole hog, so it ends up sounding a bit skewed. His deep voice doesn't seem to match the material which gives the project a Southern Gothic quality, much like Nick Cave's work, even though this is decidedly West Coast. The epic "Hell Yes I Lied (So What if I Did)" features Rick Derringer (!) and a host of local punk rockers fill out the rest of the lineup. A real anomaly, and much better than it sounds here.
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