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Aaron Lee Tasjan

AARON LEE TASJAN IN THE BLAZES
Truth in advertisingIn the Blazes finds Aaron Lee Tasjan more than just one toke over the line. But its cool. The charmingly self-deprecating underdog of an East Nashville songwriter can handle his business. Instead of the munchies, young gun Tasjanwho cut his teeth playing lead guitar in late-period incarnations of The New York Dolls and Drivin N Cryinwound up with one hell of a debut LP.
In December 2014, Tasjan spent a week recording In the Blazes at New Monkey Studio in Los Angeles, the same hallowed space where Elliott Smith cut his final record From a Basement on the Hill. At the helm for the sessions was Tasjans good buddy Eli Thomson of the band Everest.

The well-connected Thomson brought in some simpatico players for the sessions, including Father John Misty drummer Dan Bailey and solo artist/multi-instrumentalist David Vandervelde, who played guitar, piano, added backing vocals, and filled in as backup engineer whenever Thomson needed to focus on producing. In just seven days, working almost entirely live, Tasjan and the band breathed life into a sound thats been mostly out-of-vogue for the last decade, one that doesnt use reverb as a crutchone thats rooted in the sounds of the mid 70s.

Stylistically, In the Blazes runs the gamut of American roots music, from folk, country and blues to rock & roll. It calls down the quiet thunder of Kristofferson & Prine, with lyrics thatll snap you out of the deepest trance and make you listen up. Theres fanboat bayou swamp-soul boogie, Fillmore West buzzing-bee Quicksilver guitar mayhem, sweltering latenight R&B shuffles, twangadelic California country, and plenty of good old chiming American rock & roll. Through it all, Tasjan seems to be traveling the same heartworn highways as his hero Guy Clark and that whole 70s Nashville outsider gang, only 40 years down the road. In the Blazes is funny, heartfelt and honest.

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