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The Redlands Palomino Co.

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***** NEW ALBUM - 'TAKE ME HOME' OUT NOW ON LAUGHING OUTLAW RECORDS VIA SHELLSHOCK DISTRIBUTION IN THE UK & EUROPE *****
PRAISE FOR BRAND NEW ALBUM 'TAKE ME HOME' - OUT NOW ......
4/5 - RPC prove you don’t have to be American to do good country rock - a fine album" THE SUN
"Number 1 - Album Chart - March 2007" AMERICANA-UK
"Seriously Good Second from London Quintet ... 4/5 UNCUT
"This lot are the Best British Countrypolitans since The Rockingbirds ... 4/5 UNCUT
"It's early days, but here it is, the Americana album of the year." 5/5 ROCK 'N' REEL
"A Fantastic effort and an honour to listen to. More of the same and soon please..." 4/5 GIGWISE
"There's a sincerity and honesty to their lyrics and tone, and a sense of compassion, of pan-atlantic understanding and just abit of a Southern drawl - to compliment that underlying British Rock 'n' Roll' 3/5 ROCKFEEDBACK
"This is Top notch Americana with a strong English accent .. " 9/10 COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE
"... Influences that embrace Gram and Emmylou, The Jayhawks, The Byrds, Burritos and Ryan Adams" NETRHYTHMS
"This is a band good enough to stand alongside any of the country rockers who have been playing this side of the Atlantic in recent years" BRISTOL EVENING POST
"This album is more than we could have hoped for...at times ‘Exile On Main Street’ Stones influences come through and even the Byrds come to mind at times...twelve excellent songs, outstanding playing and production, two of the best singers to emerge from Britain in recent years and exceptional songwriters make this one of the strongest albums we are likely to hear all year" PENNYBLACK MUSIC
"This London-based band do alt-country rock better than many US acts" DAILY EXPRESS (SCOTLAND)
"Take Me Home is a great Alt.Country album full of cliché-free songs that set The Redlands Palomino Company forever on the map as a great band!" BILLYBOP WEBSITE (BELGIUM)
"Probably the best americana/country album of 2007...an album every reader off Maverick should have in their collection" 4.5/5 MAVERICK MAGAZINE
"Composed of equal parts of Gram, Poco, Burritos and Byrds...these guys do country rock better than anyone else in the land" 8/10 AMERICANA-UK
"""I think this band are exceptional" BOB HARRIS, BBC RADIO 2
"A poised and magnificent album that again reminds us just how exciting home-grown roots-rock can be when allied to performers as adept and passionate as this. Miss out on this at your peril" 9/10 WHISPERIN AND HOLLERIN
"4/5" CTRL ALTCOUNTRY (BELGIUM)
"4/5" HANX (NETHERLANDS)
"January 2007 - Number 2" EURO AMERICANA CHART
"Decidedly classy - an early highlight for 2007" 4/5 SHROPSHIRE STAR
"Number 2 - Album Chart - January 2007" AMERICANA-UK

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/06/2005
Band Website: www.redlandspalomino.com
Band Members:

THE REDLANDS PALOMINO COMPANY

ALEX ELTON-WALL- songs, vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and harmonica

HANNAH ELTON-WALL- songs, vocals, acoustic guitar

RAIN - bass guitar

DAVID ROTHON - pedal steel guitar, 12 string

TOM BOWEN - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, dobro, banjo

DAN TILBURY - drums, percussion



Influences:
Hank Williams, Teenage Fanclub, Neil Young, Gillian Welch, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Joni Mitchell, Wilco, The Byrds, Pure Prairie League, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Dillards, Dolly Parton, The Band, Emmylou Harris, Kings of Leon, CSN&Y, Whiskeytown, The Who, Mannassas, Steve Earle, Gram Parsons, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, The Jayhawks, Kate Bush, The Stone Roses, Richmond Fontaine, Deadstring Brothers, Ryan Adams, The Rockingbirds, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Laura Cantrell, George Jones, Alison krauss, Alan Tyler, Bruce Springsteen, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Loretta Lynn, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gina Villalobos, The Snakes, George Jones, The Arlenes, Uncle Tupelo, Johnny Cash, The Monkees, The Loose Salute, The Jayhawks, Southern Tenant Folk Union, The Ugly Guys, Jerry Douglas, man I could go on forever...steel guitar, close harmonies, the sound of a fender telecaster, cold beer...................
Sounds Like:
The Redlands Palomino Company
Record Label:
Laughing Outlaw Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

APRIL GIGS WITH THE ROCKINGBIRDS

THREE GIGS NEXT WEEK - BRISTOL (14th), BRIGHTON (17th) and LONDON (18th). ALL OPENING FOR THE ROCKINGBIRDS ON THEIR REUNION TOUR.TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST, BUT AVAILABLE HERE:http://www.ticketweb.co.uk...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:08:00 GMT

last gig of the year

we are playing our last gig of 2008, this sunday 7th december at the golden lion, toyal college street, camden, london. free entry. music from 4.30pm. we are onstage at 7pm. get there early as it will...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:44:00 GMT

100 Club gig - 1st October

We are supporting the fantastic Alan Tyler and the Lost Sons of Littlefield at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London on 1st October. It's the launch night for their new album and is going to be a really...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:29:00 GMT

SEPTEMBER UPDATE

+SEPT 2008+Hello friends. We trust that everyone has had a good summer - despite it having been really wet if you live in the UK. Work has continued on our new record over the summer months - we are g...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Forthcoming London gig, 24 Feb

It's a good few months since we played London, and in that time we've been working on songs for our next album. We thought it might be nice to take time out and preview a few of these at what's virtua...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:26:00 GMT

UK Tour + New EP for Download

So...apologies...no post or news for a while, but we needed at least a week to recover from massive hangovers after the end of our recent UK tour. We had a lot of fun, got up to alot of mischief and p...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:07:00 GMT

UK TOUR STARTS SATURDAY

Our UK tour starts this Saturday. We are really looking forward to getting on the road again and playing live. Tickets are selling fast for some shows, particularly the London show at the Luminiare so...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:55:00 GMT

NEW VIDEO CLIPS

There are a couple of new video clips of us playing recently at the Tapestry West festival - one of Take Me Home and the other of us playing the Stones - Dead Flowers. You can view both video clips&nb...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:25:00 GMT

BRAND NEW 4 TRACK EP RELEASE

We release a new 4 track EP for download on 17th September 2007 to coincide with our forthcoming UK tour. The EP festures 'SHE IS YOURS' from 'Take Me Home', as well as 3 brand new tracks, 'SLEEP SONG...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:22:00 GMT

SEPT/OCT TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

As you can see above, we've just confirmed details of another tour for Sept/Oct which we are really excited about. Apologies if we aren't coming to a town near you this time around - we'll do our best...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:14:00 GMT