About Me
The Lone Oak Boys first album was recorded mostly over two days in the summer of 2006. Beau and Jeremy from the Beau Roland Band were joined by Beau's dad, Dennis (lead acoustic, vocals), and Jack Leckie (upright bass). Other players include Rick Dillon (also of BRB) on mandolin, Tyler Pollard (Silent Service) on harmonica and backing vocals, Ethan Kreitzer (Lincoln Conspiracy) ..s (on 'My Heart was Made for You'). Jake Leckie fleshed out the rest of the keyboard parts. This 12-song acoustic album was mostly recorded live (lead vocals, Dennis' vocals, acoustics, drums, bass) all in one room, giving this album what I hope is a charming, live feel. Jack Younger recorded and mixed it at his studio, Basement 247 in Allston, and chimed in on some backing vocals (as usual) --- Nick Zampiello (New Alliance East) lovingly mastered, adding the delightful final coat of polish. All songs were written by Beau Roland, except 'Missy' by Dennis Ouellette, 'I'll Follow the Sun' by Lennon/McCartney, and 'Dead Skunk' by Loudon Wainwright III.
Thanks so much to all involved! I hope you enjoy these songs!
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Review of the Lone Oak Boys album by Frank Gutch from acousticmusic.com
"Ouellette has a side project known as The Lone Oak Boys which deserves a word or two as well. With a name like that, you might expect more Beau Roland, and on a couple of tracks, you would be correct, but there is another dimension within this band. Ouellette, probably influenced by his fellow bandmate and father Dennis, steps into the fifties and sixties with deft touch. Half of the songs on this disc, including covers of The Beatles' "I'll Follow the Sun" and Loudon Wainwright III's "Dead Skunk", are pop-slanted to just the right degree. To such a degree, in fact, that pop artists looking for material which has that retro feel and sound should consider giving Phillip Ouellette a call. Songs like "My Heart Was Made For You", with its fifties pop rhythm and melody, and "I Got You With Me", with its Skip & Flip style vocals on top of what could have been another Marmalade hit from the late sixties, are amazingly palatable and, dare I say, even really good. Country-alt. Peppers the disc as well and it is well done and very much Beau Roland-esque, thanks to Ouellete's writing and vocals.An aside about one track on the Lone Oak disc, "Missy". An acoustic tone-poem written by Dennis Ouellette, it moves between soft floating melody and a more classical guitar sound in a captivating way. A beautiful guitar melody which is way above the mundane."
