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Last Charge of the Light Horse

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About Me

“Getaway Car is a rare disc that creates something original out of the traditional.” - Rafer Guzman, NEWSDAY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “... my favorite independent release of 2005. ...Getaway Car is simply too good to be denied....This album never lets up; if anything, the songs grow deeper and stronger as you move into its second act.... There's a word for this sort of thing: masterpiece.” -Jason Warburg, THE DAILY VAULT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “Energetic and subversive rock with literate lyrics ...If the Labor Movement in this country had a lick of sense, it would make a video of "Cartwheeling" and splash it before the nation during halftime of the Super Bowl...” -Jeffrey St. Clair, COUNTERPUNCH.ORG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “completely original and riveting…Last Charge of the Light Horse has done the near impossible here: coming out of nowhere, this act and this record are ready to go national.” -Syl Nathan, GOOD TIMES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Last Charge of the Light Horse is the new band of former Blue Sandcastle guitarist/frontman Jean-Paul Vest and the father/son rhythm section of A.J. and Artie Riegger. Their debut album Getaway Car is available at cdbaby.com.

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Music:

Member Since: 11/29/2005
Band Website: lastcharge.com
Band Members: Jean-Paul Vest - guitar, vocals • A.J. Riegger - bass • Artie Riegger - drums
Influences: The Replacements, Steve Earle, the Wallflowers, Bob Dylan, Bob Mould, Peter Case, James McMurtry, Miracle Legion, Paul Westerberg, Husker Du, the Who, Aimee Mann, Wilco, the Pretenders, Radiohead, Peter Case, Badfinger, George Harrison, Cowboy Junkies, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Edwards, Frank Black, Richard Thompson, T-Bone Burnett
Sounds Like: Replacements, Steve Earle, Wallflowers, Wilco, Jayhawks, James McMurtry
Record Label: Curlock and Jalaiso Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New CD from Last Charge of the Light Horse

Fractures, the new CD from Last Charge of the Light Horse, is finally here! These 11 songs were produced by veteran studio whiz Bob Stander at Freeport's Vu Du Studios. Bob's also a pretty amazing gui...
Posted by Last Charge of the Light Horse on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 04:11:00 PST

Last Charge song on RoadTrip Nation

The PBS television show RoadTrip Nation had decided to include the song "The Second Time Around" from our CD Getaway Car on episode 10 of their program. The series airs this fall on PBS. Check your lo...
Posted by Last Charge of the Light Horse on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PST