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Gaucho Gil

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GAUCHO GIL is not about the musicians it is about the music. GAUCHO GIL is not about the band it is about the songs. There are no interviews and only one known photograph of GAUCHO GIL. GAUCHO GIL lives in myth and now in song. In Argentina legend has it that GAUCHO GIL was a good-hearted outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Before his hanging, Gil is said to have pledged to become a miracle worker. Now every year more than 100,000 people come to visit a shrine at the spot of his death, where they leave offerings and seek miracles of their own - - these songs are the lost prayers to GAUCHO GIL.

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Member Since: 05/12/2005
Band Website: www.gauchogil.com
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Influences: Buy the CD and find out! "THE BALLAD OF GAUCHO GIL" IS AVAILABLE AT: www.milesofmusic.com------www.amazon.com
Sounds Like: WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:Gaucho Gil [was] a legendary Argentinean outlaw, so what does this have to do with the cream of L.A.’s modern country scene? It’s the framework for songs that stretch from the treacherous terrain of South America to a bar at the Holiday Inn. MUSIC CONNECTION------Incredible country-rock with first class picking and unmistakeable California feeling. ROOTSY.NU [SWEDEN]------[They] found their own Robin Hood in the guise of an Argentine folk hero … the [title] song is a heartfelt country ballad filled with shuffling drums and surfy guitar strumming a la “Folsom Prison Blues”. TORRANCE DAILY BREEZE------Ten songs that define California and all its different colors about as well as anyone working today … By the end, the sweeping title song “The Ballad of Gaucho Gil” seems like it could actually be a dramatic play disguised as an album. Bravo! STUDIO CITY SUN------This is some of the best Tex-Mex I’ve heard in years, maybe since two previous L.A. bands, Rank and File and the Long Ryders, put spunk in country punk …good Johnny Cash outlaw stuff. THE BIG TAKE OVER------Earnest attempt to recreate a classic style … excellent playing and some moments that achieve a spine tingling shiver in the listener. AMERICANA.UK [BRITAIN]------Featuring notables from Los Angeles’ roots rock underground, Gaucho Gil presents good old-fashioned tunesmithery – crap gets cut in favor of just presenting the songs in all their melodic and heartfelt glory. HIGH BIAS------In the tradition of Joe Ely and Los Lobos comes the group Gaucho Gil … the sounds on the disc are dusty and roll along like the tumbleweeds of the desert from which this music has arisen. SONGS ILLINOIS------Excellent … this collective from Los Angeles plays catchy California country-rock … the title song has the hopping rhythm of Johnny Cash and the entire disc features standout guitar work. ALTCOUNTRY.NL [NETHERLANDS]
Record Label: Sputnik Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

August Tour

O.K., still recovering from the big Texas to New York Gaucho tour, maybe the most interesting part was being part of a Songwriters Panel in Spencertown NY (part of the Columbia Arts Songwriters Festiv...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:18:00 GMT

my own summer of love forty years later

Whew,What a trip! Nine hours to Tucson but a great room at The Hotel Congress. The Tap Room downstairs is still one of the best bars in all the land. Tiger, the day bartender lives on as does the Cl...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:06:00 GMT