Bow Thayer
Vermont musician Bow Thayer is releasing his new solo studio album, Sundowser, on July 24, 2015 with an exclusive pre-order campaign with PledgeMusic. Best known for his song, "Wingless Angels", from the album Spend It All that featured Levon Helm on drums, Bow has since embarked on a musical journey with Levon's engineer and three time Grammy Award winner Justin Guip. After exploring the 5 string electric banjo on 2013's critically acclaimed Eden, Thayer continues the theme of letting an instrument lead the way with Sundowser which features the recorded debut of the Bojotar, an instrument Bow invented and developed with Eastwood/Airline Guitar Company. The Bojotar is an amplified stringed instrument that incorporates elements of banjo, resonator guitar and electric guitar.
Sundowser was co-produced by Justin Guip (Levon Helm) and features Jeff Berlin on Drums, Alex Abraham on Bass and JD Tolstoi on Keys as well as special guest performances by Marco Benevento and Tracy Bonham.
Sundowser comes out on the heels of last year’s LP, Eden, the swan song for Bow’s band Perfect Trainwreck. American Songwriter praised Eden, “In a different era, Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck would have some well-deserved gold records on their walls.”
Bow Thayer’s music is always evolving - from luscious backwoods folk rock to the progressive adventurism of Eden, Bow returns to a more gritty earthy sound in Sundowser while still continuing on to some very atmospheric sonic exploration. Crafting the album on an instrument he created, in a studio he built with his own hands that is 100% solar powered, these songs feel as personal and organic as the rural Vermont environs he wrote and recorded them in. The album has an underlying theme of the sun’s energy - you can hear it in the music as well as the lyrics. Each song has established a lush voice of its own, some are personal, some global, some both. But all of them inspired from the same blanket of light that can help us, or hurt us or again.... do both.
RIYL: Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Okkervil River, Great Lake Swimmers
TRY: #8, 1, 2, 3
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