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"johnny bobby bee" wrote...
What, they're a band? This sounds promising. How long have they been
together?

Here's part of a news release...

Legendary rock group AMERICA--GERRY BECKLEY and DEWEY BUNNELL--will
celebrate the January 16, 2007 release of their CD HERE & NOW that night
with a performance on the "Late Show With David Letterman" featuring special
guest Ryan Adams.
The group will perform "Ride On" from HERE & NOW, produced by Adam
Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) and
featuring guests like Adams, Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and members of
Nada Surf.
BUNNELL says "Ride On" is "the closest thing to a rocker for me on this
album. Ryan Adams plays a real retro guitar on it and Ben Kweller plays a
little electric piano ala Ray Manzarek of The Doors. I also do a solo at the
end; it's my only electric solo on the record." He adds: "'Ride On' is a
retro-sounding song that has a Sixties psychedelic feel. Adam [Schlesinger]
added some 'sha la la' vocal pads things to the pre-chorus that drew it into
a little more of a pop vein from it being just a jam song. The theme is
about pushing on.it's a rallying song."
HERE & NOW will be released as a double CD (Sony/BMG Burgundy Records) with
one disc of new material and a live CD recorded at XM's studio encompassing
their massive hits like "A Horse With No Name," "Sister Golden Hair,"
"Ventura Highway," "Tin Man" and others. In addition to Schlesinger and Iha,
special guests appearing on the new material include RYAN ADAMS, who plays
on "Ride On," BEN KWELLER who joins JIM JAMES and PATRICK HALLAHAN of My
Morning Jacket on a cover of their haunting acoustic tune "Golden," and IRA
ELLIOT and MATTHEW CAWS of Nada Surf join the group on their own rendition
of Nada Surf's hit "Always Love." Elliot also appears with MARK ROZZO of
Maplewood on a new song that Rozzo wrote for the band called "Indian
Summer." Fountains of Wayne drummer BRIAN YOUNG lends his skills to a
number of tracks including "Chasing The Rainbow" and "One Chance," both
written by Beckley, as well as "Walk In The Woods" which Bunnell wrote.
My Morning Jacket's Jim James calls America the ".premier architects of
harmony. They built temples in my brain as a child and the ruins are still
there." In a recent Spin magazine article, Schlesinger said, "America wrote
timeless songs with great harmonies" (September '06).
AMERICA, best known for their #1 hits "A Horse With No Name" and "Sister
Golden Hair," was the top selling band on Warner Bros. Records in the 70's
notching 11 U.S. Top 40 singles and 17 gold, platinum and multi-platinum
albums. The group was honored in 1972 by winning that year's Grammy Award
for Best New Artist. The group has recorded and toured regularly ever since,
performing about 100 shows a year around the world. For the latest tour
dates, in-studio photos and BECKLEY's ongoing "View From The Hotel"
photographic series, check out www.venturahigway.com

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Alan

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