Steel Wheels, The / Wild As We Came Here
Album: Wild As We Came Here   Collection:Country
Artist:Steel Wheels, The   Added:Aug 2017
Label:Big Ring Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-08-10 Pull Date: 2017-10-12 Charts: Country/Bluegrass
Week Ending: Oct 15 Oct 8 Sep 10 Sep 3 Aug 20 Aug 13
Airplays: 1 2 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 10, 2017: That's Not Bluegrass.
Scrape Me Off The Ceiling
4. Sep 09, 2017: Music Casserole
Sing Me Like A Folk Song, Wild As We Came Here
2. Oct 07, 2017: Music Casserole
Broken Mandolin
5. Aug 28, 2017: Everything A to Z - Week 100
To The Wild
3. Oct 03, 2017: That's Not Bluegrass.
Broken Mandolin
6. Aug 19, 2017: Music Casserole
Heartbeat

Album Review
Kim Walter
Reviewed 2017-08-09
The Steel Wheels, “Wild as We Came Here”
Label: Big Ring Records
Reviewed by: Kim Walter

Recorded in a 10 day immersion experiment, this album represents a diversion from the usual for this acoustic string band from the mountains of Virginia. The former string based seminarians incorporated percussion and keyboards for the first time, creating a new, unique sound. I especially like musical fusion, and tracks # 2, 3, 5, 7 and 10 are all great examples of that.

1. 4:12 med – Americana sound
2. 3:00 med – interesting mix of bluegrass instrumentation to support expressive lyrics
3. 4:48 med – title track-typifies hybrid style of album, bluegrass, folk, Americana; variations
4. 3:20 slow – country rock, nice vocal harmonies
5. 4:34 med – mandolin highlights country tune, “blues mandolin”
6. 5:08 slow – peaceful, gentle song
7. 3:21 slow/med – unique singer/songwriter style with finger picking
8. 3:38 slow/med - similar to #7
9. 3:49 med – sounds like protest music
10. 4:44 slow – string intro, then nice vocal harmonies with spiritual vibe

Track Listing
1. To The Wild   6. Hold On
2. Scrape Me Off The Ceiling   7. Heartbeat
3. Wild As We Came Here   8. Ghost Of Myself
4. Sing Me Like A Folk Song   9. Take Me To The Ending
5. Broken Mandolin   10. Till No One Is Free