| Coming from the "Far East" of Montreal, Gravel Route is a psyche-blues trio founded by Patrick Bourbonnais (guitar and vocals), accompanied by Fred Grenier on bass and Brian Hildebrand on drums. Inveterate musicians furrowing the roads of America and Europe as members of Demon's Claws, Chocolat, Chelsea Beat, Primitive Hand, Hard Bop Mtl 5, Broke Down Engine... they multiplied albums and 45s appeared on labels such as In the Red, Sub Pop, Telephone Explosion, Rob's House, Hook or Crook, P-Trash, Norton and so on. They now deliver "Electrically Recorded", the first Gravel Route album, published by the prestigious Beast Records, whose dirty sounds plunge you directly into the south of the American Deep blues of the 20's, all decorated with psychedelic touches. Moreover some covers of revisited classics from the Delta, "Electrically Recorded" adds some nice original pieces of trashy folk. It also includes outstanding contributions, like Martin Dupras (Scat Rag Boosters) on harmonica and IÂ
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