Dan Bubien - Empty Roads (2013)

Tracklist

01. Empty Roads
02. Fight Club
03. Crazy Days
04. Exile Blues
05. To Youngstown
06. Brother
07. Dizzy Eyes
08. Irony
09. Keep Love in Mind
10. Love Games
11. Sniper



Dan just wrapped a year long stretch of recording at Audible Images Studio in Pittsburgh. The new album, Empty Roads, is a collection of original music set to release on Friday, September 13 at Club Cafe in the South Side. Empty Roads is a collaboration with talented writer and friend, Roman Marocco along with four time Grammy Award Winning Producer/Engineer Jay Dudt.

“This is the best collection of music and the best work I’ve done as a producer in years” said Dudt.

Dan worked with the best of the best in Pittsburgh’s music scene and is excited to include many of these elite musicians in the album release show which will kick off at 10 P.M. on the 13th.

“Eric DeFade, Pittsburgh’s premier saxophone player and Ralph Guzzi, well known horn arranger are on board” says Bubien, “I also have Chris Nacy of “Izzy and Chris” fame showing up to play harmonica. These guys are all on the album.”

Backed by bass player Gary Ripper, drummer Andy Taravella and Timmy Mabin on keys the album is a solid mix of funk, blues and old school soul.

“There are two sides to this album,” Bubien explains. “There is the gritty blues sound that I Iike to call Louisiana Swamp and then it goes to the opposite end of the spectrum with smooth soul sounds rounded out by harmonies from Jimmie Ross (The Jaggerz), Morgan Maybray and Andre Marocco.”

Joe Monroe, Jonathan Vallecorsa and Stan Kleja are also a part of the All Star line-up contributing to the end result of Empty Roads.

“I feel very blessed to have all of these guys on my album. I knew how I wanted it to sound and they really helped bring it to life” said Bubien. “The songs themselves are traditional but I feel we were successful in making them sound fresh and new. We really did cover a wide spectrum of music and arranged the songs in a way that is something Pittsburgh hasn’t heard in some time.”

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [flac]