03-01-2016, 10:58
Highway 13 by Art Rock Ensemble
This song was a commissioned piece for the Department of Forestry Festival (The Visions of the Wild) 50th year celebration of The Wilderness Act. Pretty cool for the guys to be paid to play a song in 13/8 time signature. The promoter loved the band and put them in the headlining slot, ahead of all the current popular genres. The band played 6 songs with the last one called "Snake" that brought the house down. It featured an exotic belly dancer backed by the band playing in an Indian style trance. Will post that one soon as well.
The Ensemble only performs live and is not yet recording albums by choice. A lot of improvisation with the focus on "you have to be there to experience it".
[video=youtube;94EiH4Q48UY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94EiH4Q48UY[/video]
This song was a commissioned piece for the Department of Forestry Festival (The Visions of the Wild) 50th year celebration of The Wilderness Act. Pretty cool for the guys to be paid to play a song in 13/8 time signature. The promoter loved the band and put them in the headlining slot, ahead of all the current popular genres. The band played 6 songs with the last one called "Snake" that brought the house down. It featured an exotic belly dancer backed by the band playing in an Indian style trance. Will post that one soon as well.
The Ensemble only performs live and is not yet recording albums by choice. A lot of improvisation with the focus on "you have to be there to experience it".
[video=youtube;94EiH4Q48UY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94EiH4Q48UY[/video]
