Ernie Hendrickson’s unreleased “Gosple Train” from Bo Ramsey sessions
Santo Pullella
Posted On August 31, 2010
For a short time Ernie Hendrickson’s highly-praised unreleased song “Gospel Train” is available for FREE download at www.erniehendrickson.com!
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Hendrickson’s new record, Walking with Angels, began with a chance meeting between Ernie and veteran producer Bo Ramsey (Greg Brown, Lucinda Williams) in the spring of ’08 in Iowa City, where Ernie was opening a show for an old friend of Bo’s, Kevin Gordon. Even in early conversation, the two agreed that there was a chemistry evolving that would only deepen once the sessions began. At Bo’s urging, Ernie sang and played nearly all of the songs on the record with a live band which consisted of Bo, Jon Penner on bass (Junior Brown, Bo Ramsey), and Steve Hayes on drums (Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey). This call was made by Bo to try and capture the energy of a great performance and the result could not have been better. All twelve songs on the record feel as though these four guys had been playing together for years. After adding legendary Chicago pedal steel player Brian Wilkie (Alison Krauss, Pam Tillis) on several tracks, Bob Black’s banjo (Bill Monroe), and taking a trip to Nashville to record keyboardist Kevin McKendree (Delbert McClinton), the record shines as a true testament to Hendrickson’s ripening powers as a songwriter. Radio promotion has taken the sophomore album’s success to a higher level on both AAA and Americana stations, having spent over 25 weeks in the Top 20 on Roots Music Report’s Folk charts and in regular rotation at nearly 100 different stations across the country including Nashville’s award-winning WSM-AM The Legend.
“Poised tenor voice and tasteful production…a singer-songwriter to watch. ”
POP MATTERS
“…Vital purveyor of Americana with an edge.”
MOLINE DISPATCH / Ellis Kell
“…with this release already being a landmark album, Hendrickson will be on Americana A-list in no time.”
HERE COMES THE FLOOD / Hans Werksman
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