New Vinyl Mondays

 \10.12.18\ Hailing form Americana Capitol, New Orleans, David Shaw and company had a lot of soul and jazz creole to take from. The seven other members on this super-band include Ed Williams on pedal steel guitar, Rob Ingram on saxophone, Andrew Campanelli on drums, George Gekas on bass, Michael Girardot on keys and trumpet, and Zack Feinberg on guitar. This size of band was common in the early 20th century in jazz and southern soul groups, which were very popular in New Orleans. This style of music is part of the cities culture that is carried on today, and certainly where the Revivalists got their sound. At times their sound can feel close to “stoner rock” which comes from the creole nature of the music that most French colonies kept, including the home of Reggae, Jamaica.  The group formed rather organically, when Shaw and Feinberg began playing together. Later, other artists they knew filled out the band and then some. In 2008, they self-released an EP and an album, Vital ...