You know you’re going to have a fine, fine day the minute you pause to take a few moments, cue up the first song herein and follow the compass of comfort down twelve sonic rivers into the shimmering sea of “Off My Stars”. Thirty coats of glass on these groovin’ numbers, and you can hear every coat!
Having known Sam Blasucci for neigh on over five years, it’s the best kind of thought to know that the southpaw gent from La Cañada (neigh on over five miles north of our Mt. Washington ranchette) who pays his dues with long hours of practice and performance on the road that lasts forever, has plum delivered an album right here to put atop your humerus, lighten up the load a bit and angle sweet sunshine through the crystal spinning in the window of life.
5,000 years of history claim wicker as the oldest furniture making method known. High levels of allure and pleasure are able to be woven with its natural fibers from the hands of capable artisans. When Sam and players strolled through the threshold of Echo Park’s Lone Palm Studio in November of 2021 with Captain Johnny Payne at the wheel...it all went “wicker” in the best possible way.
- Chadwick Brown
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