My New Album "Blue Steel"

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 26 Apr 2018 3:56 pm

Here's a preview of my new album, and thanks to Stu Schulman for first mentioning it on the Forum. It's a mix of instros and vocals (luckily not by me) and I'm very proud of it. Here's the opening cut, "Night Flight" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IeCvSE55Q

Thanks for listening,
Joe

Doug Cassell · Post by **Doug Cassell** » 26 Apr 2018 4:47 pm

Very nice!

Mike Headrick · Post by **Mike Headrick** » 27 Apr 2018 6:26 am

Got my copy yestereday, and let me tell you friends, It's one great CD! Talk about diversity in styles and textures! Joe covers the gamut and seems right at home with all of them. He really has a winner here. Having insight into what it takes to get to the point of holding a CD in your hand, I congratulate Joe on putting together a first class product like this. You can hear the time, talent, and TLC that went into every track. Joe's playing is superb and the lineup of musicians and vocalists are of the same high standard. Grab you one of these Joe Goldmark Blue Steel CDs at your first opportunity. You'll be gald you did.

Mike Daly · Post by **Mike Daly** » 27 Apr 2018 8:59 am

I hear there is a copy waiting for me when I get home from this weekends road trip. Looking forward to hearing it Joe. Congrats on your new album..!

Wally Moyers · Post by **Wally Moyers** » 27 Apr 2018 9:19 am

Love your fresh approch Joe! Great playing and production!!

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 27 Apr 2018 9:48 am

Killer tone, great playing.....Another excellent addition to the Chronicles of Goldmark!

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 27 Apr 2018 5:03 pm

Joe, this is great. I've been playing it front-to-back for the last two days. American music at its finest. You sound great on that Zum, as does the whole band.

Of course, I have a real soft spot for real blues with pedal steel, and almost nobody does it. And if Jimmy McCracklin's The Wobble doesn't get you jumpin, you're dead. But it doesn't end there. This is a total stylistic tour-de-force. Beautiful E9 ballads, you name it.

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 27 Apr 2018 5:27 pm

Dave, I thought you'd like it, coming from a blues background. You mentioned American Music. I tried to combine all the things that I like best about Americana music; country, blues, rock, vocals, and plenty of steel guitar!

Tony & Doug, thanks for the kind words, and Wally, glad you think it's "fresh". As most of you know, I try and place the steel in other genres, with no apologies for sounding like a steel. I usually don't try and alter the steel sound or licks particularly, but rather I like to find tunes that I think the steel sound will be complimentary.

Mike Daly, can't wait to hear what you've cooked up with your new album, to be released in May. You always get amazing tones and sounds on the cool tunes that you pick. Hope you like mine when you get to it.

And Mike Headrick, I have so much respect for you and the albums that you've done that concentrate on a style or a cool vein of country music. I still remember chatting you up in St. Louis (I think it was).

Joe

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 27 Apr 2018 10:49 pm

Hi Joe,

Great to hear that you are still on track and have a new album out. I will get it for sure!

The YT clip doesn't play over here, maybe there is some regional blocking.

Best Regards, Walter

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 27 Apr 2018 11:55 pm

Yes it doesn't play

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 28 Apr 2018 7:44 am

Never heard of that before. It was posted by a rights organization called "The Orchard", and it's way out of my hands. Maybe this link will work overseas.

This tune was originally done by Graham Parker & the Rumour, called "Howlin' Wind" which you'll upload from Soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/user-796779382/howlin

Joe

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 28 Apr 2018 7:53 am

Thanks Joe. It works. I enjoyed it very much!

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 28 Apr 2018 8:44 am

Yes, it works! Thanks so much, it was definitely worth the try, good stuff!

Kind Regards, Walter

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 28 Apr 2018 1:15 pm

Joe, just curious: What do the letters E T stand for on your jacket? Ernest Tubb?

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 28 Apr 2018 4:02 pm

Hi Brint, you hit the nail on the head. In the mid '90s, I had a band called "Mental Revenge" and we bought a bunch of shirts and outfits from Buddy Charleton that he had worn in the Texas Troubadours. The jacket on the cover is one of those. I don't pretend to play in that league, but I think the outfits are real cool and I wear them shamelessly!

Walter and Joachim, glad the link works.

If anybody cares to order the CD, here's a good link. The cost is $15 with free shipping from Amoeba Music, the music store that I work at. Thanks to Mark Eaton for including this in the other thread. https://www.amoeba.com/blue-steel-cd-jo ... s/4019345/

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 29 Apr 2018 7:33 am

You had me at â€œvivid soundâ€. Just ordered it!

David Phillips · Post by **David Phillips** » 2 May 2018 2:08 pm

Excellent work Joe, this is a must have CD!
I love what Tony Glassman wrote
"Killer tone, great playing.....Another excellent addition to the "Chronicles of Goldmark"!

David Phillips · Post by **David Phillips** » 2 May 2018 2:26 pm

My current favorite is "Beautician Blues"!

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 2 May 2018 3:56 pm

Two thumbs up, Joe. Very, very cool. And you did some nice bass playin', too...

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 3 May 2018 6:39 am

Joe, really great job on the CD, from playing to arranging to selections. Your diverse musical interests are particularly apparent on this. The Wobble really makes me want to sit down and play!

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 4 May 2018 4:51 pm

Thanks John, David, Skip & Mike for your nice comments. Skip thanks for noting the bass playing. I used to be OK in High School, but once you play steel that's a tough double! I knew what I wanted to play on my instrumentals so I just did it myself, even though I don't have real chops. On the other tunes I hired some great local players.

Dan Robinson · Post by **Dan Robinson** » 5 May 2018 9:27 am

Cool! Love how you take standards and give them your special treatment. Those aren't covers, they're Joe Goldmark.

Gotta get this CD.

Is Steelin' the Beatles available on CD?

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 6 May 2018 10:34 am

Hi Dan, thanks for the comments and support. You can get "Steelin' The Beatles" (as well as some of my others) on CD at a good price here: http://www.globerecords.com/cgi-bin/db/ ... E+GOLDMARK

Joe

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 6 May 2018 1:20 pm

Joe, Check out the thread I posted above about Sacred Steel, in Paste, you have a nice review in the article, but I'm sure you already know that. Love your playing-Craig

admin · Post by **b0b** » 7 May 2018 9:19 am

I've been enjoying this CD while working at the Steel Guitar Forum office in downtown Cloverdale. Joe's tone and technique are flawless (as always) and the choice of tunes is unusual for a pedal steel album. Of course, he's always pushed the envelope in that respect.

I usually don't like vocal music, but the singers on this CD are perfect for the songs. They fill the space between steel parts admirably.

Six of the tracks are instrumentals, so there's no doubt that this is a steel album.

All in all, the album has an urban feel to it even when Joe is on the E9th without effects. A lot of it has classic R&B grooves. Henry Salvia's tasteful keyboard parts (a real B3?) are the icing on the cake.

And for country fans, there's a beautiful instrumental ballad written by Jim Campilongo, with a bridge right up there in Hugheyland. Who could ask for more? Me! One more song, Joe, p-p-p-please?