thegetrites

Imagine the Wild West wooden cabin on wheels, tin pot stovepipe poking through the roof, has just clanked into town hauled by a pair of dog-tired mules. The quack-cure caravan, preacher, sideshow musicians and dancing girls taking up the rear, has arrived to provide temporary distraction, merriment and promised remedies for every ailment under the sun. When the dust settles, Minneapolis, Minnesota’s travelin’ light trio, The Get-Rites emerge on a makeshift stage, snare drum and cymbal, guitar...

Imagine the Wild West wooden cabin on wheels, tin pot stovepipe poking through the roof, has just clanked into town hauled by a pair of dog-tired mules. The quack-cure caravan, preacher, sideshow musicians and dancing girls taking up the rear, has arrived to provide temporary distraction, merriment and promised remedies for every ailment under the sun. When the dust settles, Minneapolis, Minnesota’s travelin’ light trio, The Get-Rites emerge on a makeshift stage, snare drum and cymbal, guitar and double bass in hands. There are lost souls to be saved and there’s no rest for any until their work’s been done.***PRESS***“The Get-Rites are masters of the no-excuses, no-holds-barred, folk-blues-roots Americana music. A Best of 2007 pick” - Dirty Linen Magazine, Colleen Moore Side Show Revival CD Review, 2008"Feldmann deserves all the publicity he can get: He's the real deal, a soulful original who uses country blues to get at his own personal demons, which lie somewhere between Gram Parsons' beautiful death angels and Uncle Tupelo's lurching workingman's blues."- Blues Revue Magazine, Robert Fontenot Side Show Revival CD Review, 2007 "A considerable cut above the average Jesus orientated album (and we're not talking outright gospel here) elevated by Tom's expressive singing and excellent resonator guitar work. Thumbs Up!"- fRoots Magazine, UK Side Show Revival CD Review, 2007 "Feldmann has a terrific voice, somewhat reminiscent of Chris Smither, and it becomes quickly apparent on the opening brace of tracks ("Converted" and "Jesus") that he is a pretty mean fingerpicker too. A thoroughly entertaining 38 minutes. 8 out of 10 stars"- Blues In Britain Magazine, Gordon Baxter, UK Side Show Revival CD Review, 2007"Tom Feldmann and his throw-back trio breathe fresh air into the conventions of early 20th-century, folk-spiritual music. Carving out new sonic territory between the religious blues sounds of Blind Willie Johnson or Son House and Old-Time predecessors like the Reverend J.M. Gates, Feldmann's sound is honest, direct and intimate. Criticism is hard to come by on a project as clearly thought-out and well presented as this one."- Blues and Co. Magazine, Paul Linden, France Side Show Revival CD Review, 2007"Tom Feldmann has a gravelly, lived-in voice that is just perfect for the kind of Blind Willie Johnson styled songs he tackles here, and he also has a knack for the kind of bluegrass gospel vocal that merited the phrase ‘the high, lonesome sound’ in the first place. Yes, I liked this one a lot."- BluesArtStudio, Norman Darwen, Austria Side Show Revival CD Review, 2007"4 out of 5 Stars" - La Hora Del Blues, Spain, Side Show Revival CD Review, 2007"Tom Feldmann helps you feel the Lord and, if you’re not interested in any mystical experience, makes you become a blues and gospel fan."- Il Popolo del Blues Magazine, Jacopo Meille, Italy Side Show Revival CD Review, 2007