Showing posts with label cigar box guitar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cigar box guitar. Show all posts
Friday, November 15, 2019
Monday, April 22, 2019
New review by The Mighty Decibel
Release date March 20/19 (Bandcamp)
I remember being repulsed by Neil Young's vocals the first time I heard him. To me they sounded like out of tune warblings from an untrained fella who had no right to be stepping up to a mic. However, something kept drawing me back to his music, and lo and behold, I came to love his vocal embellishments, warts and all. What once was odd became something I enthusiastically embraced.
I bring this up now because I had a similar reaction to Dar Stellabotta's voice. On initial listen I thought, wow - too bad about those vocals. But, just like the Young experience, the music kept drawing me back for more listens and the vocals began to grow on me, to the point where it sounds perfectly suitable and charming now.
Musically, Stellabotta runs a one-woman show, strumming on a cigar box guitar while thumping along on a kick-drum. Strong wiffs of bootleg booze and campfire come off this release, a downtrodden blues rumble with nine tales of rejection. This is low down, bottom-of-the-barrel blues that sounds like authentic ramblings of a woman who doesn't seem to be enjoying life.
While on paper this may sound like a self-inflicted slice-to-the-throat listening experience (especially for someone who almost exclusively listens to aggressive music), in actuality it is a strangely captivating experience. After visiting an 'Herb Lady', hearing about a 'Stripper From WV' and taking in a 'Marry A Rich Dude' life plan, you'll find yourself hypnotically stomping your foot along with the rumbling slices of the tough life.
Link to original review click here.
Friday, March 29, 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
New Album Lo-fi Rejection available on Bandcamp
🚨 🎧 New album Lo-fi Rejection available now on Bandcamp for free download or pay what you want. Lyric sheet PDF included with download.
Happy Spring Equinox 2019 🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌗🌒
Happy Spring Equinox 2019 🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌗🌒
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Monday, February 11, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
🌾New Song "Oh Well" on cigar box guitar acoustic in the field.🌾
This song will be on my vinyl record coming out in Spring 2019.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Recording new album in January 2019
Hi everybody! Recording new album in January 2019, doing a kickstarter March 2019 to release my first vinyl record. Stay tuned! Please send me a friend request on Facebook to my personal page or like my music page. I post most news to the social media. Thanks!
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Stripper from WV (studio version single) Release Today
Hey Everybody, releasing my new song today "Stripper from WV (studio version single)" You can download it for free or pay. Thank you for all your support and love, you are the reason why I keep making my music. I appreciate all your likes and comments on all my post. One magical thing about social media is it creates a free channel for artist to share their art work and for that I am grateful. So please check out the track, have a great day and may peace and love be with you.
https://darstellabotta.bandcamp.com/track/stripper-from-wv-studio-version-single
This track was recorded at KMH Recording Studio in Lusby Maryland on a vintage Gibson amp from the 1940s, with a kick drum and cigar box guitar live.
Written and composed by: Dar Stellabotta
Lyrics:
I know a stripper from West Virginia
she's a jack of all trades
she only dances to
rock music on the stage
she dances at the Golden horse shoe
its on the out skirts of town
just come on in
if you want to get down
she lives in a trailer park
its just up the street
its dilapidated and busted up
boy that thing is beat
she got running water
but it aint no good
she aint got no heat
no fireplace for wood
her neighbor next door
is a rickety old man
he's a son of a bitch
he don't give a damn
she gonna pay the bills
no matter what it takes
she'll give you a run for your money
she'll jiggle, she'll shake
Credits
released August 17, 2018
All instruments and vocals Dar Stellabotta.
Recorded at KMH studios Lusby Maryland.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Third Man Record Booth Recording
This song was recorded in Jack White's Third Man Record booth in Nashville TN with my cigar box guitar acoustically. This record booth is a refurbished 1947 Voice-o-Graph machine. You go into the booth, you sing into the mic, it records for a 150 seconds and it presses a 45 vinyl record. This is my very first vinyl record. Jack White is the frontman for the band The White Stripes and if you ever read this I would like to thank you for giving the public the oppurtunity to use this machine. Thank you.
lyrics
I know a stripper from WV
she's a jack of all trades
she only dances to
rock music on the stage
she dances at the golden horse shoe
its on the out skirts of town
just come on in
if you want to get down
she lives in the trailer park
its just up the street
its dilapidated and busted up
boy that thing is beat
she got running water
but it aint no good
she aint got no heat
no fire place for wood
her neighbor next door
is a rickety old man
he's a son of a bitch
he don't give a damn
she going to pay the bills
no matter what it takes
she'll give you a run for your money
she'll jiggle
she'll shake
she's a jack of all trades
she only dances to
rock music on the stage
she dances at the golden horse shoe
its on the out skirts of town
just come on in
if you want to get down
she lives in the trailer park
its just up the street
its dilapidated and busted up
boy that thing is beat
she got running water
but it aint no good
she aint got no heat
no fire place for wood
her neighbor next door
is a rickety old man
he's a son of a bitch
he don't give a damn
she going to pay the bills
no matter what it takes
she'll give you a run for your money
she'll jiggle
she'll shake
credits
released July 18, 2018
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