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6Panel Digisleeve 1xCD 8 page booklet.Punk veteran. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Americana and rock songwriter. Modernday guitar hero. For more than 25 years, Chris Shiflett has blurred the lines between genre and generation, balancing his fullband projects with a thriving solo career. He turns a new page with Lost at Sea, a solo record that builds a bridge between Nashville – where Shiflett has become a frequent visitor, performing on the Grand Ole Opry one minute and collaborating with Music City tastemakers like Jaren Johnston and Dave Cobb the next – and his native California. Caught halfway between the honkytonk saloon and the punkrock dive bar, Lost at Sea is both eclectic and electric, making room for altcountry crunch, guitardriven grit, and sharp songwriting. Tying that mix together is Shiflett himself a musical Renaissance Man whose influences are every bit as wideranging as his resumeacute. Shiflett recorded the majority of Lost at Sea in Nashville, working with producer and collaborator Jaren Johnston-frontman of the Cadillac Three, as well as the songwriter behind nearly a dozen Number 1 country hits-and a small cast of Americana allstars. Among them were fellow guitar slingers Worsham, Bukovac, and Nathan Keeterle, all three of whom laced the record with fiery fretwork. He also teamed up with a number of cowriters, partnering with Kendell Marvel, Cody Jinks, and others to fill Lost at Sea with storylines that pack as hefty a punch as the music itself.Lost at Sea showcases the full range of Shifletts abilities. There are harmonized guitar solos worthy of Thin Lizzy, &lified country anthems, and rootsrockers steeped in Tom Pettys influence. The breakneck pace and palmmuted guitars of Parties salute Shifletts early days within the Bay Area punk scene, while Damage Control – with its layers of reverb, pulsing percussion, and Echoplex tape delay – flirts with the atmospheric dub music that Lee Scratch Perry introduced. Everything is grounded in melody. Shiflett nods to his heroes throughout, but he charts his own territory, too, whipping up a diverse sound thats distinctly his own. All preorders also receive a digital download of The 606 Sessions, featuring four alternate versions of songs from Lost At Sea Black Top White Lines, Dead and Gone, Damage Control, and Overboard.01. Dead And Gone02. Overboard03. Black Top White Lines04. Damage Control05. Weigh You Down06. Burn The House Down07. Whered Everybody Go08. I Dont Trust My Memories Anymore09. Carrie Midnight Texas Queen10. Parties
