Redeemed, Phil Gammage.

Announcement for "Redeemed" a new album by Phil Gammage, who has performs at Green Kill periodically.

Phil Gammage has just released a new album of songs. He has played several times at Green Kill and briefly hosted a music blog which appeared on Green Kill’s Substack page.

The album was recorded in New York at various studios over a period of one year and was produced by Gammage. Phil enlisted the talents of New York’s greatest musicians to contribute to the recordings. Phil Gammage – lead and background vocals, guitars, harmonica, marimba, keyboards; Michael Fox – drums, Jeff Gordon – bass; Johnny Young – keyboards; Brian Hack – guitar; David Fleming – harmonica; Joe Nieves and Lizzie Edwards – back ground vocals.

Here’s the release announcement and video from the the “Woman in the Window.”

https://philgammagemusic.com/new-album-redeemed-drops-february-2/

Phil Gammage

Songwriter, vocalist, and guitar slinger, Phil Gammage is a Texas-born and raised artist who now resides in New York. His new album Redeemed, is a robust collection of Americana songs as diverse and heart-felt as the genre itself. Twisting from railroad cars, endless roads, and the folklore of 20th century America, the album draws inspiration from Phil’s life as a musician, historian, and fiction writer. Standout songs include the pop flavored “Good Place” and title track “Redeemed”, the country tinged “Right On” and “Johnny Lee”, and the bluesy “Serious Trouble” and “Woman in the Window”. Gammage continued his collaboration with other creatives and co-wrote most of the album’s songs with prolific Hudson Valley poet David B. Schell. The result is a greater diversity in the lyrical themes that comprise the album. “I’ve always enjoyed and had success working with poets and lyricists going back to my days collaborating with Parker Dulany in the New York post-punk band Certain General. David is an amazingly prolific writer, and I actually can pick and choose which poems of his I feel will work best with the music I write. But ultimately the deciding factor when considering a poem for a song’s lyrics is how well I can sing the words.” Phil selected to record a classic song from the American songbook — “Prisoner of Love” a song written in the 1930s and recorded by a wide range of artists including James Brown and Perry Como. Gammage’s version captures an element of great drama not often found in contemporary music. He first became familiar with the song after watching Brown perform it in the classic concert film The TAMI Show (1964). “Recording a body of songs that eventually make up a collection (album) always takes on a life of it’s own at a certain point. When that happens the theme and vibe of the album almost defines itself … not so much by the artist. I think the artist has to be intuitive as to what is working and what is not.”