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The Gentle Guest’s 1920′s Delta Blues influenced Americana co-exists in a gypsy world of blaring trombones, sadistic slide guitars and a barrage of wild hollers and boot stomps. Singer/songwriter Eric Rykal and friends comprise the Eau Claire, WI band whose second full-length album, “Cast Off Your Human Form,” is set for release this July.
As important as the album’s tales is the way The Gentle Guest tells them. Its performances are frantic, theatrical spectacles, with as many as ten rowdy members filling entire rooms with ragtime sounds and sweaty, fist pumping energy. They travel with not only the ambition of young musicians and storytellers, but also the determination to ignite crowds. The Gentle Guest sets out to cause a ruckus amongst their audience, and they play with a fury as if they’d be damned not to.
The Gentle Guest
The Gentle Guest
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The Gentle Guest’s 1920′s Delta Blues influenced Americana co-exists in a gypsy world of blaring trombones, sadistic slide guitars and a barrage of wild hollers and boot stomps. Singer/songwriter Eric Rykal and friends comprise the Eau Claire, WI band whose second full-length album, “Cast Off Your Human Form,” is set for release this July.
As important as the album’s tales is the way The Gentle Guest tells them. Its performances are frantic, theatrical spectacles, with as many as ten rowdy members filling entire rooms with ragtime sounds and sweaty, fist pumping energy. They travel with not only the ambition of young musicians and storytellers, but also the determination to ignite crowds. The Gentle Guest sets out to cause a ruckus amongst their audience, and they play with a fury as if they’d be damned not to.