Giant Sand "Ramp" 1991

The Tucson sound at it’s very best.
‘Ramp’ is a magical trip with a host of guests including Victoria Williams, Rainer and Pappy Allen. Featuring piano lounge music for an off-world colony interrupted by an onslaught of guitar when needed. Reverb on, fuzz friendly. Up to 11, it’s light and dark and the better for it, a musical journey on a road less travelled. All sounds are welcome; banjo, dobro, pedal steel, plaintive harmonica, whistling all wrap themselves around the flow of consciousness; those truly memorable words. With Gelb’s lyrical invention to the fore: “His thoughts unfold in long, rolling sentences that don't always follow conventional rules of grammar or syntax.” (The Quietus).
trax:
01 Warm Storm 02 Romance Of Falling 03 Wonder 04 Welcome To My World 05 Anti-Shadow 06 Neon Filler 07 Jazzer Snipe 08 Z.Z. Quicker Foot 09 Seldom Matters 10 Resolver 11 Nowhere 12 Always Horses Coming 13 Patsy's Blues 14 Back To The Black And Grey (Live at Mad Dog Studios - 30th January 1991) 15 Trickle Down System (Live at Mad Dog Studios - 30th January 1991) 16 Bible Black, Book II (Live at Mad Dog Studios - 30th January 1991) 17 Still Too Far (Live at Mad Dog Studios - 30th January 1991) 18 Romance Of Falling (Live at Mad Dog Studios - 30th January 1991) 19 Can't Find Love (Live at Mad Dog Studios - 30th January 1991) 20 Shadow To You (Live at Mad Dog Studios - 30th January 1991)