Event

TIM GEARAN CD RELEASE PARTY w/ special guests

Saturday 2/16 - a very special CD release party
TIM GEARAN featuring his full TOAD band and special guests
$8 advance / $10 at the door
8:30 doors / 9:30 show
www.myspace.com/timgearan

"Gearan has long been a roots-guitar MVP in the Boston area, but hes also a talented songwriter and singer. The latter is no surprise to the folks whove been packing his Monday-night residency at Toad for years. "Trouble Wheels", his second album, brings his lyric, composing, and vocal skills to the fore, framing them in arrangements dominated by acoustic guitar and dobro. The playing is spare and exquisite, Gearan supported by fellow journeymen including Steve Sadler on guitars, banjo, mandolin, and accordion, Sean Staples on mandolin, and Jim Fitting (The Coots, Treat Her Right) on harmonica. Gearan's work is not precisely folk nor country, but a rootsy acoustic rock. The biggest surprise here is his burnished baritone vocals, a talent heretofore kept well hidden in his blues forays, but notable for its ease of control and resemblance to folk star John Gorka's rugged emotive power. If there is a poster child band for Americana music it would be The Band, and Gearan's "Green" evokes the best of that group's work."

-The Boston Phoenix