Description:
16 Horsepower casts a long shadow that colors the gothic Americana genre. Thir intoxicating material becomes even more potent on stage, making 16 Horsepower Live a must-have release. Their instrumentation transforms the usually lighthearted banjo and squeezebox into the loneliest choir that accompanies the smoldering voice of David Eugene Edwards. Often likened to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 16 Horsepower definitely has that laudanum-soaked aura, but is firmly rooted in Americana. Unlike their contemporaries, however, they aim beyond popular music in the key of sad and delve right into the human condition for something weighty and substantial. Live March 2001 is the third installation of their live material. Tracks include: American Wheeze / I Seen What I Saw / Wayfaring Stranger / Cinder Alley / Strawfoot / Clogger / Harm`s Way / Haw / Poormouth / Praying Arm Lane / Burning Bush / Splinters / Silver Saddle / Phyllis Ruth / 24 Hours / Partisan / Coal Black Horse / Dead Run (Alternative Tentacles)
