Description:
For their third album, self-titled The Autumn Defense, Pat Sansone and John Stirratt took some time away from their duties as members of Wilco to write and record new material in Chicago. They recovened with their rhythm section of the last six years: drummer Greg Wieczorek, and producer/ session man Brad Jones, as well as other Autumn Defense regulars pedal steel player John Pirruccello and horn player Steve Tyska. With string and flute performances that brought Sansones light orchestral arrangements to life helped provide a truly organic feel to the recordings,The Autumn Defense is the culmination and continuation of what the band has reached for in the last two records, from Philly-soul to baroque to bossa-nova to the classic Southern-California sound of. A world of voices are explored, styles are touched on, and made their own. (Broadmoor Records)
