THE GREAT OUTDOORS
The Garbage Man Song…
Greetings music fans.
Let me tell you a little something you might not have suspected about ol’ Jon Raw: I hate winter. Fucking hate it. Hate.
I moved out west years ago to get away from the frozen nose hairs, burst pipes and five months of scraping windshields. The only chains I want to deal with are the blingy ones around my neck. The only snow Mr. Raw wants to shovel is waiting patiently on my mirrored coffee table to be chopped up nice and fine with my American Express Black Card. Dig?
But there has actually been one thing about this year’s winter that I’ve been able to tolerate: The Great Outdoors’ final release in their series of four seasonally themed EPs entitled – what else? – Winter.
Featuring songs from Randy Forrester (vocals, guitars, keys), Steve Wells (vocals, guitars) and, of course, the illegitimate son I’ve always wished I had, Adam Nation (vocals, guitars), the Winter EP is as fine a recording as DDG Records’ answer to The Eagles (or The Band, or CSNY, or The Highwaymen) has ever released. Randy, Steve and Adam, along with Craig McCaul (bass) and Steven Wegelin (percussion), have not only put together a great EP, they have put together a great accomplishment. An EP for every season, all recorded over the course of a single year at our East Van Eden Studios, and each one collecting even more rave reviews than its predecessor. I am certain the Winter EP will be just as well received. And that’s not just the “snow” talking.
So music fans, if you’re like your ol’ Uncle Jon and you think the only good thing about winter are the holiday deals on Irish Cream at the liquor store, fret not. The Great Outdoors’ Winter EP is so brilliant it will even make that tingle of frozen nose hairs in your nostrils seem enjoyable. Now I gotta go. I’m off to the DDG Christmas party to give my nostrils a completely different sort of enjoyable tingle. Dig?
Shine on you crazy diamonds.
Jon Raw
owner/operator
DDG Records
