A message from Jon about the “Farewell Review” album he recently worked on…
You are now able to obtain the new “Farewell Review” CD from www.stinkweeds.com. This 7 song CD is rife with musical aplomb. Members Lukas Mathers and Lindsay Cates recruited myself, Mark Pickerel, and Jennifer Rauhouse to add to their musical hi-jinks. This is a recording well worth having if you enjoy music at all. Check them out at www.myspace.com/farewellreview
Jon has mixed and engineered, along with playing various instruments on the new Farewell Review album, at the Shrine in Lilliwaup. Deatils up on the “On Disc” page.
The Farewell Review consists of Luke Daniel (vocals, guitars, arrangements, drums) and Lindsay Cates (bass, hammond organ operator, vocals). Also appearing on the disc are Jon’s wife Jen (banjo, vocals) and Mark Pickerel (drums).
The album is out today (July 18th) and there’s a release party at the Raven Cafe in Prescott, AZ tonight at 8pm.
Jon appears on the new release by Chris Mill entitled “Living In The Aftermath”.
Released by Ernest Jennings Record Co. on April 22nd you can check out the details at Chris’ site or at Ernest Jennings where you can also download a few MP3 samples.
Details are up i the “On Disc” section of this site.
Couple of nice reviews for Jon’s latest album are up on the interweb
…when Jon Rauhouse steps out solo, he has a timeless sound that beguiles anyone who hears it…Whether he’s conjuring some epochal style or offering a faithful rendition of steel guitar music, Rauhouse transcends boundaries and generations to be the new king of Margaritaville. - Wade Coggeshall at Nuvo
Neko Case’s pedal steel player stretches out over a gauntlet of genres…buy it for its own merits, then sit back and enjoy. - Grant Britt at Creative Loafing
You are invited to celebrate the release of Jon Rauhouse’s Steel Guitar Heart Attack featuring Tommy Connell and some of the best musicians on the planet on Tuesday, March 13th at 6PM @ Stinkweeds. Jon, Tommy and others will play, there will be lots of presents, food and drink and we’ll preview the new album!! And best of all, its Free!!!
Stinkweeds - 12 W. Camelback (NW corner of Central and Camelback), Phoenix, AZ 85013
More details about who did what on Jon’s new album “Steel Guitar Heart Attack” is up in the “On Disc” section.
Included are the playing credits, who played on each track and the production details.
Remember it’s on on March 13th, so not long now to wait and it’s well worth the wait.
Paste Magazine has a review of Jon’s new album up on it’s blog.
Here’s what they say…
Those of you who associate the pedal steel guitar solely with cry-in-yer-beer country weepers are in for either an unpleasant shock or a delightful surprise. Jon Rauhouse plays pedal steel guitar the way John Zorn plays the saxophone. That is, he thoroughly messes with your head as he takes you on a schizophrenic musical journey. On Heart Attack Rauhouse covers western swing, Hawaiian music, Big Band standards, ’60s easy listening schlock, Bing Crosby crooners, the TV themes to Mannix and the Andy Griffith Show, and gunfighter ballads. Along the way, he’s helped out by members of Calexico, Giant Sand, The Mekons, Kelly Hogan, and the incomparable Neko Case, who lends her pipes to the old Sinatra chestnut “East of the Sun (and West of the Moon).” Best of all is Rauhouse’s take on Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine” where the pedal steel does a Broadway turn. It’s great, uncompromising, wildly eclectic music. - Andy Whitman
Details, track listing etc have been posted about Jon’s new album “Steel Guitar Heart Attack” in the “On Disc” section of the site.
Along with an full track MP3 download taster of the new disc in the form of “Ballad of the Black Chihuahua” to whet your appetite, for March 13th when it’s released.
Also up are some more tour dates for parts of March & April.
Jon’s next album is entitled “Steel Guitar Heart Attack” and it’s release date is set for March 13th 2007.
More details to come…
The soundtrack to the DVD “Bloodied But Unbowed: Bloodshot Records’ Life In The Trenches” is available as digital downloads only from eMusic and iTunes.
Jon plays on the tracks - Widowmaker (live at Old Town School of Folk Music), Accentuate the Positive w/Kelly Hogan (live at Antone’s), Perfidia w/Sally Timms (live at Antone’s) - on both audio soundtrack and the original DVD. Details are up in the “On Disc” section of the site.