Friday, February 6th / NEW VIDEO PREMIERE at the Campus Theatre / Lewisburg PA!
7:00 / Tix $10 (all money raised will go to the (non-profit) Campus Theatre) See gigs page for details.
Earl Pickens & Family’s alt-country/acoustic interpretation of the classic U2 album The Joshua Tree. Get yerself a copy on iTunes, Amazon.com or CDbaby.com today! Our Lewisburg PA vicinity peeps can buy the CD at:
Cherry Alley Cafe
21 N. 3rd Street
Lewisburg, PA
570-524-1234
Here’s what some folks have been saying about our Joshua Tree:
“It’s a brave man who dares to do an acoustic take on U2’s “The Joshua Tree,” but Earl Pickens has the vision and the chops to pull it off. And more than being just a novelty, Earl’s album brings to light the Americana gospel roots lurking below the surface in U2’s music.”
— John Platt, WFUV, New York City
“Stripped of The Edge’s in-your-face guitar effects and Bono’s dramatic wail, Pickens’s version allows U2’s rootsy influences to surface and blossom.”
— Helen Leicht, WXPN Philadelphia
“So brazen that I was sure it was going to be a car wreck, but the YouTube video convinced me otherwise. An acoustic, countrified rendition of the classic U2 album The Joshua Tree, in its entirety? Yeah, I know that’s what I thought.”
— Twang Nation
“It should come as no surprise that the full-length countrified version of U2’s The Joshua Tree is such a winner. Pickens makes sure that the timeless songs from U2’s best album sound right at home as twangy country shuffles & folk-rock ballads. I can’t imagine fans of country music finding a better album to sing along with this year.” – Pop Headwound
Two of our Joshua Tree covers are streaming over on my myspace page, so check ‘em OUT!
Read more about EP& Family on the blog
The Sweetbriars album PLEASE PASS THE REVOLUTION! is now available on iTunes. Please go tell everybody.
Earl Pickens has been sent to entertain you. Please let the man do his freakin’ job.
Earl has opened for everyone from next-president-of-the-USA Barack Obama to Jayhawks founding-member Mark Olson. Okay, Earl has opened for just those two. But still, those are pretty cool acts to open for. Barack Obama, people!
Earl’s current bands are The Sweetbriars, Earl Pickens and Family, and Earl Pickens & the Band Named Thunder.
The Sweetbriars new video for our new song Parade (Meet Me Halfway) is posted on youtube, awaiting your approval. Dig it:
And if you like what you see/hear, buy a copy of PLEASE PASS THE REVOLUTION! here and here or download it here.
More tracks from the new album are posted on our myspace page.
We’re donating $1 for each copy of PLEASE PASS THE REVOLUTION! sold to The Environmental Defense Fund. Because we care.
THANKS, Y’ALL!
-EP
PS. You can watch more of my videos at youtube.com/earlyeehawpickens. No, really. you can totally watch them. I don’t even mind.