ARTIST: Carrie Rodriguez
TITLE: Seven Angels On A Bicycle
LABEL: Train Wreck/Back Porch Records
GENRE: Country
BITRATE: 185kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 51min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-08-15
RIP DATE: 2006-07-25

Track List

01. Seven Angels On A Bicycle       5:57
02. Never Gonna Be Your Bride       3:07
03. Dirty Leather                   4:18
04. He Ain't Jesus                  4:19
05. Waterbound                      4:17
06. '50s French Movie               2:59
07. I Don't Want To Play House      2:45
Anymore
08. Before You Say Another Word     3:19
09. Big Kiss                        5:54
10. Got Your Name On It             4:18
11. He's Already Gone               4:52
12. St. Peter's                     5:30

Release Notes:

On Seven Angels on a Bicycle, Carrie Rodriguez establishes herself as a
front woman and songwriter. Best known for her collaboration with veteran
songwriter and performer Chip Taylor, the duo released three albums
together including 2005’s critically acclaimed Red Dog Tracks. Rolling
Stone lauded the pair as “…a rootsier Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra.”
Back Porch Records is set to release Rodriguez’s solo debut August 15. A
national tour will be announced shortly.

Recorded in New York City at Avatar Studios in the winter of 2006, Seven
Angels on a Bicycle features renowned jazz, rock and bluegrass musicians
including GRAMMY® award winner Bill Frisell on electric guitar, Greg
Leisz on pedal steel guitar and Viktor Krauss on upright bass. The
album’s 12 original songs reflect both the sophistication of her
classical training and the raw simplicity of her folk-rock upbringing.
Rodriguez opens the album with the title track, a song inspired by the
untimely and tragic death of a good friend. Tracks such as “Never Gonna
Be Your Bride” and “I Don’t Wanna Play House Anymore” highlight her
upbeat, June Carter like sense of humor whereas “St. Peters” flawlessly
shifts from a heartbreaking ballad to rootsy Americana and back again,
culminating with the her soft and intimate croon to close the album.

Born in Austin, TX and raised on a broad range of pop, traditional and
classical music, Rodriguez began training on the violin at age five
while simultaneously developing a taste for fiddling under the influence
of her father, singer/songwriter David Rodriguez. She was awarded a
scholarship to Oberlin Conservatory of Music and moved on to graduate
from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Discovered in 2001 at the
SXSW music conference, Chip Taylor (of “Wild Thing” and “Angels of the
Morning” fame) invited Rodriguez to play fiddle with him and soon after
asked her to join him as both a singer and collaborator. She has also
recorded with Patty Griffin and performed live with Lyle Lovett and John
Prine among others.