The Silent Night
© Copyright-Steven Wesley Guiles
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Friction Bailey's founding members, Steve and Joy Guiles, live in San Dimas, California (30 miles east of Los Angeles). Their music has been compared to 10,000 Maniacs, Innocence Mission, Over the Rhine, and Sixpence None The Richer. Their newest release began as a Christmas E.P. in the summer/winter of 2002 featuring beautiful acoustic versions of traditional and sacred Christmas songs and grew into 2004's full-length release, The Silent Night.
Steve recorded the majority of the instruments (bass, guitars, dulcimer, casio keyboard, piano, harmonicas, and percussion) in his own John Cash Studios.
Steve is also the lead singer for alt/rock/pop band, Pushstart Wagon (www.pushstartwagon.com)and guitarist for The Vegas Nerve(www.vegasnerve.com).
reviews of Friction Bailey's first full-length, Tengo Yellow Pedal:
"The male/female vocal interplay is engaging... they verge on the transcendent." "Steve Guiles' skills as a player, writer and arranger have never been more evident..." "A simple and unpretentious record, Tengo Yellow Pedal is the type of album that grows more engaging with repeated listens. A solid debut." - Todd Brown, True Tunes magazine (www.truetunes.com)
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"The vocals capture the innocence and sweetness of the holiday perfectly (especi
author: The Phantom Tollbooth
Ah, Christmas. That time of year when everyone seems to truly love one another, when the warmth and smell of baked food lures people from the cold streets inside homes, and when our normal music programming is temporarily taken over by songs we all know by heart. My wife and I actually listen to Christmas music year-round. And why not? They are timeless songs that transmit a joy that is missing from today's mainstream.
Friction Bailey obviously share this sentiment or they wouldn't have self-produced a Christmas album and released it in the summertime. _The Silent Night_ is a passionate display of several well-known Christmas classics as well as one original "Christ the Child King." The husband and wife duo Steve and Joy Guiles share vocal and instrumental credits including acoustic guitars, bass, dulcimer, piano, and more. The guitar work is most impressive as evidenced on instrumental track "Deck the Halls/Drummer Boy". The vocals capture the innocence and sweetness of th
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"...could change the way you view the power of a Christmas album."
author: Trae Cadenhead
Friction Bailey's "The Silent Night" by Trae Cadenhead Can you believe it? We're getting close to another Christmas. Didn't we just have one of those? If you often find your options for Christmas music limited to the ultra traditional Bing Crosby or the Christian rock take on the matter, here we have a better way to welcome the holiday with music. Imagine going to a small coffee shop where a husband and wife are playing a soft, acoustic set of Christmas favorites and a few originals. By the time you leave, the Christmas holiday is a little more welcomed and you feel like you've experienced something worthwhile. That's Friction Bailey's The Silent Night in a nutshell. Now for those of you who are wondering who Friction Bailey is, they are Steve and Joy Guiles from San Dimas, California. It's possible that you might remember Steve as the lead singer for Pushstart Wagon. Friction Bailey is a smooth, intimate musical experience that fans of The Innocence Mission or Over the Rhine should e
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Friction Bailey's sophomore release is somber and beautiful.
author: 1340Mag.Com
Husband and wife duo, Friction Bailey (you may know FB’s male half, Steve Guiles, from bands like Pushstart Wagon and The Vegas Nerve.), return with their (sort of) sophomore record. After making waves with “Tengo Yellow Pedal” Steve and Joy have decided to record a Christmas album. Normally I’d scoff at the very thought because most Christmas albums just aren’t very good by anyone’s standards. Thankfully Friction Bailey has joined the ranks of a handful of artists (like Kim Hill and Sherri Youngward) who have made excellent Christmas albums.
The Silent Night is a very intimate album of acoustic folk versions of Christmas songs. Some people will be turned off by this albums’ somber nature but that is exactly what I love so much about it. Hearing songs like “O Come O Come Emmanuel”, “Silent Night” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” in this setting is perfect. The lyrics really jump out at you since the music is so sparse and you begin to think to yourself “Wow. I have never really got
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Excellent Christmas Album
author: Rob
If buying music that makes a difference matters to you, then this is a must-have Christmas album. Each song is beautifully arranged and played. The vocals are perfect for this record and Friction Bailey should be proud to have released such a beautiful, substantive record.
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