ONE BLACK LUNG: Wheel of Style

One Black Lung

Wheel of Style

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It's an eclectic electro-acoustic wheel of style: quirky pop, rock, modern folk, bluegrass, jazz, funk, blues, world, satire.

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ONE BLACK LUNG has been performing and recording original eclectic music in Austin, Texas since 1995, right about the time founding members Jerell Lambert and Carrie Miller escaped from the halls of higher learning dressed as a Doctor of Arts and Master of Music. They ran like hell.

With lockjaw academia safely behind them, the two set out to create a sound that draws on their many musical influences. The result is ONE BLACK LUNG's premiere release, WHEEL OF STYLE, featuring 22 selelctions of original lyric songs and instrumentals.

Jerell writes the words and music, sings lead and back-up, and plays guitars, five-string banjo and keyboards. He also does drum programming and engineering/recording for the band.

Carrie plays cello, fretless bass, and sings lead and back-up vocals. She brings to the band many years of classical training, teaching and performance. In other words,she's got chops. Carrie's keen musical curiosity allows her to master and incorporate any style into her playing. She's cute, too, which of course makes all that other stuff superfluous.

ONE BLACK LUNG (a coal miner's reference) is sometimes a duo, sometimes a trio or quartet.
WHEEL OF STYLE features all of these combinations with the addition of Brian Collins and Jaime Cervantes.

Brian is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. His composition "Kind of Blue", is featured on WHEEL OF STYLE. When he's not doing music, Brian runs his own audio & video dub service - DUBMOBILE.

Jaime is a drummer and graphic artist. He did the WHEEL OF STYLE cover art, and is well known as part of Austin's elite poster art underground. Jaime has played with many great Austin-based bands, including "Sixpence None the Richer".

Lastly, everyLUNG's favorite fifth wheel, guest guitarist John Roquemore, joins Jerell to perform bluegrass compositions for guitar and banjo.

It's all on WHEEL OF STYLE.

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  • Your stuff is beautiful, wry, funny, political and intelligent.
    author: David Weems

    The way a good meal tickles various parts of the palate, your music stimulates a bunch of different parts of my brain and unites them in harmony. The songs are beautiful, wry, funny, political and intelligent. "Wheel of Style" has got all the power, excitement and charm of a new Beatles record, circa Rubber Soul/Revolver. I mean that, sincerely. I just can't believe how good it is. Actually, what strikes me most is its originality. In my world, God looks and acts just like Duke Ellington. I'm a composer and arranger, so I could go on and on about the stellar guitar and cello work, the ingenious banjo playing, the great bass lines, the nifty synth inserts and the stunning sonic production values. But truly---it's the lyrics that knock me out. I feel like I've just read a great novel, or more fittingly, a fascinating autobiography. I found myself smiling, agreeing and frequently laughing out loud with delight. "Two People" and "Toothless John" actually make me cry. It's like being a hitchhiker picked up by James Joyce, William Faulkner, Kurt Vonnegut and Jack Kerouac on Route 66 in a truck driven by Dr. ML King. It's an astonishing album, one of the best I've ever heard in my life.

  • Mid east meets west
    author: Slameen Jugari

    Sal/SAZ creek is an excellent melding of styles. A live drummer on some tunes would be good but overall this record exhibits real skills and styles.

  • Smorgasboard o chops
    author: Pup Dog

    I was turned on to this band from a friend. This CD has little of everything and a lot of style. Pop, Jazz, Bluegrass and quirk. All very well written and executed. The only downside is the production is perhaps not as polished as one might want, but then again Match Box 40 is polished....and it blows. Too bad they don't play the North West.

  • Really Eclectic
    author: Doug Fruttati

    The word eclectic in popular usage seems to mean that an artist plays an acoustic guitar AND it is in tune. This record reflects the dictionary definition of .... employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles. This record has everything from well executed bluegrasss to Jazz with catchy thoughtful pop songs thrown in for good measure. "I want my Monkey back" is a prime example of a tight rock song. Good stuff!

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