Andrew Gabbard Ramble & Rave On!

You find Andrew Gabbard on the road and in his creative prime on this astral roadtrip, collecting songs like a cosmic traveler hitching a ride."Ramble & Rave On!," Andrew's third solo LP, sounds like the kind of weatheredtattoo you'd see etched on a barfly's forearm as he slams another drink in a dive.Like its title, the record feels like something that's always been around; a trustymixtape that everyone can agree on.Andrew comes to this collection of songs with something that very much feels like a`studio' record, the kind of album a 60s rock star feels like they've built theconfidence to make, to shake off a rawness for something fuller and more realized.The fact that this record was yet again a homemade effort, with Andrew playingeverything (apart from Sven Kahns' pedal steel), gives you an idea of how devotedand studied he is to creating that perfect song.`Ramble & Rave On!' is Andrew's most personal album yet, it finds him journeyingbetween his worlds as a decades-long touring & studio musician/vocalist for theBlack Keys, as a songwriter with his head-in-the-stars, and as the man in his homewith the people he holds dearest and with the studio where he brings it all together.It is clear that Andrew finds himself at this prolific point in his career completelybeholden to songs, to their absolute power, and to their otherworldly ability toconnect.He has mastered his craft, and proves throughout the course of this album that hecan truly make a pitstop stop at every genre.