Giant Sand / Howe Gelb P0X

But this is what I meant to post:
alley of Rain was Tucson’s Giant Sand’s debut album recorded in 1983, and eventually released by 1985. It included Howe Gelb on vocals, guitar and Winston Watson on drums for most of it, Tommy Larkins on drums for some of it and Scott Garber on fretless bass for all of it.

Now some 30 years later, This new re-recording of that first album will be toured by the band this summer, playing only those Valley of Rain songs. GIANT SAND RETURNS TO VALLEY OF RAIN.
Live Dates

04 May: Mercado Block Party Concert @MSA Annex, Tucson, AZ, United States
24 May: Tower Musikclub, Bremen, HB, Germany
25 May: Batschkapp, Frankfurt On Main, Germany
26 May: Rätschenmühle e.V. Geislingen, Geislingen An Der Steige, Germany
27 May: Dachstock, Berne, Switzerland
28 May: Feierwerk / Hansa 39, Munich, Germany
29 May: Kulturladen Konstanz, Constance, Germany
30 May: Druckluft, Oberhausen, Germany
31 May: Musik & Frieden, Berlin, Germany
02 Jun: Vega (Small Hall), Copenhagen, DK
04 Jun: Parkteateret, Oslo, NO
05 Jun: Under the Bridge, London, UK
06 Jun: Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
07 Jun: The Fleece, Bristol, UK
09 Jun: Whelans, Dublin, IE
10 Jun: The Oran Mor Glasgow, UK
11 Jun: The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, UK
02 Oct: Roots On The Rails, Chicago, IL, United States
(Sorry, would have posted sooner if I'd thought to check for it.)

releases October 8, 2018

Only one track streaming on this Bandcamp page so far, but whole thing's already on Spotify.

xp Giant Sand Returns To Valley of Rain is indeed the title.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1318240966_10.jpg

Newly remastered double LP* beautifully repackaged gatefold sleeve with new artwork and expanded liner notes.
* Second disc includes Mad Dog Studio sessions from 1991

A firm fan favorite, Giant Sand’s essential 1991 album ‘Ramp’ was the second of three revered albums the band released in the early 90s. Now set for a remastered special indie store exclusive, the new edition released on 17th July comes beautifully repackaged in a gatefold sleeve with new artwork and expanded liner notes from MOJO’s Dave Henderson.

‘Ramp’ is a magical trip with a host of guests including Victoria Williams, Rainer and Pappy Allen. Featuring piano lounge music for an off-world colony interrupted by an onslaught of guitar when needed. Reverb on, fuzz friendly. Up to 11, it’s light and dark and the better for it, a musical journey on a road less travelled. All sounds are welcome; banjo, dobro, pedal steel, plaintive harmonica, whistling all wrap themselves around the flow of consciousness; those truly memorable words.
With Gelb’s lyrical invention to the fore: “His thoughts unfold in long, rolling sentences that don't always follow conventional rules of grammar or syntax.” (The Quietus).

The Tucson sound at its very best. *Also on CD, digital, and/or stream it all here:
https://giantsandmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ramp-2 (several other GS albs there as well, and of course https://howegelbmusic.bandcamp.com/)

his only 2020 solo release so far (older ones here too)--haven't listened yet, but as described, it's not an unfamiliar kind of thing from him:
Cocoon
A meander of instantaneous aural sketches of improvised ponder.

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It should be duly noted that no one is depressed or exhibiting any residual effects of the lyrical involvement herein. These are momentary possessions that passed by like glimpses of passengers on fleeting trains amongst the tracks in the evening here with soft glowing windows offering a blurred snippet.
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The piano was cocked & loaded at all times for the possible capture of any compelling notion and / or melody that should erupt per any hour to reel in this 90s TEAC CD recorder sheerly for the sake of its own slipstream banter that might make sense weeks later .. . if ever.
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These doodles were never built to be played again, and some that were left off here, were never even meant to be played at all.
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So.
Enjoy at will this isolationist soundtrack for a time when time didn't matter.
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Your pal,
Howe
credits
released May 7, 2020 https://music.howegelb.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byP8iwbg_V0

Cool, thanks!
So fine: "Welcome To My World," feat. Pappy Dailey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLXo2B4g0E4

Nice. Pappy Allen?

(though Pappy Daily would be cool)

Yeah, Pappy Allen, sorry!
https://pioneertownsun.com/pappy-allens-legacy-a-master-human-being/

op8 — "cracklin water" (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqDy1WfIrsI

Here on earth
With the bends and the rust
You hide from the rain and the winds you mistrust
Here on earth
It's all dust to dust