THE MAGPIE SALUTE—featuring three former members from the now-defunct The Black Crowes (Rich Robinson, Marc Ford and Sven Pipien)—will release their debut studio album HIGH WATER I on Friday, August 10 and hit the road this summer in its support, stopping locally in BOULDER on THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 for a headlining show at the BOULDER THEATER.
The band—Rich Robinson, Marc Ford, John Hogg, Sven Pipien, Matt Slocum and Joe Magistro—are launching HIGH WATER I with the first single “Send Me An Omen” (available now), in which the twang of a hummable riff roars under Hogg’s towering delivery before spiraling into an entrancing melody punctuated by gang harmonies and butter smooth solos. “‘Send Me An Omen,’ to me, wraps up all of the elements of this band,” says Robinson. “There’s pure rock ‘n roll juxtaposed with these pop melodies sung with a melancholy that creates this beautiful balance of surreal dark and light.”
Listen to “Send Me An Omen” now via:
Spotify (here), Amazon Music (here) and Apple Music (here)
Watch the lyric video for “Send Me An Omen” here
Produced by Rich Robinson and recorded at Dark Horse Studios in Nashville, TN, the 12-song HIGH WATER I—being released via Eagle Rock Entertainment (U.S.), Mascot Label Group (Europe/Australia/New Zealand) and Sony (Japan)—represents a musical union of swaggering rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelic blues, and campfire-worthy storytelling that first took flight in 2016 when Robinson assembled the band for a now seminal Woodstock gig. The group went on to sell out four consecutive nights at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City in January 2017 chronicled with a historic Guitar Player cover featuring the two six-stringers. By the top of 2018, the band delivered a total of 77 seismic sets worldwide comprised of a 170-song repertoire of covers, Black Crowes’ tunes, and solo material. Acclaim came from Guitar World, Relix, and more, while Rolling Stone summed it up succinctly as “Explosive.” A second new studio album HIGH WATER II will be released in 2019; details to come on that at a later date.
HIGH WATER I track listing:
“Mary The Gypsy”
“High Water”
“For The Wind”
“Sister Moon”
“Color Blind”
“Take It All”
“Walk On Water”
“Hand In Hand”
“You Found Me”
“Can You See”
“Open Up”
