Karson City Rebels Celebrates Release of "Runaway Train"
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Southwest-based Karson City Rebels has announced the release of its brand new single “Runaway Train.”* Spotlighting complex guitar riffs, soulful harmonica solos and gritty vocals brought together to create a quintessential classic sound, the fiery track is Available Now via all digital retail and streaming outlets. (Digital retail and streaming services headed by Ed Gertler/Digital Retail Services.)
Written by the band’s frontman, Gil Karson, and produced by Karson and Gerhard Joost, the opening riff masterfully leads into Karson’s stark vocals intensified by a face-melting guitar solo, vamped in the jam-band bridge and enlivened by haunting train horn harmonies at the conclusion. Passionate, tell-all lyrics reveal a vulnerable admission and head-over-heels desperation: “my heart is poundin’ full speed, I’m ready to jump the track, like a runaway train, my love for you is like a runaway train,''
Lyrical metaphors throughout create a symbolism that correlates with the imagery portrayed by “full-throttle” instrumentation and production. Driving drum and bass lines ramp to mirror the “anticipation” duly-complemented by lead vocals and guitar licks to depict the raw and honest juxtaposition of juggling emotions between love and lust.
“It’s a true story. I was pursuing an intimate relationship with a gal who was not making it easy, and she seemed to rather enjoy teasing me. The song roared out of me just like a ‘Runaway Train;’ it wrote itself,” said Karson, “I'm pumped beyond words to release the recording; let's open the throttle full-wide and let it roll.”
Recorded at Sal Rodriguez’s Studio in LA, Studio Hill Austin and Nashwest Studio in Bakersfield, CA,
“Runaway Train” is jam-packed with intricate melodies and vocal qualities assembled with LIVE studio instrumentation to create an edgy, one-of-a-kind soundscape. The single is the first in the band’s 2024 waterfall series of single releases as introduction to the EP, titled DRIVIN’, due in mid-to-late September.
TRACK INFO
Written by Gil Karson
Produced by Gil Karson and Gerhard Joost
Instrumentation:
Gil Karson/Lead Vocals, Guitar & Bass) (shared stages with The Who, Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, The Rascals, the Byrds and more)
Guy Allison/Keys (Doobie Brothers, Moody Blues, Air Supply)
Kyle Appleton/Guitar (accompanied Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam and Josh Turner among others)
Brian Burwell/Drums (KISS, Rage Against The Machine, STYX, ZZ Top, Duran Duran)
Sal Rodriguez/Harmonies (WAR)
Mixed by multi-platinum, Grammy-award winning producer/mixer/engineer, Gerhard Joost
Mastering by Eric Conn (Garth Brooks, Neil Young, Janis Ian, John Prine, Skid Row, Ted Nugent, Sheryl Crow, JJ Cale and many more)
Distribution by Ed Gertler/Digital Retail Services
Run Time: 3:06
ABOUT
Karson City Rebels delivers a stoked retro blend of Americana-rock, blues and Bakersfield sound to the music scene. Led by Gil Karson (lead singer), Karson formed the group following a sabbatical to focus on raising his family and embarking on a successful career in film direction and production to “answer the call” to return to his inherited love–music and live performance.
Made up of multi-instrumentalist Jon Adams, guitarists Kyle Appleton and Chris Brooks, Brian Burwell (on drums), and Jon Greathouse (on keyboards and vocals), the newly organized six-member triple threat group has worked alongside Grammy-winning producer Gerhard Joost (Stevie Wonder, Missy Elliot, Sangeet) at Studio Hill Austin and recorded at Nashwest Studio in Bakersfield, CA,and Sal Rodriguez’s Studio in LA.
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