Editorial Reviews Since their inception, Golden Shoulders have shared stages with Bobby Birdman, Deathray, Jackpot, Jonathan Richman, Pocket for Corduroy, Brendan Benson, Little Wings, the Microphones, the Librarians, Glen Tilbrook (Squeeze), the High Speed Scene, Etienne de Rocher, the Moore Brothers, the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Tim Bluhm (Mother Hips), Utah Phillips, Oranger, Kissing Tigers, Black Bear, Josh Rouse and more. Also during this time, Golden Shoulders ventured into Brighton Sound Studios in Sacramento, California, and recorded two albums. The first, Let My Burden Be, was released in 2002 to excessively positive reviews and enthusiastic radio play, ultimately charting on the CMJ Top 75. A second album, Friendship Is Deep, followed in 2004.
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Music Review
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About the Artist
Golden Shoulders is a musician's collective from Nevada City, California. Formed in 2001 by songwriter Adam Kline, the group has featured significant contributions by such notables as Joanna Newsom, Kyle Field (Little Wings), Neal Morgan (Brightblack), Todd Roper and Greg Brown (Cake, Deathray), Rich Good (the Pleased), Dan Elkan (Pocket for Corduroy), Josh Klinghoffer (John Frusciante, Vincent Gallo, Beck, PJ Harvey), Rusty Miller (Jackpot), Rob Kieswetter (Bobby Birdman) and more. This rotating cast and the accompanying stylistic restlessness has naturally led to an organic sense of variety from performance to performance, and recording to recording.
Album Description
This 2004 release from Nevada City's Golden Shoulders features group songwriter and mascot Adam Kline collaborating with the likes of Neal Morgan (Brightblack), Todd Roper and Greg Brown (Cake, Deathray), Ehren Haas, Marc Snegg, Josh Klinghoffer (John Frusciante, Vincent Gallo, Beck, PJ Harvey), Lee Bob Watson and Dave Brockman (Jackpot), Jason Graham (Little Wings, Badical Turbo Radness), Brett Shady (Badical Turbo Radness), Dan Elkan (Pocket for Corduroy), Charla Ausman and producer Dana Gumbiner. Twelve tracks of legitimate music and big words.