The Gunboat Diplomats
Judgment Road (Single)
Self-Release
There’s been a lot going on recently in my ‘personal life’ and coupled with the extreme heat across the UK I’ve been left feeling a bit weary; and not in the mood for listening to new music.
Then, last night along came an e-mail from ‘Gunboat’ Smith leader of The Gunboat Diplomats who are a ‘song shop that records pop music with a vintage vibe in a variety of genres’; well; that piqued my interest as it could be the by-line for RMHQ itself!
He hasn’t told me a lot about the band; but linked me to this fabulous rocking slice of rural Americana; equal parts Bruce, Waco Brothers and Chuck Prophet!
I’ve not had time to listen to the rest of their “Manifest Destiny project” also named JUDGMENT ROAD, but young Gunboat assures me that there are Rootsy tunes a’plenty and a Motownish R&B number and even a Reggae song too on the album ……. and personally, I can’t wait!
https://gunboatdiplomats.bandcamp.com/track/judgment-road
https://gunboatdiplomats.com/
The Rocking Magpie 
[…] project, the rocking nirvana of Americana arcana “Judgment Road,” a song that invited comparisons to Bruce Springsteen, the Waco Brothers and Chuck Prophet. And it nearly attained the unattainable status of “profound pop,” which got the song added to […]
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