Dave Depper: Ram Project

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  • Label: Jackpot
  • Order number: 3551702
  • Release date: 3.5.2011
  1. 1 Too Many People
  2. 2 3 Legs
  3. 3 Ram On
  4. 4 Dear Boy
  5. 5 Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey
  6. 6 Smile Away
  7. 7 Heart Of The Country
  8. 8 Monkberry Moon Delight
  9. 9 Eat At Home
  10. 10 Long Haired Lady
  11. 11 Ram On (reprise)
  12. 12 The Back Seat Of My Car

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In spring 2010 multi-instrumentalist Dave Depper hit a wall. He'd recorded and toured the world with internationally-renowned artists (Jolie Holland, Mirah, the Decemberists) as well as beloved Portland institutions (Loch Lomond, Norfolk & Western, Musee Mecanique, Blue Giant), but to date had yet to record any music of his own. Lacking an album's worth of his own songs, he decided to take on the craziest project he could think of: re-recording Paul McCartney's finest solo effort, Ram, part by part, at home, all by himself, in 30 days. Using a couple of guitars, a keyboard, a Rickenbacker bass, a borrowed drum kit kit, one microphone and a laptop, Depper began obsessively hacking away at the record. He holed-up in his spare bedroom, often for 12 hours at a time, relentlessly pursing a task The Portland Mercury would later equate to climbing Mt. Everest alone. He meticulously recorded each nuanced piece and, bit by bit, the record began to come together. 31 days after he had started he emerged, The Ram Project finished. The result is a gorgeous document that both pays homage to the colorfully cinematic McCartney classic and is uniquely Depper's. The labor of love is apparent throughout The Ram Project, from the meticoulously placed drum accents to fellow Portlander Joan Hiller's charming performance of Linda McCartney's prominent harmony vocals. As it often goes in the world of artistic endeavor, when Dave Depper set out to make a record for himself as a means of breaking down a creative wall, he unintentionally created a gorgeous aural gift for the listener and that gift is called The Ram Project.

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,,Paul McCartneys 1971er Album RAM zählt zu den stärksten Solowerken des Ex-Beatles. Es ist eines von Dave Deppers Lieblingsalben. Für sein Ram Project verschanzte sich der Musiker aus Portland in seinem Heimstudio und spielte es Ton für Ton werkgetreu, nur leicht abgeändert, neu ein." (Good Times, August / September 2011)

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