Phil Gammage finds musical absolution with his earnest and earthy new album Redeemed — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
As a followup to the American blues-rock fixture’s 2021 album From Nowhere to Somewhere, Redeemed is as smooth and reflective as Gammage gets, with his talent for spinning musical yarns front and center as his musical chops just add more emotion to his stories. Twisting from railroad cars, endless roads, and the folklore of 20th century America, the album draws inspiration from Phil’s life as a musician, historian, and fiction writer. The 16-song set stands as a compendium of all the songs fans have been hearing onstage but haven’t been able to stream or buy.
Gammage was born and raised in Texas who now resides in New York. A longtime lover of collaboration, Gammage co-wrote many of the album’s songs with prolific Hudson Valley poet David B. Schell. The result is a greater diversity in the lyrical themes that comprise the album. “Collaborating with David as a co-songwriter comes easily for me and the results are always good,” Gammage says.
Phil also chose to record a classic song from the American songbook — Prisoner of Love, a song written in the 1930s and recorded by a wide range of artists including James Brown and Perry Como. Gammage’s version captures an element of great drama not often found in contemporary music. The album was recorded in New York at various studios over a period of one year and was produced by Gammage. Phil enlisted the talents of New York’s greatest musicians to contribute to the recordings.
With a career that spans nearly 45 years, Gammage has countless albums under his belt, and began his own production company, Prefab International, in 2014. A highly rated performer who’s toured the world, Gammage has brought his own brand of junkyard post-punk blues to the CBGB Festival and opened for the likes of Elvis Costello, RL Boyce and Junior Brown.
Listen to Redeemed and watch some of Phil Gammage’s videos below, and find him on his website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
