The Steel Wheels

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Mountains Quake 00:00 Tools
Rain In The Valley 00:00 Tools
Scrape Me Off the Ceiling 00:00 Tools
Breaking Like The Sun 00:00 Tools
Lay Down, Lay Low 00:00 Tools
Red Wing 04:21 Tools
Kiss Me Like A Stranger 00:00 Tools
Walk Away 00:00 Tools
The Race 00:00 Tools
Nola's First Dance 00:00 Tools
Nothing You Can't Lose 00:00 Tools
Walk This Way for Awhile 00:00 Tools
Halfway To Heaven 00:00 Tools
Andrea 00:00 Tools
To The Wild 00:00 Tools
Indian Trail 00:00 Tools
Surround Me 00:00 Tools
Working on a Building 00:00 Tools
Long Way to Go 00:00 Tools
Hymn for the Unsung 00:00 Tools
Take a Picture, Lose Your Soul 00:00 Tools
Know Her Name 00:00 Tools
Dance Me Around the Room 00:00 Tools
At Long Last 00:00 Tools
Red Rocking Chair 00:00 Tools
Till No One Is Free 00:00 Tools
Second of May 00:00 Tools
Until The Summer Comes 00:00 Tools
Love You Like I Should 00:00 Tools
Go Up To That Mountain 00:00 Tools
Endure 00:00 Tools
Fridley's Gap 00:00 Tools
Spider Wings 00:00 Tools
We've got a fire 00:00 Tools
Corrine 00:00 Tools
Story About Love 00:00 Tools
Valley 00:00 Tools
One Night 00:00 Tools
I Will Love You 00:00 Tools
Whistle Blows 00:00 Tools
Riverside 00:00 Tools
Dragging Your Heels 00:00 Tools
With It All Stripped Away 00:00 Tools
O Child 00:00 Tools
So Long 00:00 Tools
End Of The World Again 00:00 Tools
Waters Edge 00:00 Tools
Love You Like I Should/Dragging Your Heels 00:00 Tools
Heaven Don't Come By Here 00:00 Tools
Rains Come 00:00 Tools
The Cuckoo 00:00 Tools
Winter Is Coming 00:00 Tools
Milo 00:00 Tools
Wild As We Came Here 00:00 Tools
Find Your Mountain 00:00 Tools
So Lonely 00:00 Tools
Broken Mandolin 00:00 Tools
Help Me 00:00 Tools
Promised Land 00:00 Tools
Blueridge Mountains/Honey Bear/Hangman's Reel 00:00 Tools
Sing Me Like a Folk Song 00:00 Tools
Rescue Me, Virginia 00:00 Tools
Old Guitar 00:00 Tools
Lay Down Lay Low 00:00 Tools
Worn Wool, Soft Leather 00:00 Tools
Spike Driver 00:00 Tools
Love Longer Love - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Every Song Is A Love Song 00:00 Tools
Hold On 00:00 Tools
Ghost of Myself 00:00 Tools
Heartbeat 00:00 Tools
Take Me to the Ending 00:00 Tools
Keep On 00:00 Tools
"Rain in the Valley" a Cappella Song 00:00 Tools
"Breaking Like the Sun" - Americana Album 00:00 Tools
Something New 00:00 Tools
Road Never Ends 00:00 Tools
Falling 00:00 Tools
Under 00:00 Tools
Get to Work 00:00 Tools
Time to Rest 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Ready 00:00 Tools
Waiting in the Dark 00:00 Tools
Like I Should 00:00 Tools
This Year 00:00 Tools
Cluck Old Hen 00:00 Tools
Redwing 00:00 Tools
It's The End Of The World Again 00:00 Tools
Stripped Away 00:00 Tools
Honeybear/Hangman's Reel 00:00 Tools
Walk Away [Tom Waits] 00:00 Tools
Stickshifts And Safety Belts [Cake] 00:00 Tools
Rescue Me Virginia 00:00 Tools
Nothing You Can't Lose - The Steel Wheels 00:00 Tools
Breakin' Like The Sun When The Day Comes In 00:00 Tools
Breaking Like The Sun (live) 00:00 Tools
Waiting by the Railroad - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Long Way to Go (Live) 00:00 Tools
Red Wing (Live) 00:00 Tools
With It All Stripped Away (Live) 00:00 Tools
Ghost of Myself - Live 00:00 Tools
Go up to that Mountain/Fridley's Gap 00:00 Tools
Cuckoo / Cluck Old Hen (Live) 00:00 Tools
With It All Stripped Away - Live 00:00 Tools
Nothing You Can't Lose (Live) 00:00 Tools
"Rain in the Valley" a Cappella Song "Rain in the Valley" a Cappella Song 00:00 Tools
Miller's Hill/Tamlin 00:00 Tools
Walk the way for Awhile 00:00 Tools
Hold On (Live) 00:00 Tools
Go Up to That Mountain - Live 00:00 Tools
Breaking Like the Sun - Live 00:00 Tools
Red Wing (feat. Robin & Linda Williams) 00:00 Tools
Cuckoo/Cluck Old Hen - Live 00:00 Tools
Ghost of Myself (Live) 00:00 Tools
Waiting by the Railroad (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Hold On - Live 00:00 Tools
Mountain Quake 00:00 Tools
Shady Grove 00:00 Tools
Love You Like I Should / Dragging Your Heels 00:00 Tools
Blueridge Mtns / Honey Bear / Hangman's Reel 00:00 Tools
Go Up to That Mountain (Live) 00:00 Tools
Intro Set 2 00:00 Tools
Long Way to Go - Live 00:00 Tools
"Breaking Like the Sun" - Americana Album "Breaking Like the Sun" - Americana Album 00:00 Tools
Winter Is Coming (In-Studio) 00:00 Tools
Sing Me Like a Folk Song (Live) 00:00 Tools
Mountains Quake (Live) 00:00 Tools
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The Steel Wheels are truly an Americana band, rooted in musical styles that explore the territories between blues and bluegrass, old-time sing-alongs and foot-stompin’ fiddle tunes. They are subtle innovators who respect the past but whistle their own tunes, layering in rich textures and decidedly modern energy to forge a new sound. They fit best among musicians like Langhorne Slim, Gillian Welch, or Adrienne Young and Little Sadie (with whom they’ve shared the stage) – deft musicians making a name for themselves by creating their own particular permutation of traditional forms. Yet the Steel Wheels share much with new Americana favorites like the Avett Brothers or Old Crow Medicine Show, with charisma that causes toes to tap and heads to nod, audiences hanging on their every word. Like those bands, The Steel Wheels have broad appeal. And they count among their fans former Statler Brother Jimmy Fortune and indie folk darlings Over the Rhine. The four-piece band is based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where multi-instrumentalist Jay Lapp was born and took inspiration from church hymns and folk fests, and where Trent Wagler has been a scene staple for nearly a decade. Lapp was touring with several successful Midwest bands when he and Wagler crossed paths in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and a musical partnership began. The two are joined by upright bassist Brian Dickel and fiddler Eric Brubaker to form the Steel Wheels. The band shines exceptionally in their live shows, and their palpable chemistry translates easily to Red Wing. Just listen to the exceptional four-part harmonies that support and accentuate Wagler’s scratchy tenor, which has been compared to that of Darrel Scott. Brubaker’s fiddle, both lively and evocative, suits the band exactly, and Dickel’s upright bass grounds the outfit. Jay Lapp’s signature mandolin style is remarkable and unmistakable. The Steel Wheels have built a following from the East Coast to the Midwest and beyond, appearing at Americana festivals such as the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Festival, Floydfest, Folk Alliance, and Appalachian Uprising. Wagler and Lapp also regularly take a duo show to Ireland and have appeared with Peter Rowan at the ‘Ards International Guitar Festival. In keeping with their music that takes a traditional idea on a modern adventure, Wagler and Lapp’s organized a week-long, 300-mile bicycle tour last year. Not only did they pedal themselves through the mountains of Virginia to seven gigs in seven days, they hauled their own gear the whole way, with one bicycle custom-framed for travel and another fitted with a trailer. It’s one more example that with inherent skill and energy, trust in the value of simplicity and a marked talent for taking something old-fashioned and making it relevant for today is one of The Steel Wheels’ greatest strengths. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.