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Russ Rosen Band - Oil (Celtic Folk Rock)

1) Watchmen 2) Oil 3) Stand 4) Warriors 5) Somethin's Rattlin' 6) Down To The River 7) Mercy Of God 8) Courts Of The King 9) Through The Curtain 10) Radiant Beauty

Release Date: 2002 Label: Gracehouse Recordings Producer: Alan Shacklock Official Website: http://www.upstream.ca/RussRosenBand/

Formerly known as the Upstream Band, The Canada based Russ Rosen Band is an eclectic blend of musical forms. Russ and Sandy's songwriting talent combined with Kathleen Nisbet's fiddle and violin prowess provide the foundation for an album of songs for our time; a call for people to return to God. Prophetic, evangelistic and celebrative, Oil is the culmination of The Russ Rosen Band's outstanding musical sensabilities. Headed by the extraordinary producing talent of Alan Shacklock (The Alarm, Graham Kendrick, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Paul Oakley) resulting in a joyful, skillful, worship oriented Irish Folk Rock record with wonderful vocals.
Oil, lyrically expresses poetic cries of adoration and love of Christ with unsurpassed passion and style.

Recording Personnel:

Russ Rosen (guitars, lead vox, harmonica), Sandy Rosen (background vocals, keyboards),
Alan Shacklock (electric guitar, keyboards, programming), Dave Olsen (bass),
Kathleen Nisbet (fiddle, background vocals), Kelly Becker (bass), Chad Bjorgan (drums),
Rex Russell (background vocals), John Bews (upright bass)

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