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Rosewood Ghosts Featured in the Aquarian
A guy named Jamie DiTringo, guitarist for a band called Rosewood Ghosts, recently wrote to me saying that he reads my column regularly, and was wondering if I would be interested in giving his band a listen. So, I clicked on one of the two links that he emailed me, which led me to the band’s MySpace page, myspace.com/rosewoodghosts, where I got to hear some of their music. My guess is that these boys are so new that they haven’t even been into the studio to record a CD yet because the only music that they had posted to listen to was music from their live shows. The songs “Too Late,” “Sunday Prophet,” and “Walking Lightly” are labeled post classic rock, but I heard more of a country rock feel to these songs ala the Black Crowes. The songs are very well written and seem to have a bit of a kick behind them. READ THE FULL ARTICLE
Rosewood Ghosts Featured in Metromix
The Bill Owens Five died in December 2008, but they’ve returned as Ghosts. As the band notes on its Facebook page, 2009 will mark a new musical direction for the band formerly known as Bill Owens Five. The Hoboken-based rockers have a new lineup and a new name – Rosewood Ghosts. The group invited its fans to rename the band in its “Kill Bill Owens Five” contest, but in the end, it was the members themselves who came up with the new moniker. “Locking ourselves in a room and fighting over names brought us closer together,” said guitarist Saul Slotnick, who grew up in East Brunswick but now lives in New York City. The change came because of the band’s new direction and a general dislike for the former name. Who is Bill Owens anyway? READ THE FULL ARTICLE
