Released 04/02/2013
"Un-American Gothic" is John Wheeler's first solo record, written entirely on the road during 2011. Best known for the past decade as the creator and frontman of the successful Rockgrass act, Hayseed Dixie, the band had spent nearly 9 months on the road and every mile of that tour John traveled, himself, on motorbike. Prior to the tour the band had mutually decided that after over 1,000 live shows together they all really wanted - and in some ways really needed - to take a couple of years off from Hayseed and do some different things. For John this was an important opportunity to, in his words, not to have to "just write songs about drinking, cheating, killing and hell for my character, Barley Scotch, to sing anymore - and then having to think, well, what do I want to write about then?" The album itself is eclectic and original, like Hayseed Dixie's critically refreshing seventh album No Covers (for which Wheeler was chief songwriter), but with extra personality, intelligence, insight and, of course, all the charm and humour that flung Hayseed into such credible popularity.
Disc 1: Down At The Exit Doomsday Dance Eton Rifles Deeper In Debt Little Houses In A Row Küss Mich Noch Einma Like I Want You Street Sweeper Lullaby Wondering Why I Ever Go Home Master Of War Black Forest Skies Walk Between The Raindrops