Listen Only On YouTube
New Album Everywhere on September 6
STICKY FLOOR NIGHTCLUB, the first song from Joe
Olnick’s 7th album, IGUANA, is out on YouTube. The instrumental’s funky rock
vibe features Joe’s soaring guitar and dirty grooves with a tight rhythm
section made up of bassist Jamie Aston and drummer Stew Bradley. The
song's ending section gives way to a rowdy crowd in a club, giving a cinematic
feel to the musical story unfolding.
Joe is self-releasing IGUANA on September
6. Based in the fusion genre, IGUANA has rock influences, from Talking
Heads to Pink Floyd to REM to the Allman Brothers. Comic book artist Ron Good
(of the horror series, God-Awful Comics) designed the album art about the story
of a misunderstood Iguana named Don, who eventually—after lots of struggles
ultimately gets his own hot rock to rest upon! “There are parallels
of Don’s life with my own career,” Joe says. “I’m an artist producing original
instrumental work, so it’s a struggle at times to get my music out there.”
“Meet” Don in the Youtube video!
Joe’s music has a rocking vibe of “avant-jam”
and fusion like Medeski, Martin & Wood and New Mastersounds. His
previous album DOWNTOWN received unique feedback from a range of journalists. MUSIC
STREET JOURNAL called his music “classy.” BURNED OUT BORDERS
proclaimed his music great for, “Any fans of hard-hitting, rock-leaned
instrumental music with a progressive, experimental backbone.”
In addition to guitar, Joe played sax and bass,
plus worked as a recording engineer. In 2012, he released his first CD, and
continued self-producing with albums from ambient to jazz/rock
genres.
