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Trout Steak Revival perform in the Radio Heartland studio

Trout Steak Revival perform in the Radio Heartland studio
Trout Steak Revival perform in the Radio Heartland studioNate Ryan | MPR
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by Mike Pengra

June 25, 2018

Trout Steak Revival - Home (Live on Radio Heartland)
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Trout Steak Revival - Last Chance (Live on Radio Heartland)
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Trout Steak Revival - Johnny's Dirge / Spirit (Live on Radio Heartland)
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"Less ego. More amigo." That's the mantra for the five members of Trout Steak Revival, a Denver-based string band who spend much of their waking (and sleeping) hours driving around the country playing music. To survive those long hours and time together, any musician will tell you it takes patience, honesty and really good friendship. And that's where Trout Steak Revival have an advantage, as many of them grew up together before moving out west to play music.

Spirit To The Sea is the latest album from the band; it came out in late 2017. But the band members are not sitting around on the success of that record. They've already recorded a handful of songs to put on a new release — coming soon to a record store near you. In fact, when Trout Steak Revival stopped into the Radio Heartland studio last week, they started the session with a brand-new song. "We are just trying to keep all the gears moving," mandolin player Steve Foltz says. "We just hit the studio last week and recorded five demo tracks. What we're trying to do is just continually release music in a way that makes sense for us."

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Songs Performed


"Home"
"Last Chance"
"Johnny's Dirge/Spirit"
The first song is a yet-to-be-released song from Trout Steak Revival; the second and third song (less "Johnny's Dirge") are from Trout Steak Revival's 2017 album, Spirit To The Sea. "Johnny's Dirge" is an original composition by Trout Steak Revival fiddler Bevin Foley.

Personnel



Bevin Foley - fiddle
Steve Foltz - mandolin
Casey Houlihan - bass
Will Koster - guitar and dobro
Travis McNamara - banjo

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