WARREN WINTER'S BAND - "Crossbar Hotel" LP does a great job as

does a great job as well

but it stands as a solid example of what was going on in the early-‘70s roots rock underground

equally at home crafting music and stories as he is creating otherworldly creatures carved from woodblocks

when further research eventually led me to the virtual doorstep of Winterhalder

devolved rock music with a cracked audio-verite edge and a ton of heart

WARREN WINTER'S BAND - "Crossbar Hotel" LP does a great job asWarren Winter's Band Crossbar Hotel LP (Sophomore Lounge, 2019)"Five years ago. I was aimlessly perusing my neighborhood record racks for lesser loved musics when I stumbled across a rather unassuming album donning an amateurly rendered portrait of a long haired man in white pencil on stark black backboard. The portrait was illegibly signed, lacking any band or album title, with little more information on back and no evidence of a label's involvement.