Rocky Votolato

With a name like Rocky Votolato, I was expecting disco covers, not classic folk-rock — acoustic guitar, harmonica, brooding lyrics, scruffy cheeks and the long gaze. Ah, I shouldn’t make assumptions based on the guy’s name, especially with that Italian ring to it. Did you see those ads in the paper, around the time of the Alito confirmation, blasting people for calling him “Scalito,” claiming that was ethnic bigotry? 3hive doesn’t need that kind of attention. Anyway, Rocky’s an old-style singer-songwriter from the PNW, and “Portland Is Leaving” is the prettiest sad song I’ve heard in a long time. “Love’s a trainwreck, you’re a mistake…”

Thanks to everyone for pointing out the bad links…
These songs are only downloadable directly from Barsuk’s website. Sorry.


www.barsuk.com
www.rockyvotolato.com

14 Replies to “Rocky Votolato”

  1. Eh, assumptions are the building blocks of developing emotional attachment. If I couldn't assume certain things about people, bands or the government things would be pretty chaotic.
    That said, shame on you! The neo-folk genre has nothing to do with long-gazing and scruffy-cheeking.

  2. now i may be completely wrong, but i can't hear the vocals in "white daisy passing" without thinking of peter paul and mary. and thats not a bad thing. beautiful song.

  3. I love Rocky, he is a great singer. I can't believe he used to be in waxwing. I really can't believe he was on the reality show called "hometeam", but he was.

  4. Hello – am getting an error message when trying to download this ("You do not have permission to view this file, etc.")
    No problems with other recent postings ….
    just wanted to let you know!

  5. This is a great find. Thanks for the songs. I will pick this one up. I second the comment about Peter, Paul, and Mary. It takes me back and yet still moves me forward. Crazy Good.

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