''El Rojo'' is the second full-length studio album by

The Bakerton Group The Bakerton Group is an instrumental blues jam band and the side project of the blues rock band Clutch. They incorporate elements of blues rock, psychedelic rock, and jazz. Biography The band is currently composed of all four members of th ...

, otherwise known as "the psychedelic instrumental jazz-laden alter ego" of

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. Released in 2009, the album marks the debut of keyboardist

Per Wiberg Per Jonas Wiberg (born 8 June 1968) is the former keyboardist of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, and a member of Michael Amott's stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars. Wiberg was born in Borlänge. He toured with Opeth from the 200 ...

(then of

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), who replaced Mick Schauer.

Background

The title of the album began as the working title for a song that was never included on the album. "El Rojo" was used because it reminded the band of the progressive rock band King Crimson. Dan Maines further elaborated upon the King Crimson allusion, noting that Fallon intended ''El Rojo'' (Spanish for "the red one") as a reference to ''

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''. However, Neil Fallon has given another explanation for the title which indicated that "El Rojo" was: As Fallon explains, "Bill Proger's Galaxy" makes reference to a pseudonym adopted by a friend: The Bakerton Group first met Per Wiberg while the latter was touring with

Spiritual Beggars Spiritual Beggars is a stoner metal band from Halmstad, Sweden, formed by Michael Amott, who is known from Arch Enemy, Carcass and Carnage. The band is heavily influenced by 1970s hard rock and incorporates elements of psychedelia into its ...

and then again when Wiberg toured with

. During the Opeth tour, The Bakerton Group invited Wiberg to jam on stage with them and, based on that chemistry, asked Wiberg to join the band for the ''El Rojo'' recording sessions. Opeth's tour scheduling allowed for Wiberg to collaborate with the band in the studio.

Track listing

Personnel

Neil Fallon Neil Fallon (born October 25, 1971) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for the rock band Clutch. He is also the lead singer for The Company Band and Dunsmuir, and joined The Ba ...

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

Tim Sult Richard Timothy Sult is an American musician best known as the guitarist for rock band Clutch. He is also the guitarist for an instrumental side project, The Bakerton Group, and an occasional member of the reggae rock / stoner rock Stoner ...

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* Dan Maines –

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Jean-Paul Gaster Jean-Paul Gaster (born June 19, 1971) is the drummer for American rock band Clutch. Style and influences Jean-Paul Gaster learned to play drums by playing along to 1960s and 1970s heavy rock bands like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, ZZ Top and Black ...

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– Keyboards *

J. Robbins James Robbins (best known as J. Robbins) is an American rock musician. Career Robbins began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led five of his own bands: Jawbox, Rollkicker Laydown, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Off ...

– Producer

References

External links

The Bakerton Group
on Myspace 2009 albums The Bakerton Group albums Albums produced by J. Robbins {{2009-rock-album-stub