Jamtown Featuring Cisco Adler, G. Love & Donavon Frankenreiter Release New Song “Pick It Up”

MXDWN.com ^ | 6/15/17 | John Wyatt

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Collab efforts are always a tricky thing, a song can be tough enough but a whole project? They can be nearly impossible sometimes. So when a group such as Jamtown-consisting of Cisco Adler, Donavon Frankenreiter and G.Love get together, it can be a special thing. With a group as talented and as storied as these three, you know the effort will good.

The group brings together a plethora of styles and genres into some easygoing hits, with roots in surf rock, pop/reggae, hip hop, and some folksy harmonica playing all entering the fray. All these ingredients come together to give you one of the most laid-back summer songs you’ll hear maybe ever, “Pick It Up.” Some soft guitar and smooth vocals provide a laid back vibe, as some simplistic drums and twangy guitars add some texture to the song, and a laid back guitar solo lets the song ride out. It’s the only song you’ll need when you’re riding around, windows down on a summer night just as the sun has set.

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Wow...what a fantastic song. Strong echoes of Dickey Betts (son Duane plays) and the Allman Brothers. This is addictive. Takes me back to '69 to Blue Sky and Melissa.

Pick It Up

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As if the trio of Donovan Frankenreiter, G. Love, and Cisco Adler -- collectively known as Jamtown -- isn't enough to get your attention, the band has just recruited two of music's best guitarists for a new tune from their forthcoming self-titled debut EP.

Robert Randolph and Duane Betts (son of Dickey Betts) join the trio on "Pick It Up," a harmony heavy love song made all the more affecting by Randolph's ethereal pedal steel. “['Pick It Up'] is the ultimate engagement song, with two amazing guitar slingers, Robert Randolph and Duane Betts," Frankenreiter says. "It's one of my favorite love songs that I have ever been a part of and one of my favorites to play live.”

All three members of Jamtown are known for their previous solo efforts -- Frankenreiter for his breezy surf-inspired roots pop, G. Love for an infectious take on world-infused jams, and Adler for both his work as a songwriter and his work as a producer. The trio first joined forces musically in late 2016.