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The Toronto Star has this to say -
 ...wonderful musical moments — rustic acoustic accompaniment and unpolished vocals give the album a strangely old-time feel — and several wry and wistful songs...
Canadian Whiskey bears all the earmarks of his best work as a songwriter... (full revue below)

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Canadian Whiskey is 13 songs chronicling three years in United States from the perspective of a deeply proud Canadian. From Guelph, Ontario, to San Marcos, Texas, and beyond, Canadian Whiskey takes you on a reflective late-night journey down red clay backroads, inside cottage fireplaces along the shores of P.E.I., through the westbound train yards of Winnipeg, up and down the Devil's Backbone and inside creaky honky tonks and lonely motels along the north-south tracks in south central Texas. Along the way, Teichroeb's soulful vocals and wistful lyrics evoke a sense of loss and longing for place as he walks you along the hard edges of life's struggles, disappointments, and setbacks. Texas and Canadian cultural fingerprints are all over this production.

The CD starts with Alberta Train Song as Teichroeb buffs up old memories from his days hoping trains as a teenager. It ends with Canadian Whiskey a song written for his Texas friends in winter 2004 while feeling trapped by the American madness that elects and supports a president like Bush. Fiddle, piano, mandolin and occasionally electric guitars and drums create the backdrop for this genre-bending album where Canadian folk meets Texas singer-songwriter. Featured musicians on the recording include

Bill Whitbeck on bass (Robert Earl Keen Band), Brady Black on fiddle and mandolin (Randy Rogers Band), Adam Donmoyer on keys and Daniel Makins on drums.

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Dave Teichroeb and produced by Dave Teichroeb and Melanie Froh at Peach Tree Studio in San Marcos, Texas.


  DAVE TEICHROEB Canadian Whiskey (Lone Star Music, http://www.davet.ca) Ostensibly this is a folk-country chronicle of the past three years, as this Alberta-born singer/songwriter spent time in San Marcos, Tex., living among his wife's ancestors. Canadian Whiskey, at least in lyrical content, is in reality a nostalgic reminiscence of his Canadian past. Less assured than his remarkable solo debut, 1999's Yesterday Motel, this effort nonetheless provides some wonderful musical moments — rustic acoustic accompaniment and unpolished vocals give the album a strangely old-time feel — and several wry and wistful songs. A transitional effort that suggests Teichroeb is headed into traditional country territory, Canadian Whiskey bears all the earmarks of his best work as a songwriter, though more care with the production and some judicious editing might have eliminated some of the album's inconsistencies.
Toronto Star - Greg Quill
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