Odd Marshall “Take Me Anywhere”
Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Odd Marshall’s song “Take Me Anywhere” from his forthcoming album Seconds, which is set for release on March 6. The album was produced and mixed by Christopher Thorn with additional mixing by RHC music; engineered by Devlin Thorn; and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova. It was recorded at Fireside Studios in Joshua Tree, CA and executive produced by Scott Pielsticker.
“Take Me Anywhere” is Odd Marshall on vocals and acoustic guitar; Rogers Stevens (Blind Melon) on electric guitar; Christopher Thorn on electric guitar; Rami Jaffee (Foo Fighters) on piano and organ; Jon Ossman on bass; and Denny Weston Jr. on drums.
As Odd Marshall tells us, “This song came straight out of a dream. Not the song, but the story. I couldn’t believe how cinematic it was with a beginning, middle and end. I went to film school, and have directed professionally and written a number of screenplays, but most of my ‘movie dreams’ are stress dreams on set. This one was a scene-by-scene with very little said but everything implied. “Van Morrison was setting the mood,” is one line. I don’t remember hearing Van Morrison. I do remember orange shag carpet in this scene in a new house with a mysterious woman and the vibe was ‘Van Morrison is playing in the background.’ I was pretty deep in my Bob Dylan phase (…still am) but I’ve always been in love with his epic songs with one thousand words and constant beat. And the way he delivers them with such urgency in the Rolling Thunder Revue era. Songs like “Hurricane,” “Isis,” “Tangled Up in Blue,” and later on “Dignity” and “Things Have Changed.” I was definitely chasing that. It was written shortly after “Tomorrow Never Comes” on my debut album Sand & Glue.”
Odd Marshall tells a winding tale here that includes moments like this: ” She sat up in bed like we’d done something wrong / when we heard someone slammin’ the door. / I had to ask whose house is this? / She smiled, I thought it was yours.” Recounted over a more cinematic Dylanesque folk style that’s haunting and unique.
Find more information here on his website: https://oddmarshall.com