Description
The yawning slide guitar in several Sparrows Gate tracks evokes long dusty roads to and from small towns (maybe of the Central Coast variety-members of the band hail from San Luis Obispo), complementing lyrics concerning the same. At present, the band's rotating lineup includes brothers Zebedee (guitar, vocals) and Anthony (bass) Zaitz, Joel Tolbert on organ and slide guitar and Josh Barnhart (formerly of Port O'Brien) on drums. The four-man outfit fits cozily within the California folk panoply alongside many acts with whom they've shared a stage-Vetiver, Sleepy Sun, Little Wings and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, to name a few.