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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">Sons of Anarchy Musical Director BOB THIELE & THE FOREST RANGERS Announce Debut Album</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">LAND HO!
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">To Be Released July 10 via InGrooves</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.spin.com/2015/05/bob-thiele-alison-mosshart-trying-to-believe-stream-new/">PRESS HERE</a> to Listen to “Trying To Believe (featuring
Alison Mosshart)” on <i>SPIN</i></span></b><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="290" height="290" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D092E1.0F8EFB70"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Album Art<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">“’Trying to Believe’ sounds like a song that could’ve easily scored a
<i>Sons</i> misadventure, with crisp drums, searing guitar licks, and Mosshart’s peerless howl” -
<b><i>SPIN<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The musical group behind seven successful seasons of
<i>FX </i>drama <b><i>Sons Of Anarchy</i></b> will release their first album, <b>
<i>LAND HO!</i></b> on <b>July 10<sup>th</sup></b> via <b>InGrooves</b>. Led by Emmy-nominated songwriter and composer
<b>Bob Thiele Jr</b>., <b>The Forest Rangers</b> recorded the 11-track collection during the final season of the show, and it was co-produced by Thiele and Grammy-winning producer/engineer
<b>Dave Way</b> (Michael Jackson, Macy Gray, Ringo Starr). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Thiele</span></b><span style="color:black"> co-wrote all of the songs on
<b><i>LAND HO</i></b>!, many with two of his long-time songwriter pals <b>Dillon O’Brian</b> (Mariah Carey, Shakira) &
<b>Tonio K </b>(Al Green, Aaron Neville). He also collaborated with a remarkable group of artists and writers who made significant contributions to the
<i>Sons of Anarchy</i> </span>soundtracks, including <b>Audra Mae</b>, <b>Battleme</b>,
<b>Amos Lee, Alison Mosshart, Katey Sagal </b>and <b>Billy Valentine</b>. <b><a href="http://www.spin.com/2015/05/bob-thiele-alison-mosshart-trying-to-believe-stream-new/">PRESS HERE</a></b> to listen to the first track off the album, “<b>Trying to Believe
(featuring Alison Mosshart)</b>” on <b><i>SPIN</i></b>. Rounding <span style="color:black">
out the contributors to LAND HO! </span>are <b>Greg Leisz </b>(Daft Punk, Bon Iver, Eric Clapton) who brought his lap steel, pedal steel guitar and mandolin to the album, bass player Davey Faragher (<i>Elvis Costello & The Imposters</i>), drummer Matt Chamberlain’s
(Fiona Apple, Frank Ocean) and <b>John Philip Shenale</b> (Jane’s Addiction, Tori Amos), who provided exquisite string arrangements on “<b>So-Called Life</b>” and “<b>I’m Alive</b><i>.</i>”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In addition to the musicians mentioned above, saxophonist <b>Ravi Coltrane’s </b>contribution<b> </b>to the title track was particularly meaningful. “My father produced albums by Ravi’s father from 1961 until 1967.
Historic records like <i>Ascension</i> and <i>A Love Supreme,” </i>said <b>Thiele</b>. “Ravi and I had not met until the night he came to the Record Plant in New York City to play on the track. It was an indescribable experience, pure energy and emotion. I
was literally in tears upon hearing Ravi’s first phrases.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“In 1979, I had the idea to make a record as a solo artist. A few things happened along the way and that idea of mine was put on hold,” explained
<b>Thiele</b>, who, much like his father legendary record producer <b>Bob Thiele</b>, has spent the majority of his career on the other side of the vocal booth: producing, playing and writing. “I’ve always been a songwriter, and I’ve had some success with it
over the years (Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Mavis and Pop Staples). But at some point, the art became a job and I found myself writing songs mainly to satisfy the company that was paying my salary. It ceased to be the creative experience that drew me to music
in the first place. One of the unexpected gifts given to me by Kurt Sutter (<i>Sons of Anarchy</i> creator) was the chance to write songs again that meant something to me,” said Thiele, who co-wrote a number of songs for the series, including the
<b>Emmy-nominated</b> theme song <b>“This Life.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“At the start of Sons of Anarchy, Bob Thiele put together a talented group of musicians to work on our covers and source-score,” said
<b>Kurt Sutter</b>. “Over time, The Forest Rangers’ mellifluous camaraderie cultivated a unique folk/indie/Cali-rock sound that became the musical signature of the show. Their first solo reflects that time together and goes beyond what they did on SOA. Clearly,
I was holding them back. <i>LAND HO!</i> is raw, soulful and fucking fun.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It might have taken Thiele 35 years to get here, but this is a record made by great musicians for music fans. It's got soul, folk, and Americana running through its veins and it takes listeners on a musical journey
inspired by a show that </span>critics have called “commanding” and “mesmerizing,”
<span style="color:black">and landed Bob back where he belongs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="color:black">LAND HO! </span></u></i><u><span style="color:black"> Track Listing:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">1. A Goodbye (featuring Audra Mae)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">2. Man In The Moment (featuring Amos Lee)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3. Land Ho!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">4. Trying to Believe (featuring Alison Mosshart)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">5. Gotta Love (featuring Justin Warfield of Dream Club)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">6. I’m Alive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">7. Come On Back (featuring Battleme)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">8. On Our Way (featuring Katey Sagal)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">9. Life Goes On<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">10. Blue Angel (featuring Billy Valentine)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">11. So - Called Life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.theforestrangers.com/" target="_blank"><i>http://www.theforestrangers.com/</i></a><i><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">For More on Bob Thiele & The Forest Rangers, contact:</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">PRESS HERE</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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