By Greg Gallant, Copy Chief
January 27, 2010
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Columbus-based musician Colin Gawel will take on Athens this Thursday night, alongside Cincinnati "trashgrass" quartet Rumpke Mountain Boys. The former member of Watershed and Dead Schembechlers is slated to play an acoustic solo set at Jackie O's at 10 p.m.
Gawel's solo material trades in Watershed's punky edge for more introspective, mainstream rock. His new EP, Superior is due out Feburary 5. According to Gawel, the Athens show will contain tracks from the EP, other solo tunes, acoustic version of Watershed songs and maybe a few covers.
"This is a side of me that I've never been able to show," Gawel said, in reference to going solo. "What's the point of doing something on your own if it's gonna sound just like what you did before?"
After being in Watershed for about 20 years, going solo has forced Gawel to essentially start over. He plays at much smaller venues that he did while opening for Hootie and the Blowfish and Insane Clown Posse (in case you were wondering, the Guiness Book of World Records doesn't have a category for oddest two bands to have opened for).
Gawel also reaches out to fans in the musical equivalent of a grassroots campaign. He has foregone the traditional album cycle, saying "the full-length is outdated." Instead, he releases shorter EPs as often as he can. "Each one has its own feel, and [Superior] is very wintery."
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