WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- The members of Colorado old-time string band Uncle Earl are pleased -- but not freaked out -- that a member of Led Zeppelin produced their latest album.
"Our older brothers are freaked out, but not us," said KC Groves, who founded the group in 1999. "We're still traveling around in a 12-person van, y'know."
Uncle Earl met Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones at the 2005 Rockygrass Bluegrass Festival in Colorado. They invited him to a separate bar gig they were playing, and to their surprise he not only accepted but played the entire set with them, which led to him producing the new "Waterloo, Tennessee."
"It seemed like fantasyland," Groves said. "But, y'know, sometimes you just have to ask, so we did and he said he'd do it."
Groves said that despite his credentials with Led Zeppelin and other artists, Jones proved to be "a very hands-off producer" who was "really into getting the best sounds possible. Everything happened pretty organically, without a lot of micro-managing, and I think this album is a good reflection of what our band sounds like and where we are in our career right now."
