Red (God Street Wine album)
Red is an album by the American rock band God Street Wine. Initially put out in 1995 via the band's label, it was picked up by Mercury Records the following year, after Danny Goldberg caught their show at the Beacon Theatre. The band promoted the album by touring with Fun Lovin' Criminals, the H.O.R.D.E. Festival, and the Allman Brothers. Production God Street Wine produced the album, and recorded it in their upstate New York home studio. The band—allegedly dropped by Geffen Records due to low sales of $1.99 Romances and the fact that they shared a management team with Mojo Nixon (who had just recorded "Bring Me the Head of David Geffen")—desired to simply test the new studio and to hash out their feelings about their career status. Critical reception The Washington Post thought that "the freewheeling cuts that evoke memories of Garcia and the Dead, coupled with the reggae tracks that bear Marley's imprint, help compensate for a few songs in which GSW takes itself a bit too seriously." Trouser Press stated: "Whether the group was finally ready to move itself forward or the corporate divorce sparked a leap of creative development, Red is the first God Street Wine