Ragged Glory; One Star Hotel's Sophomore Release Builds Effortlessly On Their Stellar Haunting Americana Debut.

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"Other people may have expectations for what this record should be," says [Steve Yutzy-Burkey]. "I think we put 10,000 times more pressure on ourselves. I'm not saying we were in any way unhappy with the last album. We just wanted to do better this time around."

"West Gordon was a street in Strawberry Mansion where I worked for a pipe-fitter organ company," says Yutzy-Burkey. "In a very weird way, it helped shape the image we had for the album. It came from the idea of the people I saw every morning along that street, leaving on their way to work or heading to the corner bar."

"We were very fortunate with this album." Yutzy-Burkey says. "We worked with some great people, and we could do pretty much whatever we wanted or needed to do to get it right. I'm really happy with all the methods we used to record it and thankful to all the people who helped us make it happen."

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Ragged Glory; One Star Hotel's Sophomore Release Builds Effortlessly On Their Stellar Haunting Americana Debut.

The men of One Star Hotel were in a precarious situation.

When last we left them in spring of 2003, city scribes from Tom Moon to yours truly were echoing the same sentiment: "Loved the hors d'oeuvres. Can't wai...

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