Americana draws from America’s roots, from country, folk, bluegrass, R&B and the blues but to Mark Lizotte, the musician known and loved as Diesel, the album is the very core of his being. It’s the music of his childhood and, as an artist born in America and raised in Australia, a link back to the land he’d left behind.
Throughout the LP, Diesel pays tribute to the artists that inspired the musician he would become by putting his own stamp on a collection of classic songs. Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire, Rave On by Buddy Holly, Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Joni Mitchell’s Circle Game and Here Comes the Sun by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are just some of the tracks to be covered.
