CREEK DIPPERS,THE - Golden State Locket(3LP, CD+12) (Sealed) (4LP)

180g.The Creek Dippers is an Americana project started by singer/songwriter Mark Olson and his wife Victoria Williams around the mid-1990s after Olson left his previous group, The Jayhawks, which he co-founded in 1985. Back then, Olson and Williams moved to a farm in Joshua Tree, California. From 1997, the two released several albums with multi-instrumentalist Mike "Razz" Russell as The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers and later only briefly Creekdippers. Olson returned to his folk and country roots. The band was later supported by Don Heffington and John Convertino (Calexico). In 2000 Olson & Co. released the album "My Own Jo Ellen", in 2002 "December's Child" and in 2004 "Political Manifesto". In 2005 Olson and Williams separated. The box "Golden State Locket" contains the first three albums of the band as 180-gram vinyl. The debut (1997) and "Pacific Coast Rambler" (1998) have never been available as vinyl, "Zola And The Tulip Tree" (1999) is no longer available. All songs were remastered by Tom Meyer and are also included on a CD. In addition there is a 12'' with four new songs and a lavishly designed brochure with many photos and all the lyrics.