The Great North Special and Wreckless Strangers Play Winstons

Get ready for infectious grooves and soulful tunes as Wreckless Strangers and The Great North Special bring their signature sounds toWinstons in Ocean Beach on Saturday, January 24. San Francisco Bay Area’s Wreckless Strangers, a collective of friends and musicians carrying the torch for the city’s storied rock ’n’ roll tradition, will deliver their brand of “Ameri-Cali Soul” while celebrating the release of their forthcoming album,Dirty Souls. Hailing from Southern California, The Great North Special is a seven-piece Americana jam band blending country-blues, psych-rock, and funk-soul into a sound all their own.

About Wreckless Strangers

Wreckless Strangers’ unique blend of “Ameri-Cali Soul” melds the contemporary blues stylings of Bonnie Raitt and Boz Scaggs; the songwriting sensibilities of Sons of Champlin and Fleetwood Mac; the swashbuckling Americana of the Lost Planet Airmen and Peter Rowan; and the funk of Sly Stone and Tower of Power with a dash of Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane for flavor and unpredictability. With soaring vocal harmonies and burning instrumental improvisation framed in concise and poignant original songwriting, Wreckless Strangers seek to honor and carry forth the brand of free-spirited musical fun and adventure that defines the Bay Area.

The band features Amber Morris on lead vocals; David Noble on lead guitar and vocals; Joshua Zucker on bass and vocals; Mick Hellman on drums and vocals; Rob Anderson on guitar and vocals; and Fletcher Nielsen on keys. Their new EP, *Dirty Souls*, is their third project with 4x GRAMMY award-winning engineer/producer Dave Way.

Wreckless Strangers return to their primordial roots with their fourth studio album, Dirty Souls. The six-song collection is the Bay Area sextet’s most raw and visceral effort to date, a modern take on the arena rock of the ‘70s and ‘80s upon which the band members’ earliest musical seeds were sown. The songwriting is among the most intimate and personal to date, exploring themes of relationships, loss, empowerment, and perseverance. Co-lead singers Amber Morris and David Noble function as a single organism, bringing the songs to life with bluesy grit, soul, and humanity, bolstered by rock-solid, road-hewn grooves. The first single, “Dirty Soul,” is out January 23 on all streaming platforms. The full album will be released in late March. 

About The Great North Special

The Great North Special’s self-titled EP in 2020 and follow-up single “Love Service Devotion” in 2022 garnered attention throughout California’s jam and Americana scenes, earning airplay on major West Coast radio, including KLOS 95.5 FM in Los Angeles. The band has filled venues such as The Wayfarer, The Mint, and SLO Brew, and performed at festivals including the June Lake Jam Festival and the Field Trip Music & Beer Festival.

Their debut LP, Callithump Parade, released in summer 2024 and recorded by Jason Soda at Palomino Sound in Los Angeles, highlights the band’s musical versatility, captivating lyricism, and thoughtful songwriting. The Great North Special explores themes including love, joy, nature, technology, existentialism, and spirituality, delivering a live experience that continues to resonate with music lovers across California.

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