16 Horsepower DVD
16 Horsepower was an American alternative country music group based in Denver, Colorado. Their music often invoked religious imagery dealing with conflict, redemption, punishment and guilt through David Eugene Edward’s lyrics and the heavy use of traditional blur grass, gospel, and Appalachian instrumentation cross-bred with rock. David Eugene Edwards and Pascal Humbert formed 16 Horsepower in 1992 in Los Angeles, California, where they had met building movie sets of Roger Corman’s Hollywood studios. Friend, co-worker and trained jazz drummer Jean – Yves Tola joined shortly after. The trio performed once as Horsepower before they parted ways with Humbert as Edwards and Tola re locate to Denver, Colorado.
Frustrated by misconceptions about the name Horsepower being related to heroin and inspired by an American traditional folk song about sixteen horses pulling the coffin of a beloved to the graveyard, the name was changed to 16 Horsepower. The band spent the following years rehearsing and gaining a reputation for their intense live performances while touring extensively across North America and eventually they released a seven inch single, “Shame town“, in 1994 on Ricochet Records. By this time, they had gained the attention of A&M Records. It has always been difficult to describe the band’s music in simple terms as it borrowed just as heavily from folk music, country bluegrass and traditional as it did from rock music. 16 Horsepower and Edwards’ later project Woven Hand describe by one critic as “incendiary gospel”, hallowed folk and mordant tones infused with a high, dark theatricality worthy of Nick Cave.
There are many 16 Horsepower DVDs in the market even that you can download the DVDs from the internet by just surfing in to the internet. A double DVD set of 16 Horsepower’s career from 1992 to the present, featuring all the band’s videos, live footage, documentaries and Surround Sound mixes. The collection of all the songs, videos and concerts of 16 Horsepower is available in the market and also on the internet.
16 Horsepower released many albums and they all were gone super hit. They also released many single songs with the remarkable success. All these albums and single songs are available on the 16 Horsepower DVDs that are available in the market or even on the internet. 16 Horsepower did a lot of concerts and made several videos of songs. The footage of these concerts and the videos of the songs are also available on the 16 Horsepower’s DVDs.
16 Horsepower are among the Denver based credited for laying the foundation for what today has become known as Gothic Americana. American metal band Devil Driver paid homage to 16 Horsepower with a cover of “Black Soul Choir” on their latest release, Beast. 16 Horsepower especially in their early days saw themselves first and foremost as a rock band. David Eugene Edwards, however, had an interest in all things from the past times, including musical instruments. One instrument that was paramount during the nascent days of 16 Horsepower was the Chemnitzer concertina.