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"Continental are back! It’s been a while since we heard from Rick and Stephen Barton, the father-and-son duo at the core of the Boston-ish rock and roll band. They took their time – and a few trips to Tennessee – to craft a new album on breaks from their collective day jobs (painting houses). The result is Hello, a lean, mean, rock-and-roll machine that came out on their new label home, Rum Bar Records." - Dying Scene
"I've been a fan of Rick Barton's for awhile now. Starting with his legendary bands The Outlets and Dropkick Murphys, right through The Shadowblasters, Everybody Out and a few I've probably missed!! His latest project he's been playing with, Continental continue to pump out great songs. They have a full length coming out on Rum Bar Records titled "Hello", I highly suggest giving it a listen!!" - Skybar Rising, WMFO
"Rock and roll!!! With State O' Maine Continental combines the best of the Stones around 'Exile On Main Street' or more modern Primal Scream's rendition of said album, 'Give Out But Don't Give Up', with some good old punkrock attitude. Everything is kept so simple, i.e. deceptively simple, as it all fits so well together. "I'm so glad that you have gone" is the conclusion in the lyrics. Well, I'm glad Continental has kept on rocking and is releasing its album 'Hello' on Rum Bar Records soon. If it's as exciting as State O' Maine it's best to fasten our seatbelts and ride, ride, ride as fast as we can. Great single!" - WoNo Blog
"Continental's long awaited album Hello is almost ready for release by Rum Bar Records. Rick Barton and his son Stephen, have gone their own way and taken their time to make music the way they want. Two songs are up on Bandcamp now: “State O’Maine” and “Best I Can.” Both songs skirt genres but they kick and rock." - Boston Groupie News
Since 2010 venues from concert halls to basement bars have resonated with the sound of Granite City Rock & Roll. Continental uses their Quincy, MA hometown moniker to describe their unique blend of rock that draws influences from punk, country, folk, and blues.
Known mostly for his time as founding guitarist and songwriter of The Dropkick Murphys, as well as co-founding member alongside his brother of legendary punks The Outlets, Boston based rocker Rick Barton has spent the last eight years fronting his current band and labor of love "Continental." Continental's sound is soulful Rock n Roll, plain and simple. While often compared to a variety of different bands, they like to summarize their style as "Paul Westerberg writing songs for The Rolling Stones," a compliment they received and have remembered for years. "I wear my heart on my sleeve and prefer to sing about what's inside, rather than fast cars and shaking booty" says Rick.
Together with his son Stephen on bass, Andrew Dickson on drums, and various studio and touring guitar slingers, they have toured the US and Europe extensively as a headlining act, but also supporting bands such as Street Dogs, Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters, The Tossers, and The Business. Make no mistake, Continental is not a vanity project for Barton. When the band isn't on the road, the father and son team paint houses to support their "music addiction."
With four releases to their credit thus far, the band hunkered down in Franklin TN with Andrew Dickson at the helm to put out their new album "Hello". You can expect a raw but refined, clean but powerful, diverse and perfected version of the Rock n Roll that's come to be expected from Continental. "We decided to simply record an album that we would like listening to, and it happened to describe us perfectly." - Stephen Barton
credits
released March 17, 2023
Rick Barton - Lead Vocals & Guitar
Stephen Barton - Bass & Vocals
Andrew Dickson - Drums
Paul Yu - Lead Guitar
Basic tracks & main vocals recorded by Andrew Dickson @ studio D Franklin TN
Overdubs recorded @ Blue Banshee with Duggan D
Also @ Fox Harbour Sound, Harwich MA
Mixed by Dave Westner
Mastered by Bradford Krieger
Additional performances:
Duggan D - Vocals
Nathan Blaser - Tenor Sax
Artwork: Glenn Robinson
We would like to thank all the people (especially our families) that have graced our lives with their love & dedication, which makes the musical dream feel a little more real! It's not the easiest path to pursue! - Continental
Also, an extra special shout out to Philipp & Arlyn from Air & Graces for essentially affording us the opportunity to pursue that dream!
"Write this down: Rum Bar Records is turning into one of the absolute best labels for real rock & roll these days."
-- the legendary Bill Kelly, Bill Kelly's Blackhole Bandstand SiriusXm ch21 LSUG
