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Steve Dawson: We Belong to the Gold Coast - COMPACT DISCSTitle: We Belong to the Gold Coast Artist: Steve Dawson Label: Black Hen Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 625712991721 Genre: Folk Release Date: 2008 06 30 Number of Discs: 1 Black Hen Music proudly presents the new album from multi Juno Award winner Steve Dawson, We Belong to the Gold Coast'. Steve has evolved into a musical chameleon, whether appearing with his group Zubot and Dawson, the avant folk quartet The Great Uncles of the Revolution, blues
Title: We Belong to the Gold CoastArtist: Steve Dawson
Label: Black Hen
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 625712991721
Genre: Folk
Release Date: 2008-06-30
Number of Discs: 1
Black Hen Music proudly presents the new album from multi Juno Award-winner Steve Dawson, “We Belong to the Gold Coast'. Steve has evolved into a musical chameleon, whether appearing with his group Zubot and Dawson, the avant-folk quartet The Great Uncles of the Revolution, blues legend Jim Byrnes, performing his own solo shows, or producing acclaimed albums in the studio. On stages ranging from Dobrofest in Slovakia to the renowned Monterey Jazz Festival and almost every major music festival in Canada, Steve is constantly striving for unique sounds and approaches to acoustic music. His instrumental abilities have landed him on stages with artists as diverse as Bob Brozman, Gil Scott-Heron, John Lee Hooker, Oregon, David Lindley, Long John Baldry, Oh Susannah, and Francois Houle, to name just a few. When the renowned guitarist/songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps put down the slide guitar to focus on songwriting a few years ago, he called on Steve to play the slide parts for the album “Slingshot Professionals'. Steve’s arsenal of instruments that he plays always grows, but includes all kinds of guitars, banjo, ukulele, Weissenborn Hawaiian guitar, dobro, lap steel, and most recently the pedal steel, for which he received a Canada Council grant last year to study with the legendary Greg Leisz. Steve is also an acknowledged triple-threat in the recording studio, known as an innovative and experimental engineer, an award-winning producer and an in-demand musician at the same time. His production talents have resulted in recent successes for Zubot and Dawson, blues legend Jim Byrnes, and a Juno Award for songwriter Jenny Whiteley, while his studio work as a musician adds up to over 50 albums. On “We Belong to the Gold Coast' Steve set out to explore the territory between old and new, antique and modern - both with musical style and sonic experimentation. Played on various acoustic and slide guitars, we catch glimpses of acoustic blues, early Hawaiian, jazz and pop music, mixed with modern sounds and textures. Influenced by the production sounds of Tchad Blake, Brian Wilson and Jon Brion, Steve has experimented for years with recording techniques on acoustic instruments, and this album is a showcase of truly exceptional sounds. Most of the basic tracks for this album were recorded live in the studio with Keith Lowe on bass (Fiona Apple, Bill Frisell), and Elliot Polsky on drums and percussion. Steve then dug into the studio to work on the overdubs and textural elements, and then took the tracks into a Vancouver church to record natural reverbs. The centerpieces to each section of “We Belong to the Gold Coast' are the 3 Hawaiian songs that appear throughout; “Patches', Irving Berlin’s “An Orange Grove in California' and Steve’s own “Red Sand Serenade'. Steve has studied early Hawaiian music extensively and wanted to record some songs that explored the pre-1940’s era of that music, and captured it's essence, while at the same time used instruments and sounds that were not originally associated with that style. Acoustic blues is another clear influence, and Steve has arranged two 1930’s songs by the Mississippi Sheiks, “World Gone Wrong' and “Livin’ in a Strain' with a fresh approach that highlights his creative fingerstyle approach to the guitar. Original songs and instrumentals make up the rest of the album, many of which feature guest musicians that Steve has worked with along the way. The songs “Slip By' “Photograph' and “Angeline', a song that refers to the wife of Blind Willie Johnson, are the most fully orchestrated pieces on the album, and feature Steve and the band, along with guests such as J.T. King’s Jeanne Tolmie on backup vocals, and Chris Gestrin on all sorts of strange keyboards. Steve’s musical compadre, Jesse Zubot makes an appearance with the string quartet that he arranged for “Ruby' and “The Gold Coast Revisited'. Steve has developed a unique voice on the guitar that has taken some major steps since his first solo album, “Bug Parade', that will continue to progress, along with his compositions and recording style. “We Belong to the Gold Coast' is an exciting step in the constantly evolving career of this world-renowned, award winning and eclectic artist. Watch for Steve on tour soon, performing solo or with his Gold Coast Ensemble.
Tracks:
1.1 We Belong to the Gold Coast
1.2 Trouble on the Run
1.3 Slip By
1.4 Patches
1.5 World Gone Wrong
1.6 Fried, Dyed and Laid to the Side
1.7 Living in a Strain
1.8 Photograph
1.9 An Orange Grove in California
1.10 Ruby
1.11 Song for Blind Joe
1.12 Angeline
1.13 Skilsaw
1.14 Red Sand Serenade
1.15 The Gold Coast Revisited
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Stick format is thick and difficult to rub in moderate climates
Style: SPF 50, Size: 1 count (Pack of 1)
I wanted to like it because the small stick format seemed very convenient to keep in my bag for emergency sunscreen reapplication with no chance of leaks.
But I think I have learned my lesson about stick sunscreen - in order to hold together in a stick, it has to have a thick and chalky consistency. Which makes it hard to apply and hard to rub in. It's so thick that if I rub the stick over my entire face it feels like I'm applying way too much with a super heavy white cast, and if I dab here and there and try to spread it around, it's so thick it doesn't feel like it spreads into good coverage. The scent is fine.
Update: I have found a specific use case for this - in extreme UV conditions like the equatorial tropics in midsummer, it's a good base layer under a more liquid mineral sunscreen, to add extra protection to the most exposed skin, like tops of shoulders, chest, nose and top of forehead. The thickness makes it protect better. It also softens a little and rubs in better in hot temps.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Needs to be warmed, but works great for quick face re-application
Style: SPF 50, Size: 1 count (Pack of 1)
I love mineral sunscreen, it really works the best. But I also do not love mineral sunscreen because it's hard to apply. I don't think it matters what you do, they're just always difficult to apply and always leaving the white. This one isn't much different.
I'm a scuba diver and my face sunscreen is washed off quickly doing multiple dives. I also get a weird "mask sunburn" if I don't reapply... but since I'm a diver I can't bring myself to buy or wear sunscreen that's not reef safe into the ocean. I was unsure if this would work because it's pretty solid. I threw it in my bag and once the sun warmed it up a little, I was able to apply it fairly easily between dives. I don't think it works unless it's warmed a bit first, but I like it for this purpose.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Good sunscreen
Style: SPF 50, Size: 3 Fl Oz (Pack of 1)
It works and it's vegan what's more to say. I repurchase this often.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2025
★★★★★ 3
I Wanted to Like It
Style: SPF 50, Size: 1 count (Pack of 1)
I really wanted to like it because of the great reviews it gets with backpackers and generally with people that don't like "greasy hands syndrome" after applying sunscreen. But after using a stick I found that it's just not that good.
The good: small, lightweight container. Not greasy. Good protection, I was in the sun all day hiking multiple days straight and only put on sunscreen twice per day and I didn't have any burning... and I burn easily.
The bad:
Value: the $12.53 sunscreen container only lasted about 8 days. And that was just my arms, neck, and half my face since I wore a shirt and long pants and a wide brim hat every day when hiking. I would expect this amount of sunscreen to last a lot longer than that on such a limited area. I'm not a big person either.
Application, chafing: it's the opposite of greasy, almost chalky. You use the stick to apply to your skin in stripes, then you have to "blend it in" by rubbing with the backs of your hands so your palms don't get chalky. Since the stick is so dry this requires a fair amount of force and it chafes as you rub it around. When your skin a bit sandy it hurts.
Application, crumbling: on a chilly but sunny morning, about 45 F, I applied sunscreen and small chunks of the stick crumbled off. I watched precious chunks of the already overpriced sunscreen drop to the ground.
Residue: while it's not greasy, it's physical sunblock so it gives your skin the characteristic whitish sparkle. That's to be expected. But what I didn't foresee is it will rub off on anything your skin touches. My gear had white chalk-like marks (technically titania powder?) on my shirt collars, backpack straps, sunglasses, and a few other high-touch items.
Overall I think it's a neat idea. I'm not overly disappointed with my purchase. But for $12.50 I expect sunscreen to be easier to apply and for the container to last longer than about 8 days. I can't burn $50/month in the summer months when a single container of chemical sunscreen will do the job.
Pro tip: you can buy food-safe 3 oz TSA travel containers. Load one of those up with chemical sunscreen and you have something that beats this in every way except for the greasiness, which you can mitigate by picking a lower SPF sunscreen (the 30 SPF you wear is infinitely better than the 50 SPF you skip!).
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2025
★★★★★ 5
sunscreen does its job
Style: SPF 50, Size: 3 Fl Oz (Pack of 1)
Works well. Took a little more effort to rub into skin.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2026