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Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Whoa!
Crazy, busy, good days. I am finally able to write but too spent to get too into it as yet. However, I must mention that the Knitting Factory show went very well. More on this and related phenomena soon.
Importantly, all credit for the show's success goes to my wonderful collaborators on the gig.
DAVID GARLAND, as you must know, is a composer I'm awed by and a man I'm honored to call my friend. He tickled the Wurlitzer and strummed some guitar, and brought his incomparable musical mind to bear on my stuff. If you've a taste for adventure, wit, stunning sonic color in your tunes, you should investigate his work. I guested on his most recent release THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINDOW.
ANDRES KARU is a guy I've liked and admired for a long time and have only now worked with, with much more to come. He's worked with the brilliant Michael Ferentino in a number of bands / projects and now drums for The Wonder Stuff, my buddy Miles Hunt's well-known band. Andres and I are now preparing to begin work on the next album, and his enthusiasm and talent are true fucking boons.
STEVE ESPINOLA gets MVP on this gig for opening his home for rehearsals, taking days off work, providing the instruments and imbuing all with the always upbeat Espinola vibe. He is one of the best songwriters I've ever met, and a demon on the keys. We spent many fine hours listening to Biff Rose, Willie the Lion, Bing Crosby, ? and the Mysterians, Screamin' Jay, etc, in the post rehearsal nights I crashed on his couch. He must be seen live; a guaranteed pleasure.
I'm grateful to these gentlemen for making my return to performance so much fun; I even want to do it again now!
Thanks to Jim Allen and Jim Sclavunos for offering their talents to the show; I'm zealously holding my rainchecks on that.
Bianca Bob Miller and Meredith Yayanos would surely have been on board if life's urgencies hadn't prevented it; both were missed.
HUGE thanks also to everyone who came to see the show, for your enthusiasm and kind comments. This was real good, yup.
Crazy, busy, good days. I am finally able to write but too spent to get too into it as yet. However, I must mention that the Knitting Factory show went very well. More on this and related phenomena soon.
Importantly, all credit for the show's success goes to my wonderful collaborators on the gig.
DAVID GARLAND, as you must know, is a composer I'm awed by and a man I'm honored to call my friend. He tickled the Wurlitzer and strummed some guitar, and brought his incomparable musical mind to bear on my stuff. If you've a taste for adventure, wit, stunning sonic color in your tunes, you should investigate his work. I guested on his most recent release THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINDOW.
ANDRES KARU is a guy I've liked and admired for a long time and have only now worked with, with much more to come. He's worked with the brilliant Michael Ferentino in a number of bands / projects and now drums for The Wonder Stuff, my buddy Miles Hunt's well-known band. Andres and I are now preparing to begin work on the next album, and his enthusiasm and talent are true fucking boons.
STEVE ESPINOLA gets MVP on this gig for opening his home for rehearsals, taking days off work, providing the instruments and imbuing all with the always upbeat Espinola vibe. He is one of the best songwriters I've ever met, and a demon on the keys. We spent many fine hours listening to Biff Rose, Willie the Lion, Bing Crosby, ? and the Mysterians, Screamin' Jay, etc, in the post rehearsal nights I crashed on his couch. He must be seen live; a guaranteed pleasure.
I'm grateful to these gentlemen for making my return to performance so much fun; I even want to do it again now!
Thanks to Jim Allen and Jim Sclavunos for offering their talents to the show; I'm zealously holding my rainchecks on that.
Bianca Bob Miller and Meredith Yayanos would surely have been on board if life's urgencies hadn't prevented it; both were missed.
HUGE thanks also to everyone who came to see the show, for your enthusiasm and kind comments. This was real good, yup.