I was fortunate enough to be the on-call bassist for Cosmic Charlie, an Athens, GA Grateful Dead cover band. Here was an opportunity to do Dead music with not only the proper instrumentation, but players bold enough to tackle this huge catalogue. I always tried to be comfortable with about 50 -60 songs for each […]
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Athens, GA Surf Punk act The Nice Machine spent close to a year recording Jack Cousteau in guitarist Chris Vanderford’s basement. It was a very old-school scenario going to 8 track tape, and then to digital for mixing. Working with tape meant getting good takes without any punches. This coincided with the band’s residencies at
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Adam Klein & The Wild Fires’ first record together. Americana/folk rock featuring Klein along with Steve Abercrombie (bass), Crash Cason (electric guitar), Bronson Tew (engineer; drums) plus special guests Randall Bramblett (keys and saxophone), Ike Stubblefield (Hammond B3 organ), and David Blackmon (fiddle). Track Listing: 1. Sky Blue DeVille2. Restless Soul3. Days to Come4. Drivin’
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Here is a live release from the Stabercrombie Vault featuring Adam Klein and the Wild Fires.This show was part of the 2011 Athens Americana Fest, and although I believe it was technically billed as Adam Klein and Friends, this does contain the core group that went on to record and perform and AK&TWF. This was
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This is a compilation of Thunder Monkey odds and ends made up of leftover Detonated session tracks and 2 live cuts from Millers in Carrollton, GA. These tracks made Detonated seem a little overstuffed, but here they act as a zany coda to the Thunder Monkey saga. These include I love you I live in
I have been thinking about fiddle master David Blackmon while he recovers from recent surgery. I was fortunate enough to travel with him in 2005/2006 as a member of Blueground Undergrass. I cannot begin to express his level of both relentless humor and masterful musicianship. He was always a guiding light to me on stage
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Now almost 13 years later it is time to revisit this recording with fresh album art and a revised track list. Download or stream below.
I was fortunate to record a bass track on Blueground Undergrass’s 2006 album Faces. This is a star studded record that included Matthew Williams, David Blackmon, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Col. Bruce Hampton, Francisco Fattarusso, Matt Cowley, Neil Fountain and Jimmy Herring. I did about a year and a half of touring with the group from
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Here is a retconned release from 2006. I released Gamma Ray Burst around the same time we were working on the Thunder Monkey album, and amidst touring with Blueground Undergrass. It was also about a year after I picked up my first digital keyboard, so stylistically it was all about having fun with layers, presets
Every gig had been orchestrated strictly through a combination of careful listening and fearlessness. Both Matthew and Steve offered originals in addition to covers by Neil Young, Ween, Primus, The Jayhawks and anything else we could teach each other on the fly.
