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.
Var was released with about 25 hand made copies in 2002. I recorded all of the music alone on a BOSS Digital recorder. A majority of the album focuses on short upbeat sunny folk pop. I was really enamored with Guided by Voices at the time and wanted to release a flood of home recordings like Bob Pollard. Var was one of ten releases between 2002-2010.
This is a very special release from 2004 featuring Magnolia. This band based in Carrollton, GA was a Brit-Pop flavored indie-pop band fronted by Guitarist Michael Butler and Drummer Walt Entrekin. I joined this band right after my time with West Georgia jam titan’s Dysfunktion Junktion. The stylistic shift was deliberate and beneficial. I had
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I believe it was around Summer 2002 when Dysfunktion Junktion entered Butler Sound Studios in Carrollton, GA to make their first and only studio recording. Most of the songs recorded were staples of DJ’s numerous live sets. Songs such as Lookin Around and Grimey were a steady launchpad for improvisation and examples of the band’s
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Here is a collection of live recordings very dear to my heart, the Fatty Acid collection! This was a project that was active roughly from December 2000 until April 2002. The initial grouping consisted of myself, Nik Fields and Nicodemus Flores on guitars. We had trouble at first locking down a consistent person on the
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