Re: Dashboard Saviors
Brent Best wrote: They had three records all on Medium Cool. "Kitty", "Spinnin' On Down", and "love, sorrow, hate, madness", and they were all very good. Todd McBride (lead guy) was/is an excellent songwriter, very adept at pullin' off a rocker then turning around and hittin' you with something subtle and moving. As for what they are doing now, Todd put out a solo album this past year that is also very good, I believe it's called "Sketchy" (can't seem to find it at the moment). The drummer, John Crist, I believe, is now playing with someone in Minneapolis. Marlee McLeod. I'm not exactly sure what's up with the rest of them. Someone in the Athens contingent could probably tell you more. I hear rumors that they're reforming, or maybe that they have reformed already, and are recording. Deb Sommers might know more about this. I think I like KITTY best of all their releases, but they're all pretty solid, as Brent says. --Amy
Re: Dashboard Saviors
In a message dated 4/8/99 10:36:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I hear rumors that they're reforming, or maybe that they have reformed already, and are recording. Deb Sommers might know more about this. Deb Sommer hasn't heard rumors of reforming. She has knowledge that Todd McBride is doing solo work and has a backing band he's performing with and Rob Veal is currently recording what I believe is his solo effort or could include a band he plays with called Little Oconee. Deb Sommer
Dashboard Saviors
Has anyone ever heard of the Dashboard Saviors? If so, do you know how many releases? Where are they now? ETC.! Wynn
Re: Dashboard Saviors
They had three records all on Medium Cool. "Kitty", "Spinnin' On Down", and "love, sorrow, hate, madness", and they were all very good. Todd McBride (lead guy) was/is an excellent songwriter, very adept at pullin' off a rocker then turning around and hittin' you with something subtle and moving. As for what they are doing now, Todd put out a solo album this past year that is also very good, I believe it's called "Sketchy" (can't seem to find it at the moment). The drummer, John Crist, I believe, is now playing with someone in Minneapolis. I'm not exactly sure what's up with the rest of them. Someone in the Athens contingent could probably tell you more. I do remember however that the guitar player had one of the coolest guitars I'd ever seen. It was intricately carved in the shape of a dog's head if I remember correctly. That alone makes them worth checking out in my book. I would say that anything you could find from them would definitely be worth checking out. Take care, Brent -Original Message- From: Wynn Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 11:11 AM Subject: Dashboard Saviors Has anyone ever heard of the Dashboard Saviors? If so, do you know how many releases? Where are they now? ETC.! Wynn
Re: Dashboard Saviors
They're from Athens. Many of the members still living here. As a band -- I don't believe they are an active entity but with Athens bands you never know. I don't know how many releases but I can find out. Two current members are active with other projects -- Todd McBride has an album out called Sketchy on a European label (which currently escapes me) and Rob Veal is currently recording for a release on Kelly Keneipp's new label here in Athens. In the fairly recent past, the band has backed Marlee Macleod from time to time when she's played Athens (her latest CD features their song "Just Like Geronimo") but it's probably been at least a year or so. Todd had a pretty successful tour of Europe (as did DS earlier) so there could be some things happening over there that I'm not aware of. Todd's current band that he's playing out with is House of Gamblers (no other DS members in it) but they sound great. I think Rob's CD will be solo -- he's an amazing songwriter. I saw him do a solo night which was incredible (incidentally -- his wife won the autographed Lucinda Williams guitar that the label or someone was giving away). I've also seen Rob play with a local band called Little Oconee but don't know if that's a continuing project. This town has too many one-off bands but lots of talent. Deb Sommer
