Warner Western/Strangers
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 4-Feb-99 Re: Riders in the Sky help by Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ranger Doug has a solo cd out Songs of the Sage, Warner Western. Speaking of Warner Western, how's that imprint doing? With all of the turbulence at Seagram's labels, I wonder if they'll expand their roster. There are plenty of Decca artists for the taking if they want them. Carl Z. slowly recovering from a mess at work, conjunctivitis, and the Walter Payton news. So how was the Deliberate Strangers show last night?
Re: Warner Western/Strangers
Carl Z. wrote: slowly recovering from a mess at work, conjunctivitis, and the Walter Payton news. So how was the Deliberate Strangers show last night? Carl's gonna need a lot more explaining to do on why he missed the show!!! btw: It was a great show last night. Part time Stranger drummer, David Pohl's band, (I forget the band's name, but think it was something like, Soma Metizo) was EXCELLENT! I suck at describing music, etc. (that's why I'm not a writer, eh?)...but I'll do my best. The make up of the band is David on a full drum kit (unlike what he plays with the Strangers), a guy on some aborigone-tubed like instrument (let's call it a primitive trombone), a couple of bongo/conga styled players (one of which played guitar that I noticed) and a combination of male and female vocals (separately). The guy's vocals were very "reggae" flavored, while the female's tended to hinge on a hip-hop, or trip-hop type thing. There's definitely a groove thing going on. In fact, the acousticness of the whole thing *kinda* reminded me of when LL Cool J did that acoustic (MTV Unplugged?) show on MTV about 6 years ago...I could easily see these kids on the road with someone like Beck...A band I will definitely check out again, when I see that they're playing!! As far as the Strangers go, they were fantastic! They played the their new disc from start to finish (with one minor exception midway to pre-empt an inevitable de-tuning). They even had a guest trumpeter on stage for one track, who, unfortunately is named Garth, I do believe. If you see them coming your way, make sure you check them out!! And finishing the night off was the Naildrivers! Erin Co. sounded even better than the Pre-Twangburgh show...but unfortunately, Erin brought no pie! Paul np: Bettie Seveert - Lamprey
Re: Warner Western/Strangers
btw: It was a great show last night. Part time Stranger drummer, David Pohl's band, (I forget the band's name, but think it was something like, Soma Metizo) was EXCELLENT! I suck at describing music, etc. (that's why I'm not a writer, eh?)...but I'll do my best. The make up of the band is David on a full drum kit (unlike what he plays with the Strangers), a guy on some aborigone-tubed like instrument (let's call it a primitive trombone), a couple of bongo/conga styled players (one of which played guitar that I noticed) and a combination of male and female vocals (separately). The guy's vocals were very "reggae" flavored, while the female's tended to hinge on a hip-hop, or trip-hop type thing. There's definitely a groove thing going on. In fact, the acousticness of the whole thing *kinda* reminded me of when LL Cool J did that acoustic (MTV Unplugged?) show on MTV about 6 years ago...I could easily see these kids on the road with someone like Beck...A band I will definitely check out again, when I see that they're playing!! That's Soma Mestizo. Incredible show. Eric plays an instrument that he invented, a slide - dijeridu (?). He's able to completely hold down the bass with the thing. Not a good instrument for smokers. Look for more Deliberate Stranger/Soma Mestizo collaborations in the future. The highlight of the night for me was having John DeMarco, the writer of "Mather's Mine" at the show. John, Gloria and Andy "the accordion player" and his wife drove in from Westmoreland County. John was kind enough to let us cover the song on our CD, but had never heard us play it. He liked what we did with it and we were happy to be able to give such a talented writer and musician the credit he deserves. Couldn't have been better. Tom Moran The Deliberate Strangers' Old Home Place http://members.tripod.com/~Deliberate_Strangers/index.html
