In 1981, the J. Geils Band scored the biggest hit of their career with Centerfold, that thanks to MTV spent six weeks at number one on the charts. The Boston-based
For today’s Track By Track, we’ve enlisted Brendan Bayliss to tell us something about each track on the debut release from 30db entitled One Man Show. 30db started long ago when Bayliss – whose main gig is with Umphrey’s McGee – teamed up with longtime friend Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band to write songs and play shows together. Last year, the pair decided they had enough material to put together an album and headed to Boulder to record what turned into One Man Show – which comes out tomorrow – along with a stellar backing band that includes Cody Dickinson (NMAS), Nick Forster (Hot Rize) and Eric Thorin.
Here’s what Bayliss had to say about each One Man Show track…
One Man Show
Jeff and I came up with the hook late one night after writing for awhile and getting nothing. It really came quickly and we put two unfinished tunes together around that hook the next day.
Always Up
Jeff had the chorus and a verse, so we finished the 2nd and 3rd verses together sitting on chairs in his front yard. It was our first collaborative effort.
READ ON for more from Brendan Bayliss on 30db’s One Man Show…
Almost like clockwork, every three or so years the members of the Canadian indie-pop collective The New Pornographers manage to carve out time from their busy solo careers to come
It’s been 38 years since the Rolling Stones’ legendary Exile on Main Street LP was released but this week the album will come front and center once again as Jimmy
Newton Crosby/Wyllys/Kung Fu @ Mexicali, Teaneck NJ: 05/06/2010
Over the past few years, we’ve admired journalist Diana Costello’s writing for The Listening Room and the HeadCount Blog so we’re honored to present her first review for Hidden Track. Hopefully you’ll be seeing her much more of her work on this site in the coming months.
[All Photos By Eric Murray]
You know those nights where you’re just like, “Thank God I’m here right now!” Well, that’s absolutely how I felt Thursday as a continuous flow of outstanding talent took the stage at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, N.J.
Considering the lineup — Kung Fu with Wyllys and Newton Crosby [ed. note – Wade “Wyllys” Wilby is a Hidden Track contributing writer] — I knew it was going to be a good one. But the collaboration between bands and a surprise appearance by Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet kicked things up to the next level.
Newton Crosby started the night off right with some danceable grooves, proving that despite being newbies to the scene, they nevertheless know how to connect with an audience. The rhythm section kept things tight and funky, giving the guitar and keys a solid launching pad for improvisation.
READ ON for more of Diana’s thoughts on Thursday’s show…
The creators of liveween.com have teamed up with iClips to launch Ween TV – a portal that will broadcast a vast array of brown concert footage from throughout Ween’s career.
As you’ve probably read, the streaming service we used for Friday Mix Tape – Lala – will close on May 31 after the company was purchased by Apple. Current Lala
If you’ve caught Tea Leaf Green over the last six months, you’ve probably heard a number of the tracks that will make up the group’s new album, Looking West, which
Wayne Shorter Quartet – Philadelphia Museum of Art – April 23, 2010
Going to see the Wayne Shorter Quartet premiere a new commissioned piece penned by the legendary saxophonist is an odd occurrence. Certainly he is recognized as the greatest living jazz composer, but in fact his band, now celebrating its tenth year (a tenure largely unheard of in the jazz world) has long since moved beyond the concept of songs per se, addressing most performances instead with an organic, suite based approached that has more to do with spontaneous composition than written music, with the closest listening than the defined roles of piano, drums, bass and sax.
As an ensemble, Shorter, Danilo Perez, Brian Blade and John Patitucci are the world’s premier improvisers, delicate and dynamic, ethereal and explosive all at once. Two years ago Shorter wrote a piece for the Imani Winds, and their performances featuring the sax player held tightly to the written form; but to see the Quartet handle a new composition on their own more than piqued my curiosity and sent me running to the Philadelphia Museum of Art three hours before show time.
The commission for the Philadelphia Music Project, entitled Lotus, was a response to the museum’s varied collection and was to be unveiled as part of the free Live at 5 series, a bit surprising considering the world class talent involved and the small space that is used for these events, nestled at the foot of the museum’s main staircase. An hour and a half before the show began, the stairs and gallery above were packed with people, and by gig time, it was a hectic scene with a few thousand people crowded into the institutions first floor.
READ ON for more from Dan on the Wayne Shorter Quartet…
Tickets for psych-pop act MGMT’s Radio City Music Hall debut – set for August 17 – went onsale this morning and although tickets for that show are still available, a
