- Bowery Boy Blue - Blog http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html Bowery Boy Blue: Blog Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:57 -0800 Now We Will Be Brothers http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#38 Just wanted to post the link to "Now We Will Be Brothers" in the iTunes store, and tell you a little bit about this great new record.


This is a split EP we're issuing with Lesser Lights, Nate Baker's one-man San Francisco outfit. Nate's been a friend of ours for a long time (we played our first Three on the Tree show alongside an early incarnation of Lesser Lights, and Zeb & Nate only recently discovered they were on the same little league team when they were 8), and we've all had a great respect for his music for as long as we've known him. We were more than happy to back him up for a day in the studio last winter and help him explore some new textures in his songs.


We matched his two tracks with two we'd been exploring as a band as we have been developing ideas for our next full-length release. This next record certainly aims to capture more about what's been working in our live incarnation, and these two tracks were our first chances to arrange material together as a four-piece. We're really happy with the results, and we hope you'll enjoy it, too!


Tracking for the Lesser Lights tracks and "Now We Will Be Brothers" was done at the Looking Glass Studios in its waning days. As the place we all met as an ensemble, it was nice to track a few things there before it shut down operations. Tracking for "Give 'Em What They Want" was done at Farm Fresh Studios in Bloomington, IN, as well as vocal tracking at Brian Bender's space in Sunset Park. Special thanks to Jake and Brian for all their help with this project.


Here's the link. Enjoy!


http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/now-we-will-be-brothers/id335078436?i=335079094&uo=6

]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#38 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog West Coast Happenings and Surprise Seattle Show http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#37 We've been having a great time out here on the West Coast so far. We've met a lot of great folks, played some really wonderful shows, and felt lucky to see a very beautiful part of the country.


The tour continues tomorrow with the special addition of an in-store appearance at Bop Street Records in Seattle. We happened upon this amazing store while traversing Ballard Street with our longtime musical cohort Andy Storms. Bop Street blew us all out of the water: an amazing collection of all things vinyl, an absolutely amazing archive of recorded music. Playing there will be something special, and we would like to thank Dave Voorhees for inviting us to play.


"Now We Will Be Brothers", our split EP with Lesser Lights is finally out and available either through us or on iTunes. This was a project a long time in the making: our friend Nate Baker first came out to NYC over a year & a half ago to record the basic tracks with us, and at long last the record sounds great. Please track it down; we're sure you'll enjoy it!


Finally, as we move on to this week's round of shows, enjoy this archived audio from our guest DJ spot with Stereo Steve on KUSF in San Francisco. We played an ecclectic mix of our favorite music (Karen Dalton, Tren Brothers, The Nils, Heatmiser...), chatted with Stereo, and Zeb even played a few acoustic numbers. Hope you enjoy it: http://www.kusf-archives.com/2009/10/kusf-101609-3-4-pm-guest-dj-live.html


Thanks again to Nate Baker, who has been instrumental in getting this tour together. We hope to see you all out and about this week!

]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#37 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog Bowery Boy Blue heads West http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#36 Good lord it's been a busy couple of months. We had a great time at the Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati, and it's always a fun time to head back to Bloomington Indiana to see some good friends and raise a ruckus. Special thanks to Jim Manion and WFHB for having us on the air to play some songs. And an extra special thanks to our amazing friends in the band Whippoorwill for sharing the stage with us at the Bishop, and for playing some old favorites - They brought a tear to my eye.


And now it's time to hit the West Coast for two weeks to spread the word about the Split EP we're releasing with Lesser Lights. It took a while, but it's finally here - Available on iTunes 10/13 with CD's being available starting on 10/16. If you live near the Pacific and you're within the continental US, there's a good chance we're coming to a town near you - Hope to see you at the shows!


(For details on where we're heading, check the SHOWS page)


 

]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#36 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog Merch. http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#34 ShirtWEB.jpg

Be the first to strut around town in your very own BBB T-shirt - Available Now on our BUY page!


That's the handiwork of Christian Rutledge on the awesome shirt design.  We've also got some other designs in the pipeline so stay tuned.

]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#34 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog Music Millennium http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#29 Here's a link to their site:
http://www.musicmillennium.com]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#29 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog Dear Peter, Love Nora http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#28 I will leave the detailed critiques to the experts, but I do know that Peter Chamberlin and Nora Petroliunas have bright futures as choreographers ahead of them. Special mention must be paid to Bowery Boy Blue's own Sam Crawford, who composed the music for Peter Chamberlin's works. Bias notwithstanding, both of Sam's pieces were extremely well orchestrated and perfectly complimented the movements on stage. (I especially enjoyed the slide harmonics and the whiskey-fueled falsetto vocals.)
And rather than single out any of the dancers, I will list them all below, as they each deserve recognition for their beautiful performances:
Tess Igarta, Julia Burrer, Lesley Garrison, Sarah Bodley, Shayla-Vie Jenkins and Hsiao-Jou Tang.]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#28 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog Santa Cruz http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#27 Here's a link to their site:
http://thecrepeplace.com/

Hoping to finalize dates in San Diego, Oakland and Modesto soon.]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#27 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog Lester William Polsfuss, Les Lye, and Mike Seeger http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#26
Now for a few tributes.

I've lived in New York for a little over 312 weeks (give or take a few), and every one of those weeks I promised myself, "this is the week that I go to the Iridium and hear Les Paul", and every week I came up with a good reason to wait until next week - Usually it was the price of entry, but it seems like a small price to pay now that it's too late.
[insert Horace's famous phrase here].
The man was obviously a great guitarist, but he was also a great innovator. If you can track it down, I highly recommend this film: Chasing Sound: Les Paul at 90

Also, a tip of the hat to the late Les Lye who played Barth Bagge, owner and chef of the local hamburger diner on the show You Can't Do That On Television. I loved that show as kid and I watched it religiously. Besides the slime (I loved the slime), it was the only show at the time where the kids had it all together and the adults were despicably evil dimwits. As a seven year old, it was tough not to appreciate that angle. And, of course, because of that show I've never been able to say 'I don't know' without wincing slightly.

Lastly, I'd also like to mention Mike Seeger, who passed away last week. I can't even count the number of instructional books and DVD's of his that I was exposed to growing up. And I'm sure there are thousands (millions?) of others who had the same experience. By contributing to culture in such a positive way, he undoubtedly had a profound impact on a countless number of lives.
And with that, I think we should all get up from the computer, find your way over to the nearest stringed instrument and pick out a version of Wildwood Flower in Mike's honor. If you miss a few notes, don't worry about it.]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#26 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog Bowery Boy Birthday http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#25 Happy Birthday Sam Crawford - We hope it's a great one!

For those who don't know, Sam is a multi-talented individual. Besides playing lap-slide, guitar, and singing in this humble little outfit - He's also an amazing Sound Engineer/Designer. If you've been to a Bill T. Jones Dance performance in the past few years, there's a good chance you've heard his work. As if that weren't enough, he's also enjoying a burgeoning career as a composer for several modern dance companies.

And once again, here's a link to his band's myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/thegoodwillorchestra
There's a record in the works and it should be out sometime in the near future.

All of the other Bowery Boys hope you have a great day and a great upcoming year!

Viva Crawford]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#25 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog Hauling a digital ship over a digital mountain http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#24
There's now a flash player at the top of the page that allows you to listen to our music as you jump from page to page - Don't worry, we'll never set it up to start playing automatically - You have to click on it to start it up. In addition, all of the songs from Stalk That Myth are up on the site now. Three of the songs are available for download - for FREE, that is.

We also have some more photo's uploaded from past shows, as well as pics from our recording session at Farm Fresh Studios in Bloomington, Indiana. I'm sure there are plenty of other photos floating around out there, which I'll add as they become available.

Additionally, there are XML and RSS feeds available for our schedule and our blog respectively - whatever that means.

In other news, the mixes are all finished for the split EP with Lesser Lights. We're reaching the final stages and a release date is near at hand.

I'm finishing up Herzog's Conquest Of The Useless. Recently, all of my analogies have to do with hauling a ship over a mountain. Not suprisingly, It seems appropriate in many circumstances.]]> http://boweryboyblue.com/news.html#24 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Bowery Boy Blue - Blog