| DATE: | November 3, 2008 |
| Title: | DEBUT SHOW for THE IRRESISTIBLES at THE NARROWS in Orono on Nov. 7th |
| Hi Everyone, Come and see my new project, THE IRRESISTIBLES at Narrows in Orono beginning at 8:30 p.m. This is a 9-piece band with two great female singers, Cate Fierro and Shalo Lee, two horns and a killer rhythm section, and yours truly too. I love this band. Great Soul and R&B songs, Retro-Soul, Otis, JB, Amy Winehouse, Etta, Aretha, it's a killer band. Come check out our first night! | |
| DATE: | May 7, 2008 |
| Title: | MICK STERLING AND THE STUD BROTHER REUNION SHOW!! Saturday, Dec. 20th at Bunkers Music Bar and Grill |
| Well, it's finally happening. Mark your calendars and get down to Bunkers early and come and see the band again. It's been over 3 years since we've played together. All of your favorite songs in a hot and sweaty Bunkers atmosphere. | |
| DATE: | January 10, 2007 |
| Title: | New Gigs, New distribution of BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING |
| Hi Everyone, Well, lots of good news about the latest release. BAD REPUTATION, a label in France has decided to distribute a new version of BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING all over Europe. New CD cover, new song order, bonus tracks and the YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRTY IS video will be included on one disc. It will be released in April. The plans are for me to head to Europe around that time and do some acoustic shows to promote the release. After that, hopefully a couple of weeks of European summer festivals and club dates. Should be fun!! Also, look for a new project I started on Sunday, Feb. 18th. MEMPHIS AND THE MEANTIMES, a band that will perform songs from ELVIS, CASH, ROY ORBINSON, JERRY LEE LEWIS, Sun Record stuff, along with Grand Ol Opry stars like George Jones, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton and others. This band will be a hell of a lot of fun. It starts EVERY SUNDAY, on Sunday, Feb. 18th at the Minnesota Music Cafe in St. Paul. Go to my schedule page for the exact address and time. | |
| DATE: | September 13, 2006 |
| Title: | The Wild River Festival |
| Well, the festival is over. It was quite an undertaking, but everything went very very well. It was great to see so many of you out there. Al Green and Taj Mahal and Nickel Creek burned it up on the island. If I say so myself, my band played like stars too. It was exhausting and rewarding. I hope you all have a chance to come out next year to St. Paul and see for yourselves how special this event is. | |
| DATE: | June 8, 2006 |
| Title: | 2 FOR 1 WILD RIVER TICKETS ON SALE TODAY!! |
| If you would like to see AL GREEN, TAJ MAHAL, MICK STERLING BAND, NICKEL CREEK, MINDY SMITH, THE HOPEFULS, WHITE LIGHT RIOT and many more great bands, buy tickets between June 8 - June 12 at www.wildriverfestival.com You can save a LOT of money. This show will be on Harriet Island and the Roy Wilkins Auditorium Sept. 9-10. I'm one of the producers of this show. Don't miss it! | |
| DATE: | May 21, 2006 |
| Title: | BEST OF issue of the City Pages / I was voted best R&B Artist by the critics of CITY PAGES |
| Unlike the younger generation of Bunker's bands- Kip Blackshire, the New Congress- Mick Sterling makes no pretensions of connecting with the contemporary universe of black pop. His music is Blues fans R&B. "I'm a meat and potatoes kind of singer," he writes in his highly readable 2005 book THE LONG RIDE HOME (A life in the Minnesota Music Scene). "Sometimes it ain't pretty, but I have my monents". Yet the horn-driven soul he performed for 17 years with the Stud Brothers- every Sunday at Bunkers until Sept. of 2005-was the essence of "rhythm and blues' as Minneapolis once understood it, back in the 60's and 70's before Sterling began taking the stage as the local version of Southside Johnny and Springsteen. Today, the demo-circulating Casanovas could learn a thing or two from the singer; he hits the notes that matter, and always leaves something of himself in a song. Last year's BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING, his first album without the Stud Brothers (backed by Etta James collaborator Kevin Bowe and band), found the white everyman powering through infectious accordian-gospel on "LUCKY MAN", through the hard-luck river town described couldn't be his own Golden Valley. Sterling's true biography is his book and a fortchcoming documentary about the scene he helped create; BUNKERS-An American Music Story. | |
| DATE: | February 14, 2006 |
| Title: | Blues Revue Magazine review of BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING |
| Blues fans of the Twin Cities are already familiar with Mick Sterling. He led the popular 10-piece, horn driven, R&B influenced Stud Brothers for a better part of 17 years to adoring audiences. Can he cut it on his own? As it turns out, yes, provided Sterling neophytes don't mind their blues tinted with rock and soul. Sterling was smart enough to enlist producer/songwriter Kevin Bowe, best known for his work with Jonny Lang and Tommy Castro, and the result is a dozen tunes that sound like Delbert McClinton in party mode or Bruce Springsteen if he'd been raised in Memphis instead of Jersey. (The one cover is of Richie Haven's FOLLOW. You have to admire anyone who can take on an artist who's so rentelessly idiosyncratic). This isn't Sterling's solo debut, but it is his first disc since disbanding the Studs, and he sounds like he's well aware just how much is at stake here. He covers much stylistic ground - gentle piano-tinged pop-country on "Maggies Rosary", folk balladry (with Tuba) on "The Biblical Sense", light zydeco on "Lucky Man". There are still plenty of footstompers ("Man Pants", "Divine Miss Guidance", and bellyrubbers ("You don't know what dirty is") to go around; it's just that the excellence of the Sterling/Bowe writing team is more pronounced when the volume goes down and the nuances float to the surface. Indeed there's an undercurrent of damnation and apostasy floating beneath the beauty of the production, evident in the shattered faith of "Maggie's Rosary" and the winkingly blasphemous "Divine Miss Guidance" where Sterling sings, "Since the day we took Communion I've been your fool /lets keep both sides even/ Saturday's sin is Sunday's reason". Try slinging that hash below the bible belt. | |
| DATE: | February 6, 2006 |
| Title: | The Minnesota Music Cafe Performance |
| Hi Everyone, Just a note to tell you that our MMC show with the new band was UNBELIEVABLE. If the Grand Ol Opry was in Memphis and the E Street Band had Elton John playing piano, that's what the band sounded like. It was magical and powerful. I love this band. I hope all of you get a chance to see it! | |
| DATE: | December 4, 2005 |
| Title: | Mick Sterling's January Column |
| I can't stand to see old guys cry. Something about it is very sad to me. I think it's because men from that generation were so tough, they had to be. For them to break down and cry in public must be something very hard for them. In these days of everybody seemingly crying (many times with mysteriously no tears) on television, when you see an older man showing his pain in such a public manner, it's particularly powerful to me. It makes me wonder what's going on inside as the man is crying. As with most things, there's a lesson in pain for the individual and the rest of us who see someone in pain. Recently a California congressman, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, was indicted for flagrant and obvious government fraud. He accepted bribes, he took kickbacks, he received lavish gifts, he had a house bought for him, you get the idea. He screwed up. He betrayed the public trust. He was caught and he had to pay the price for his mistakes. We have to hold our public officials to task for actions such as these. The question is this; do we as a society take pleasure in someone's public pain when we see it happen, or do we feel pity and express forgiveness? This was a man who was a Vietnam veteran, a hero. He was the inspiration for the Tom Cruise film "Top Gun". He was a family man. He was voted for consecutive terms in his district of California to serve in the congress. There were many positive aspects of this man. What went wrong with this man? When was the moment he decided to go down this path? I'm sure many connected with his case have some clues, but the truth is, only Duke Cunningham knows for sure. I bet he thought about it every day when he looked in the mirror shaving each morning as he started down his deceitful path. As he faces up to 25 years in prison, you know he's thinking about it even more now. When I saw the press announcement of his indictment and confession, it moved me. Here was a proud man, who served his country in wartime and in government, confessing his wrong doings, his sins if you will, to the world. He apologized to his district, he apologized to the congress. At the end, he apologized to his family and friends. This is when he broke down and cried. This wasn't Jimmy Swaggart or Jim and Tammy Faye Baker tears, (their betrayal of people who believed in their connection with God is a far greater betrayal than a political payoff in my estimation), these were real tears, raw emotion, a proud man breaking down, exposed. That's powerful stuff to witness. Immediately following the announcement, his opposition seem to revel in his pain. They accredited his betrayal to the entire Republican party. I suppose that's politics. When a Democrat fails in such a way, the Republicans do the same thing. I had never heard of this man before this announcement. I frankly wouldn't care if he was Democrat or Republican. It just seemed so obvious to me that this man got sucked in. He couldn't resist the temptations of Washington DC. He couldn't temper the power he had along with all the hobbyist's and business leaders who want a piece of the pie. Was this something that could only happen to a Republican? If you believe that, sadly, you're fooling yourself. It would've been so refreshing to see someone in the government express remorse and pity for this man. It would've been refreshing to see a senator or member of congress say that what happened to Duke Cunningham could easily happen have happened to them. They all work in the same town. The same temptations are there for them to accept. The fact that they haven't succumbed to these temptations could mean they are made of stronger stock than Duke Cunningham, or it may mean they just haven't gotten caught yet. Either way, some expression of pity for this man was due by members of congress and the senate. I heard of no support. It's a sad statement. For the rest of Duke Cunningham's life, he's going to live with the betrayal of the American people. Despite the fact that his family, while benefiting from his kickbacks all these years, will have to live with the shame that the leader of their family branded them with. Duke Cunningham will more than likely spend time in prison, or at least be on probation for decades. He's an older man, he may not outlive his sentence. For all these things and perhaps many other transgressions or personal betrayal that none of us really know he's lived with all these years, Duke Cunningham cried in public. What is the significance of one old guy crying? Seeing this man in tears moved me. It proved to me how vulnerable we are. It showed me that all of us are tempted and that some can handle the temptations more than others. Will Duke Cunningham's positive actions he's clearly displayed his entire life being eclipsed by his confession of betrayal? I suppose they will to the people who wish to see it like that. What his confession did for me was to cement the fact that the life we live is long. It's a big canvas we all have to express ourselves professionally, personally and spiritually. All of us have made bad decisions. All of us fail at one time or another. I plan on failing a few more times in my lifetime. I don't want to fail, but it's ridiculous to think that I won't fail sometime down the line. An old man cried. Before you damn this man, remember that you will fail sometime in your life. When you do, who would you prefer find out? Do you want to keep it to yourself Do you want to keep your failures within your family? Or are you big enough and tough enough to tell the whole world about it and have the entire world put their two cents in? | |
| DATE: | December 4, 2005 |
| Title: | READER WEEKLY IN DULUTH Review of BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING |
| Andrew Olson Reader Weekly Author, songwriter, and singer Mick Sterling has done it all. Possessed with a gospel Americana sound and a blues country twang he captures artistically something pure. He and fellow songwriter/guitar player Kevin Bowe are what you expect from slide blues players, but their lyrics are aged to perfection. Mick’s latest release, Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a testament of polished songwriting. He reminds you of something from the past, but there is a characteristic all his own. Closing your eyes and listening to the music you might picture a dance in the country outside at summer time. Its infectious sound makes you move, and you can imagine some road weary folks shaking a tail feather. Mick is that kind of raw musician that sounds like he has paid his dues in the barroom circuit. One standout tune was “You Don’t Know What Dirty Is.” It had a Hammond organ played to perfection by Jeff Victor. It set up the slower, “The Biblical Sense,” about life and love. Mick begins with singing, “Young Ricky and Janice they never had a prayer – They both felt their destiny hang in the air – The moon on the lake and the wind in the leaves – it kept them awake there was no way to sleep.” As they grow older he later sings, “Ricky and Janice, now Richard and Jan – They’re piling the kids in the back of the van – both trying to hide the smiles on the face – as they drove down the path to Our Lady of Grace.” The song has a gentle quality to it and is peaceful to listen to. Before you get comfortable Mick slaps you with “It’s Been A Long Time (Since I Loved My Woman Like That).” He sings about loves lament, “Like a sinner in a glass house reaching to cast a stone, I’m just one spark away from burning everything I own.” He later belts, “It’s been a long time – It’s been long time – It’s been a long time since I loved my woman like that.” Many of Mick Sterling’s songs have a biblical theme to them. Not Christian rock, but a rough street blues baptized in liquor before coming to mass Sunday morning hung over. This brings us to the title track on the album, “Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning”. Mick sings, “You’re too late for Saturday night too early for Sunday morning – You better heed the good lord’s warning and find a way home – You ain’t drunk but you ain’t sober - the day ain’t come but the night is over – You better get right with God and save your soul.” Another ditty, “Maggie’s Rosary,” is a tune about a sad woman. It is soft and a slide guitar caresses the twang in Mick’s voice. That sound is made possible by Andy Dee (Slide guitar) and John Ely on Pedal Steel. The album ends with a cover of Richie Havens’ “Follow” played delicately and sincere. Mick Sterling recently wrote a book titled The Long Way Home about his life as an artist. He talked about where he got the idea, “A couple of years ago, I started writing for a monthly publication called NITETIMES Magazine. I really enjoyed writing these columns and the response I received from musicians and music goers was positive. Crotalus Publishing read the columns and asked me to write a book about the Twin Cities music scene. The book is part autobiographical and commentary about my experiences being a singer and a working player in the Twin Cities. It's been a great job and I love what I do.” | |
| DATE: | November 4, 2005 |
| Title: | BLUE MONDAY Review of BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING and THE LONG RIDE HOME by BEANE AND BLUESHAMMER |
| Mick Sterling's new CD features some of the best collaborators the Midwest has to offer in all aspects. The songs penned by Mick and Kevin Bowe provide a variety of styles, wiht something for everyone. With Donnie LaMarca on keyboards, Paul Mayasich, Andy Dee on slide guitar, Kevin Bowe and Stephen Morgan on guitars, Jeff Bailey on bass, Cynthia Johnson and George Pettus on background vocals and Billy Thommes on drums, the presentation is slick. This offering is somewhat of a departure from the sound of the Stud Brothers, but every bit as powerful. It showcases Mick's versatility as a vocalist. The first time I heard this CD I was in my office, buried in paperwork, trying to catch up from my return from Bayfront Blues Fest. I dropped this in da playa. From the first to the last note, it demanded my attention. Every song has it's own feel and personality. As I listened, some anologies came to mind: MAN PANTS reminds me of David Clayton Thomas; absolutely loved it. WHO DIED AND MADE YOU KING?; Travis Tritt meets the Rolling Stones; just plain kickin. HEAVY LIFTING; the flavor of Richie Havens with the soul of Tom Waits. THE SKIES OF AVALON; kinda a Jackson Browne, Springsteen thing, heartfelt. LUCKY MAN; a Cajun touched butt mover that would Sonny Landreth smile. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRTY IS; bump and grind to salvations brudda's and sista's. THE BIBLICAL SENSE; I'm thinking Louden Wainwright/Bruce Springsteen salad. Light and very good for you. ITS BEEN A LONG TIME (SIN CE I LOVED MY WOMAN LIKE THAT); Just plain classic Mick. BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING; ponder your position between perdition and redmption and let your backbone slip. MAGGIES ROSARY; Springsteen taste, absolutely owned by Mick, haunting. DIVINE MISS GUIDANCE; butt shakin rollickin power country rock feel with just a hint of Travis Tritt seasoning. FOLLOW, deep track cover of a Richie Havens song that fit Mick like a velvet glove. I would highly recommend ya'll give BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING a serious listen...don't matter who you are, it's just plain good. THE LONG RIDE HOME(A life in the Minnesota music scene)is our feature columnist Mick Sterling's first full-length book. The subject matter is something Mick is intimately familiar with; his observations on the grown and evolution of the music scene from a Midwest perspective over the last 30 years. This journal chronicles Mick's journey from his initial introduction to "showbiz" thru a long career as a favorite mainstay in the great northland. It is shaded by who he is musically and personally; as well as commentary from many great musicians that he has worked with and admired in the area. Featuring thoughts and observations from the likes of Pat Hayes, Bobby Vandell, Renee Austin, Kevin Bowe and more; the journey is brought alive and given substance. Mick provides insight to the development and the careers of folks like Doug Maynard, Jonny Lang and Shannon Curfman; as well as the saga of the Heart & Soul Festival. Mick's growth as a singer, songwriter, promoter, booker, performer and devoted family man inspires all who read this book. He opens his soul about a less than successful sojourn into the LA music scene and the difficulties of trying to handle every aspect of the charitable fundraiser, Heart & Soul. He shares with the reader short vignettes of events that drove his choices in his career and passion for the genre. He shares intimate moments lived in a career of over 20 years. His observations on everything from performing, the venues, the fans and his interaction with them, the agents, the fallen angels, the inspirations and his music brings you closer to the experience and makes you "feel" the events we've only observed. Mick's writing style is one that colors poignant and witty commentary with a pallet as bright as life itself. Get this book and settle in for a great read. You too will say; "I can't wait for the next journey". | |
| DATE: | November 4, 2005 |
| Title: | Live Performance Review from The Tap Room in Duluth |
| ON THE ROAD WITH WOAS Mick Sterling, Fitger’s Tap Room, Duluth, MN 10/15 It was a beautiful fall evening as we hit Fitger’s Tap room to see Mick Sterling fronting his brand new band. As long time followers of his former band The Stud Brothers, and having already heard Sterling’s new CD “Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” we arrived as the band was already playing...with open minds and ears...and no expectations. I went to this gig not intending to write another review so soon, as it wasn’t that long ago that I reviewed Sterling and the Stud Brothers’ final show, however, his performance and new band was so impressive that I would have been remiss not to write it up. It was obvious from the very first song I heard, that Sterling’s decision to go with this new band was the right one. The new material is fresh and very compelling, with lyrics conceptually threaded with themes of good vs. bad, love, loss and faith. There were 11 musicians on stage, and they were making such a beautiful sound. Paul Mayasich, beloved Twin Cities guitarist extraordinaire was sitting with Sterling in for the night (which he does when his schedule allows) along with Sterling’s new stellar lineup: Marv Gohman, Fiddle & Harmonica Andy Dee, Guitar Stephen Morgan, Guitar Neil Powell, Bass Bongo Johnny Haga, Drums Donnie LaMarca, Piano Scott Sansby, Percussion Thomas Young and Orlando Neal, Gospel/Background Vocals The band performed several songs from Sterling’s new CD, which translated very well from CD to live performance....my favorite (for the moment) being a song called “Skies of Avalon” which Sterling and his backing vocalists transported straight to the heavens. The band also performed very interesting covers, such as Johnny Cash's, "Hey Porter; John Hiatt's, "It Feels Like Rain" Rockpile's "Knife and Fork" and Ray Charles' "Mary Ann". I love it when an artist covers material unfamiliar to me that makes me want to seek out the original artist and they did that as well...covering a song called "I may not be your kind" by Garland Jeffreys which had a dash of reggae flavor and sounded great. The only "Mick and the Studs" song performed during the night was "Blues is my business". The band did receive a couple of requests to perform old material which is to be expected during a transition, and which they respectfully declined. Judging from the abundant smiles and the force of energy being created onstage, Sterling and his new band are enthused and inspired by the musical magic taking shape between them, and rightfully so. Tommy and Orlando of the Gospel Group, Sons of Faith, on backing vocals are a welcome accompaniment to Sterling’s strong voice and the musicianship of the new band members is about as good as it gets. Ex-Stud Brothers member Donnie LaMarca has stayed on for the ride and it was refreshing to hear his talents showcased in a different manner. One thing about Sterling, he has a great ear and no matter what he’s doing...he always surrounds himself with the best musicians in the region. Mick Sterling and his new band will be returning to Fitgers’ Tap Room, Duluth, MN on Saturday, December 3, 2005 for another night of great music. Visit Sterling’s recently updated website www.micksterling.com for the latest news, gigs and information including Sterling’s new CD “Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning”, his recently released book The Long Road Home, A life in the Minnesota Music Scene, and the upcoming film documentary release of “Bunkers, an American Music Story.” Tune into WOAS 88.5 FM and hear Mick Sterling’s “Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” which will be featured in its entirety during Ken Raisanen’s Blue Monday programming on Monday, November 14th @ 8:00 p.m. | |
| DATE: | September 26, 2005 |
| Title: | The Morning After |
| Last night at Bunkers was perfect. The place was packed. The dance floor was full. The emotion was palpable. Just like the old days in that club. I want to thank all of the people who have shown up every Sunday for all the years. I'm so grateful for what this band has provided me. I'm glad we could be a part of everyones lives. What a night. The band was burning as expected. Stick with me people. Lots of great music to come. | |
| DATE: | September 25, 2005 |
| Title: | Today is the day! |
| Hi Everyone, It's the morning of the final Stud Brother show. I'm eager to move on to new things, but I'm starting to realize this will be the last time I'll be singing all these songs at Bunkers. I'm grateful and honored to have had this happen in my life for almost 17 years. I hope you can show up tonight. If you can't, thanks so much for all the years and I hope that I will see you down the road with my new ventures | |
| DATE: | September 16, 2005 |
| Title: | Star Tribune Review and Story of BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING |
| It isn't what he intended. Nonetheless, Mick Sterling is drumming up a lot of attention for his ambitious new endeavors -- including a solo CD and an autobiographical book -- thanks to the demise of an old one. "The timing is mostly coincidental," insisted Sterling, who is playing his last show with longtime backing band the Stud Brothers at Bunkers Sept. 25. Sterling's horn-driven bar band has been holding down Sundays at Bunkers for nearly all of their 17 years together. Even before the finale, Sterling will play his first gig with a sorta-new band Thursday at Famous Dave's Uptown (9 p.m., $5). The show is the release party for his stirring new album, "Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning." The disc was co-written and produced by Kevin Bowe, who brought in most of his group, the Okemah Prophets, for the recordings. Thus, Sterling's new band is Bowe's old one. It's the same group of guys who perform with Sterling and Bowe as the Rolling Blunder Revue, including vets such as Dik Shopteau, Paul Mayasich and Donnie LaMarca. Mick Sterling"I really wanted to focus on singing and songwriting and nothing else for this album, so I left all the other details -- including the band -- to Kevin," Sterling said. The gamble paid off. "Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" intertwines Sterling's blue-eyed soul with more of a straight-ahead, Springsteen-style rock sound and lyrical style that edges on gospel. Many of the songs, including "Who Died and Made You King?" and "Divine Miss Guidance," assail today's holier-than-though religious activism and call for a more personal kind of faith. Sterling, 44, also has a new book, "The Long Ride Home: A Life in the Minnesota Music Scene," that he's pushing. He wrote it at the invitation of Plymouth-based Crotalus Publishing Co. after writing a series of columns for the NiteTimes freebie newspaper. "I think anyone who reads it will never look at a live band the same way again, because they'll know what all goes into it," he said. A lot certainly went into the Stud Brothers, but Sterling said it would have been time to put the band to pasture even if he hadn't had the new CD and book. "When we started, nobody was doing what we were doing," he said, "Now, too many bands around town are doing it, with the horns and everything. But too many of them are playing the kinds of songs that everybody knows." The verdict is out on what the Stud Brothers think. Longtime trumpeter Bob Hallgrimson was tight-lipped, saying, "It's not really a good situation." But he also admitted that he wishes the band would never end. | |
| DATE: | June 1, 2005 |
| Title: | Hi Everyone, |
| Well, I think its safe to say that the summer of 2005 will be the most professionally productive summer of my life. I wish I could say that what is happening came from tons of sweat and hard work, but honestly, it was a labor of love for me. Now that their done, I kinda miss them. In July of 2005, I will be releasing my first book called THE LONG RIDE HOME (A Life in the Minnesota music scene). Published by Minnesota based Crotalus Publishing, www.crotaluspublishing.com , THE LONG RIDE HOME is a collection of stories, commentaries and suggestions for musicians and local music lovers from a guy like me who's been in the trenches of the local music scene for a long time. If you're looking for a Led Zeppelin or Motley Crue type stories in this book, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you, I'm a lightweight compared to them. But it will give you an insight in to what it's like to do what I do, the highs, the lows, the boredom, the disappointments, what it's like to have a family doing what I do, stuff like that. It's at times funny, informative and hopefully insightful to everyone who sees live music in the Twin Cities. The books is being released on July 28th. It will be available at all better book stores, as well as at all my live gigs, and at www.crotaluspublishing.com or www.barnesandnoble.com In August of 2005, I'm really excited to tell you that my newest solo CD, BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING will be available. The CD, filled with 12 songs, is produced by Kevin Bowe, (producer for Tommy Castro, Renee Austin and many others, as well as songwriter for Etta James, Jonny Lang, The Proclaimers, Tommy Castro and many others). I co-wrote 10 of the 12 songs with Kevin, another one with Bruce McCabe. There's also a killer version of the Richie Havens song FOLLOW. BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING is truly a concept album. It's a departure from what all of you have heard from me in the past. There have been glimpses of it on my other CD's, but none of the CD's have sounded like this one. The lyrical content of each song ties together with the concept of the things you do on Saturday night, you have to deal with on Sunday morning. I've never been a church going person, but I do have faith. Good vs evil, do unto others, all the big ones, I believe those have merit. That's what the CD is about. Some of the lyrics are satircal and dry, others are more straight ahead. I love the characters of these songs. The musicianship is amazing. Billy Thommes on drums, Jeff Bailey on Bass, as well as Stud Bros members, Donnie LaMarca on piano and Stephen Morgan on bass, Blunders veteran, Andy Dee on Lap Steel and slide guitar, Paul Mayasich on guitar, Jeff Victor on Hammond Organ and Kevin Bowe on guitars, as well as producing the record. I'm proud of this record. I hope you like it. |
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