Singing With Poltz

Denim Brothers. Photo Megan Breen.

I’m Singing on The New Poltz Record…apparently.

I just popped in our copy of the new Steve Poltz CD, The Accident, that he gave me when we ran into him in Austin last week, telling me that he was giving me the first ever copy (I've heard that one before). Looking at the credits just now, well blow me down, my name is there right underneath my sweetheart, Cindy's. I'd almost forgotten that I was pulled into the room to shout "monkeys coming outta my ass" over and over for Lars Goransson when he was here last Spring. I mean I've done it at least 50 times live with Steve with no "tape" running so I could have been asleep when I did it. But no, I remember it was a beautiful sunny day here in LA, the flowers were blooming, Cindy and Lars were recording sweet harmonies as Steve's voice floated out over the garden, and I was thinking about how my right hand itched in that cast I was wearing since shattering my knuckle just a couple weeks before. It was a good day even if I was trying to ignore when and if I'd be able to play again, and forget abut the half finished record I had waiting for me back in Nashville. It was a beautiful day. I remember it.  I got to sing "monkeys comin outta my ass".  And for that alone you should buy it. But on top of that, this album is balls to the wall rock n roll, like the sweaty punk that Poltz and I came up loving and the stuff he made his early reputation on. It's definitely NSFW, but hey, what's life without a little dirt?

So that makes it 250+ shows and now two recorded tracks (not counting the lost Poltz/Truckee Brothers album tucked deep in an underground archive vault somewhere watched over by 24 hour armed guards) that I've had the pleasure of playing on with my old friend. It's been a long musical union that mostly if you weren't there for you missed it. So savor this. And savor my sweet Cindy's beautiful sultry dirty voice that's spread all over the album. Go get it. Laugh out loud. Bang your head. Sing along with Steve and bounce in the driver's seat (carefully mind you). It'll make you wanna pass your exit and keep going, shouting to everyone you pass that monkeys are comin outta your ass. They'll probably stare.

Here's the obligatory purchase link:  Feed A Poltz

First Mix

Mixing the first tune for the new record today. It's all 8-track analog tape without any modern automation, so the mixes are a performance in themselves, being finished by Adam as we go. Track by track and all hands to the deck for the faders on the board. Been years since I've had to do that. What a blast!

Southern sunshine and lighting storms are alternating above us today in South Nashville, rain soaked outdoor BBQ for lunch, and that 'tape-running-over-play-heads' scent that I haven't  smelled in a decade. It's good to be back! Those Cosmic Thug boys and I working together is setting quite a high bar. Now, I've gotta go home tonight and write some more to bring in tomorrow and shake the foundation of what we've already got.

Let the horse-jumping commence!

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SOLD OUT! 2nd Show Added!

Casbah Show is SOLD OUT! So…

A 2ND MATINEE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED for January 10th, with The Rugburns, Truckee Brothers, The MacAnany's and The Nards all at The Casbah, San Diego on January 10!

The evening show has been sold out so fast last month that we've added a 2nd matinee to double the reunion. And 91X will be there broadcasting live from the show!

LIMITED TICKETS, so get em quick!

TICKETS: https://casbah.frontgatetickets.com/event/bi3e8poa5w28i6ai

Little Brother Publishing

It's finally official, I've signed an agreement with music publisher Little Brother to represent my entire past catalog including Truckee Brothers and Wirepony records as well as everything new that's coming down the pike. Really proud to be part of this family with Eddie Gomez and his team and a growing roster of some of my favorite songwriters like the legendary Exene Cervenka. I'm looking forward to working with Little Brother in 2014 and beyond!

(photo by Jim Herrington)

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Rolling Tape

I snuck a shot of the tape rolling on the recording sessions at Playground Sound in Nashville, TN where we're in the thick of working on my debut full length solo-album. Producing with Cosmic Thug is proving to be not only the right fit, but the music is coming out in a flood of ideas and sounds. Studio all day, then home at night to write for the next day's session with a little good food tossed in between. And to top it off, my old Truckee Brothers bandmate, Matt Lynott agreed to join us for the duration so we're like a four armed Quad-clops on steroids.

I love that guy. He's helped carry me through a lot. Inspiring. Inventive. And funny as hell. All I know is we are on our way. All our asses are wigglin'. What a blast. The excitement mounts.

Truckee Brothers In New Book

Along with the Clash, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Husker Du, The Fall, George Harrison and more, my old outfit Truckee Brothers is featured in a new book on music with some very heady words said. In "The Music Obsessives Guide to Life", forward by Henry Rollins, author Joel Freimark has the cajones to say "...it is abundantly clear that TBs were far beyond almost any other band on the planet in every area of musical creation...there is literally nothing from the past decade of recorded music that can stand on the same plane...". And this is a book that includes Songs in the Key of Life! Geez Louise. The book is actually a great collection of entries arranged to encourage firing up the album in question, reading the entry and settling in for the duration of the record. I'm already enjoying checking out some that I've never heard, and re-checking some old favorites. Perfect book for an obsessive like me.

> Get the book

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