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field study live

well folks, as i have mentioned we recorded last week’s show at the cultch. the second set of new songs, called this riot life, is fairly bombastic and presented some recording difficulties. dave sikula, our engineer, battled masterfully with a wide range of volume and energy levels. that set has some great moments on tape and some that are better left to the lovely memory of the live show. but i just sat down and listened for the first time to the first set, which was a performance of field study with full band. it’s a very nice recording. very nice. so that is something that we might make available as a special internet record this year. maybe with a few of the new songs thrown in…..

anyway, let me refresh your memory as to the Swell Band. we have skye brooks on drums, martin walton on bass, jesse zubot on violin, peggy lee on cello, ak coope on clarinet, and patsy klein on vocals, keyboard, flute, and percussion. a deadly team. and here is us playing plants, on january 28 2007 at the vancouver east cultural centre. Continue reading field study live

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lucklucky

hello all, and thanks for all the lovely mail that’s been coming in since my interview with my favorite bill richardson on sounds like canada this morning. (maybe that’s up online somewhere? anyone feel like checking?) he is so easy to talk to, in the best way. and so here i will post again the song lucklucky, so that you don’t have to search it out in past postings. this is a demo version of the song, recorded on barry mirochnick’s birthday. as you will hear. i know that it is very sad that the album will not be out for a year, but we haven’t even started making it yet, people. i will attempt to “roll the thunder” without “throwing the baby out with the bathwater”, and will post little tide-you-over type things in the meanwhile.

thanks for listening, as always. Continue reading lucklucky