posted on this page, I have some help from
Josh Allen on 'ghost'-
on the upcoming record... ..(!!)
Jeff Hiatt- upright bass, bass, and organ
Todd Barneson- mandolin, various guitars, harmonies
Adrien Reju- harmonies
Tom Wallings- drums
Owen Biddle- bass
Influences
this list is inspired by Hezekiah Jones;
the wind, the sea, fire, small towns, big cities, my family, and friends, leaves.. in all of their stages, people i meet and see, words i read, movies i see, dreams i dream, other people's dreams, paintings, sculptures, visionaries, my visions, children, love, lost love, hope, beauty, laughter, the stars, traveling, floating, and the ground that i walk, raw emotion, passion, being in the moment, music that i hear in the rhythm of rain drops and wheels turning, and relentless compassion. as for musical influences here are a few. philly locals; Ooooohhhhhh so sent in ship, hezekiah jones, andy keenan, birdie busch, rachel russel, the lowlands, cowmuddy,andrew lipke,the naughty naughty nurses, the bee team, people at connie's ric rac, lisa watson, unlikely cowboy, brian flanagan, papertrees, quintero, oud blues, kilo, craig craigstofferson, the discount heroes, people at turtle studios,the fractals, the discount heroes, citizens band radio,the great unknown, lazlo, norwalks, wes matthew and the new way down, sisters 3, adrien reju, bevin caulfield, stillwillis, joshua heard park, john francis, greg morgan, devin greenwood, people at the fire, hoots & hellmouth, amos lee, the teeth, dr. dog, the extraordinares, mutlu, the burndown allstars, the roots, little rolling thunder, carl the mind, cat & mouse, ben arnold, joseph parsons, jim boggia, and thats all i can think of this moment.
musicians that i may or may not know but love deeply; gillian welch, mazzy star, devendra banhart, radiohead, the grateful dead, bob dylan, loretta lynn, nick drake, the pixies, odeath, van morrison, otis redding,st germaine, npr's amercan roots program, chris bathgate, robert johnson, m ward, iron and wine, the beatles,bonnie raitt,will oldham, frank black, mos def, the avett brothers,morceeba, the soundtracks from wes anderson movies,simon & garfunkle, vandaveer, jane's addiction, patsy cline, prince, meanwhiles,odetta, leadbelly, lightnin' hopkins, langhorne slim, scrapper blackwell, the shins,gorillaz, david byrne, john lennon, the band, donovan, son house, animal collective, ali farka toure, djengo rheinhardt, a tribe called quest, the velvet underground, stevie wonder, tom waits, townes van zandt, baba mal, the be good tanyas, ryan adams, john coltrane, miles davis, bach, beetoven, rahzel, lou reed, and many others..
Other than an ocasional open mic around philly, I don't play out solo. I am very proud and happy to be part of the spinning leaves., We spin and glow, and love BIG.. and generally speaking, its much more fun to play out with them. With that said- if you would like to hear my music in person, I will play for you if you emailed me and invited me to do so. Especially if you have a good beverage to offer in exchange. If you live far away, I would still come if you paid for my train/plane ticket.. I love to travel!
I would also love to have my songs in soundtracks, so please contact me if you are interested..
Thank you for listening to these songs, and feel free to say hello and I will try to write back as soon as I can.
Yours Truly,
Barbara
Hey everyone, I hope this finds you all well…
We're excited to announce that the new Meanwhiles record Slow Motion Summer in all it's bleary-eyed, indie-rock glory is now printed, packaged, produced, posted online, and in all ways.. available.
The CD features Alan Weatherhead playing pedal steel guitar and orchestral samples on “Whenever You Need Me,” and Nadine Khouri singing subway-tunnel echoed vocals on “Dreams From the Underground.”
Limited edition, hand painted CDs by Todd Allen, standard CDs in cases, high quality MP3 downloads and free listens available on our myspace page or at Meanwhiles. com through PayPal.
Those of you in NY can pick up a copy this Sunday at Rebar in DUMBO, Brooklyn where Todd and I will be playing an intimate set at 8pm.
Got some good things planned for the near future… videos, tours, collaborations, live MP3s, and new songs begging to be recorded. Check out Meanwhiles. com for details…
Thank you as always. We hope you can take a listen.
“Keep on the sunny side,”
Josh/Meanwhiles
Happy Happy Birthday!!! You special special lady!!! come to ardmore cuddy's!! CB RADIO!! YO how was the north. how was the nhpr? do you have a phone? when can i see you?
barbie! how's everything - music, etc. i was in philly for a few days over the summer - but didn't get into town to hang out w/anyone. just released a record - getting ready to record another - enjoying sherman oaks
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