Brandon Brown: Vox, Guitar/
Craig Comstock: Bass, Vox/
David Saab: Drums/
Randy Skach: Guitar
Mike Walker: Trombone, Keys, Shit-eating Grin
Influences
The Clean, Modern Lovers, Velvet Underground, Mission of Burma, Magnetic Fields, Beat Happening, Talking Heads, Townes Van Zant, Leonard Cohen, Billy Bragg, Nazz, X, Springsteen, Silver Jews, Echo & The Bunnymen, Love, Zombies, Fall, Unrest, Elvis Costello, Yo La Tengo, Television, Tropicalismo, Ben Marcus, Friends, Family, Work.
After several years as bass player/guitarist/vocalist for Lawrence band Teriyakis, Brandon Brown moves to KC in 2001. He continues to drive up to Lawrence to play bass in The Dirty Bird Band whilst trying to pimp himself out as a bass player in the KC scene. When that yields nothing, he decides to form his own band in late 2003. With no idea what shape the band will take, Brown only knows one thing; he must enlist the help of his friend Craig Comstock (of Black Calvin & This Is My Condition), who, as it turns out, just happens to be a musical genius and a local legend. With no idea who will play what, whether they will be acoustic or electric, whether they will sit down or stand up, or what instruments will be played or by whom, a practice is held. The first few months are rather touch and go, with several old friends and friends of friends sitting in for varyingly short periods of time. Early versions of Blue Leaves see Brown on classical guitar, Josh Mobley (of Afterparty) on marimba (yeah, that's right motherfuckers), Bernie Booth (of Charge Droplets) on guitar, and Comstock on organ or maybe drums, who knows? Bernie thinks we sound like Jimmy Buffet (what?) and doesn't return. So Greg Franklin (of Jackie Carol) sits in a few times but decides that shit ain't heavy enough and moves on. Somewhere around this time Brown runs into former label-mate Andy Dierks (of Park) at a show in Lawrence. He soon joins the band on keys. Brown then runs into old friend David Saab in the SunFresh parking lot and invites him to join the mellow leaves. Refusing to use brushes, Saab's arrival forces the band to play louder. Comstock announces his intention to play bass. Mobley moves to guitar. Brown borrows an electric and we all plug in. We move our practice space to El Torreon and jam in the Zappa room for a few weeks before other priorities pull Mobley from the group. This final personnel change, however, solidifies the band and the now rockin' 4-piece plays its first set in early 2004. With all 4 band members holding 9-5 jobs and some with families, Blue Leaves comfortably play the role of weekend warriors, performing locally about once a month. After a couple years and their first recording (forthcoming on Remedy Records), Dierks announces that he is leaving the band as he and his wife are going to have a baby in July 2006. In a typical show of class, it is Dierks himself who finds the band an able replacement, his former roomate from Chicago, Randy Skach (formerly of Hertzsprung Gap & Koufax). Skach plays both guitar and keys (often in the same song). The Blue Leaves are currently writing and arranging tunes for their second record.
This is my music video for "It's Not Easy When You're Me"
You guys, I've been told I need to do a better job of promotimg my band, so I'm trying my hand at ye olde myspace spamming... Have you ever been friends with a myspace spammer? Have you ever woken up next to a myspace spammer? I figure in the future we'll all probably be robots anyway, so I'm cool with it...
Dear Google,
I was wondering what happend if Blue Leaves have some spanish songs in their album? do you think it would the same? Also I'm looking for some Indie Pop Bands in Español. Please the Top Tens. ummm... I think that's it. I'll wait for your response.
Gracias,
LaFlaka
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