CARPOOL are Andy Machin and his friends and family members, neighbors and occasional visitors.
Two of the non-Escondido guests are Chris Darrow, who can be heard on various recordings by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Leonard Cohen, James Taylor, The Kaliedescope, the Floggs, Gene Vincent, The Quintet and Rocky & the Border Kings.
Ben Harper recorded Chris Darrow's classic song Whipping Boy.
Chris Darrow published / co-published songs that have been recorded by Alan Jackson and Leo Kottke.
Writers involved with Mr. Darrow's publishing activities include Patrick Brayer, Frizz Fuller and Robb Strandlund.
Ian Lake, Kim Fowley's nephew, appears on the CARPOOL recording in the Vocal Harmony department.
Kim Fowley has had his co-written songs recorded by The Byrds, Cat Stevens, The Seekers, Leon Russell, Marty Balin, and the Sir Douglas Quintet.
Sounds Like
CARPOOL = track by track breakdown and review:
AVERAGE AMERICAN WARRIOR = confession obsession. Reinvention of a grown up lawn mower boy.
BORING = no curbs. No one's home. Screaming in the night time.
CARPOOL = being alone with donuts and empty conversation.
WHAT HAVE I REALLY WON? = torn apart by the missing parts. Between nothing and no one.
WILMA PLACE = somewhere in outer space.
DAY JOB BLUES = like a death sentence. Dark and dreary.
BURNING DOWN THE NIGHT = Sex and power just feel right.
LONELY FAMILY MAN = What is normal? when no one understands
REHAB GIRL = before Britney & Lindsey and Edie Sedgwick
CHILDREN OF PARADISE = sadness in the land of sunshine.
SUBURBAN LOVE GODZ = the Devil is in the darkness.
RUNNING OUT OF TIME = we need hope. We need respect. We need jobs. We're still here.
The 'hood. Life in the Ghetto. The Mean Streets of Anywhere, USA… but what about the Vanilla Suburbs?
The home of the Forgotten Majority. Behind the closed doors is where the real action is.
These stories of Sex, Frustration, Anger, Fear, Madness, Gladness and Eternal Sadness are @ last told in the Long, Lost Classic Album by CARPOOL: What Have I Really Won? written in 1994 by then-Hollywood resident/music business legend Kim Fowley and North San Diego County Studio Wizard, Andy Machin.
The CARPOOL album was designed to be a Musical S.O.S. Message in an Audio Bottle.
Recording started in 1995 and was an on-and-off/revolving door series of experimental studio sessions that continued for the next 5 years.
Bed Rock Studios moved from Wilma Place to bigger quarters in Escondido, California… where Andy Machin has built a sizeable client list and his highly regarded North County recording studio.
Co-Writer Kim Fowley has carried the album with him on his travels / relocations to Vienna, Austria, Dublin, Ireland, New Orleans, Louisiana… and to his home in Jukebox, California.
Excited listeners in these exotic hotspots felt that the CARPOOL album was a version of Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) fronting a variation of the Gin Blossoms.
So after 12-13 years, it’s a Lost Treasure…a musical message from another time.
CARPOOL's What Have I Really Won? Is a Vanilla Suburbs Tale on a Pleasantville level, with more edge. Remember The Ice Storm?
Think Our Town with Angst. Or how about a Modern American Tragedy on a Place in the Sun level…minus the homicide.
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How are you?? We will soon be arranging tour dates. If you would like to see us perform live, could you please sign the "Demand It" on my page????? It would mean a lot!! Thank you so much for your support!! I hope to see you soon! Karl
How are you???? Things pretty much the same this end. Still writing and recording:-)!! Anyway I hope to speak to you soon!! Take care and keep in touch!! Karl
Welcome to Myspace Car Poolers. Looks like you are fresh out of the box, but I like the material here so far. And you have the good taste to make the Gin Blossoms your first friends. I like the feel and approach of your music. Sounds like gritty suburban post-punk to me, which is my kind of sound, definitely. It will be interesting to see how things progress as you market yourselves through this venue. Best of luck to you. Definitely come through Telluride sometime, OK?
