my deepest thanks go to the following musicians who took time out of their hectic lives to record with me. you guys are the best...
Sean Reidy - upright bass
Bridget Donegan - violin, viola, vocals
Mike Tools - drums, percussion, congas, udu, cajon
Chris Castellan - drums
Meg Yamamoto - vocals on "Blows Your Mind"
Vanessa Nelson - vocals on "Drizzle" and "Broken Picture"
Greg Brosnan - cuatro
Will Krepelin - acoustic guitar on "Don´t Be Like Them"
Dave Meihaus - dumbek
and of course,
Ron Bay - beats, programming, production and engineering
Influences
a wide range of musical influences, from nick drake to manu chao,
from gal costa to bob dylan, from tom ze to jarabe de palo, from peter gabriel to jeff buckley, from bruce springsteen to leonard cohen...
you get the picture...
Sounds Like
me in my living room in costa rica with a bunch of cool musicians and a nice mix... jajaja
well, what can i say?
bottleneck is my first attempt at writing and recording music. it´s more of a journal, really, of the last 6 or 7 years of my life, most of which were spent living and working in central america and the caribbean.
i would roast coffee all day while a carnival of magnificent characters paraded in and out throughout the day for a cup of what more resembled liquid cocaine than coffee. of course, manu chao and bob dylan became the soundtrack to all of this...
enter tepeyac usto, a half-band of roaming thieves and musicians who convinced me that playing music is the coolest thing ever. alantl, goyo and jorge convinced me to come out of my musical shell.
we´re spread out about the planet now, but still connected in cyberspace. in fact, greg and alantl both participated in the recording sessions from mexico city and caracas. jorge took all the photos and sent them along from his laptop in baghdad, where he was covering the war. this album was recorded in 4 different cities and 3 different countries.
each song tells a specific story and has circumstances surrounding it. i hope you enjoy.
i thank all the talented and wonderful musicians who played on this thing, from my friend meg in costa rica, to alantl in venezuela, to greg in mexico, to the chicago crew. by the way, chicago is full of talented musicians that deserve attention. kudos to ron bay and the womb studios, chicago.
besos, grench
Green Alien Tah Tahs? Flesh Tones Burlesque Has Teamed with SpyderMonkey Films to bring you Porcelain's Dolls So channel the inner geek in yourself and get out, to see that which only Capt. Kirk has seen before - That's Right Green boobies... All you gotta do is lay down the video game controller, and get your ass on out, this shows, going to blow your mind. Sat the 19th at the Viaduct theater- see you there.
What up Boedy aka Ronnie Mckenny from back in the day, How are you? How is work? I miss you guys, but I don't miss the work. just thought I would say whatssup. keep in touch!!
Dave, I was hoping to see you at the Metro reunion... you missed Joe giving a "heart felt" speech that he had to read off a sheet of paper. Oh well, maybe for the 30th anniversary.
Thanks for the nod. Are you finally thawing out up there? Let me know if you end up coming this direction. I will be at Austin City Limits Music Fest for sure. Let me know if that is in your plans!
