Juan Daniel Holladay (vocals & guitar,) Robin Tolleson (drums & vocal harmonies,) Shayne Heather (Fender bass,) Jeff K'norr (keys,) Charles Stewart (raps=raw-authentic poetic speech,) Lee Pate (fragrance)
Influences
Shuggie Otis, Louie Armstrong, Thomas Callaway, Marvin Gaye, Dante Smith, Tony Cottrell, Yeezy, Premier, WRES 100.7 LP-FM ASHEVILLE, shape-notes, Warren Wilson, Nigel One, Woody Eaton, WNCW 88.1 FM love
This band is for lovers. Based in the bohemian stronghold of Asheville, North Carolina, the Secret B-Sides produce a fresh, new sound, rooted in the classic feel of Soul music, and updated with the sensibilities of Hip Hop and modern R&B.
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The concept of the band is simple to understand; It's all about three things, 3) Flying saucers, 2) Dinosaurs, and 1) LOVE! Fully equipped with these three essentials the Secret B-Sides are here on the planet, ready to help the people of Earth get together, feel a little sexy, and have some good, clean, funky-monkey times.
Hot diggity!:
The Secret B-Sides groove is built on the danceable core of drums and electric bass, laid down by Robin Tolleson (Mr. T,) and Shayne Heather, respectively. Juan Holladay contributes fly lyrical play, and compositional chocolate à la nylon-stringed, electric guitar and vinyl-smooth vocals. Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, Clavinet, and Voyager keys are all tastefully dealt by the Jeff K'norr, like yummy sugar sprinkles. Usually in cohorts with the Big Time Horns section, and most likely conspiring with Charles Stewart (the one you know as CHACH) the B-sides are able to create a multifaceted sound aggregate from a talent pool sometimes adding up to eight or more members at any given point in the time-space-attitude continuum. You can think of the B-Sides like a giant, purple crystal patch nestled deep in Asheville's subterrania, if you want to.
Therefore:
"The Secret B-Sides shouldn’t remain a secret" -- Mountain Xpress
And, finally, some unrestrained poetics . . .
B is for Beautiful: The Alpha . . . foremost in our mind. Infinite strings attach the Big Bang to the implications, the result, what's next. Beyond the apex, past the pinnacle lies the plateau, the cool fulfillment of promise, the sustenance and resonance, the recognition and reverence, in awe of what came Before, comes the responsive, feeling the calling, the morning after realizations, the follow up, the dependable, the rhythm, the steady, the Back-up, the net, the network, the community, the support, supportive role, supporting cast, the second, the partner, the Beta, the following, the follow through, the response, the responsible, the prepared, the practiced, the revealed, the surprise, the special, the secret, the Beloved. A loves B. A is awesome. B is beautiful. The Eve, the night, the dark, the feminine, the seductive, the unknown, the undisclosed, the pure, the hidden, the intimate, the trustworthy, the space for romance in the moonlight. The profound, the gentle, the gift. Being. Be delivered. By nights we share the days' lights lived, remembered, attained. The Secret B-Sides are celebrations of Sun Day warmth.
DID U GET MY LAST MSG. ?? ANYWAYZ, WHAT'Z BEEN GOOD WIT Y'ALL?? HOWS DA MUSIC THANG GOIN??
I HAD RECENTLY DID A SHOW AT DA NO SHAME THEATER AT NCSC LAST NITE, DOIN DA "HOODIE" AKA DA FLASH 2 WIT CJ, A KNOWN SINGER AROUND DA AVL! I JUS WISH DAT U COULD'VE CHECKED IT OUT LAST NITE THOUGH!
