Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald, Bernard Fowler,
Keith Leblanc, Doug Wimbish
— photograph by dave hogerty
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IN TIME ...
When looking at a collection of records the members of Tack>>Head either made themselves, or played a significant role in producing, the band's impact on the last three decades of pop music is apparent.
From the mid-1970s until today, their virtuosity has kept them at the top of every jazz, rock, pop, and R&B chart.
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"FUNKY PRESIDENT"
Rehearsal performance before a show at The Highline Ballroom in NYC (3.22.09). This was the band's first playing of "Funky Obama," which will be featured on the long-awaited ShareHead record, scheduled for release New Year's 2009/2010. — video by dave.
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IN THE POST-APOCALYPTIC AREA ...
— after eight years of Republican Rule, the Whole Damn World is Still Shaking.
TackHead is back for 2009 to deliver a "message" of hope.
— a video announcing TACKHEAD coming together in 2009 to finish the SHAREHEAD PROJECT, that should be completed by New Year's 2010. There is also an exciting release of a (12") single (the band's first in 20 years) sometime around JULY 4th.
—photography/video by dave. (davehogerty.com)
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(BACK) "IN THE AREA"
Wimbash 2008 (July 8, 2008)
Doug, Skip, and Keith playing at Sully's Pub in Hartford, Connecticut ... part of the third annual Wimbash (summer/2008), a show organized by Doug to support the small beer bar in his hometown ... Always a good time, combining a more casual crowd, filled with so many of the band's friends and family.
— video by dave.
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IN THE PAST ...
“Class Rock” performed at Brixton Academy
London, England (1990)
By the end of the 1980s, TACK>>HEAD had become a cult phenomenon in underground nightclubs in LONDON and other Urban Centers around EUROPE. Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish, Keith Leblanc, and Adrian Sherwood all had reputations as "musicians' musicians," and their shows always attracted audiences filled with musical talent.
The band collaborated with artists as diverse as Lee Scratch Perry, Bim Sherman, Junior Delgado, African Head Charge, Prince Far I, Little Annie, Gary Clail, Mark Stewart +Maffia, The Slits, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Annie Lennox, Carly Simon, Madonna, Seal, James Brown, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, B.B. King, Yoko Ono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sly & Robbie, Herbie Hancock, Herb Alpert, Bruce Springsteen, David Sancious, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Jello Biafra, Living Colour, Little Axe, Nine Inch Nails, Tarja Turunen, Mos Def ...
The band's shows were frequented by talented musicians ... Moby, Radiohead, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vernon Reid, Mos Def, and ... Mick Jagger went as far as to ask to sing on "Take a Stroll," a song on TackHead's "Strange Things" album (1991).
When the popular chant "TACK>>HEAD IN THE AREA" echoed through a hall, those in attendance were guaranteed A FIRST-CLASS ROCK 'N' ROLL PARTY.
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BLUES FOR THE 21st CENTURY ...
Playing under Skip's "Little Axe" moniker, TACK>>HEAD embarks on yet another exciting musical journey. On "STONE COLD OHIO," the band honors Skip's midwestern roots, while at the same time riding a virtuosic spaceship into uncharted sonic waters. Take a ride into the FUTURE OF THE BLUES ...
(photograph by York/Real World Records)
KILLING FLOOR ...
Interviews with Skip, Doug and Keith at Peter Gabriel's English country estate before a Little Axe performance headlining the 2006 Real World Records 20th Anniversary celebration. So successful a show, that Gabriel and friend Robert Plant joined the band for a three-tune encore to close the event.
Skip calls "STONE COLD OHIO" a reality check ... a healthy blend of the blues and spirituality ... traveling through time, both back to my roots, and into the future. Skip was born 57 years ago in Dayton, Ohio, one of the great funk breeding grounds — Wilson Pickett, the Ohio Players, The Falcons, etc. ... It was there he learned blues guitar from his father, and by the age of 10 was playing jazz professionally. By 12, his focus had shifted to doo-wop on street corners, and gospel in church. In 1972 he moved to the east coast with his dance band the Ohio Hustlers, and two years later was in Hartford, Connecticut with Wood, Brass & Steel. There he met Doug and Keith, and developed the musical relationship that became the original SUGAR HILL RHYTHM SECTION, TACK>>HEAD, and since 1994, Little Axe (a tribute to Bob Marley's song "Small Axe," and to Wilbur "Little Ax" Broadnax of the Spirit of Memphis gospel quartet).
"Ohio" is the fifth Little Axe album ... 15 tracks of futuristic blues – dubbed-out, dark, and smokey, including covers of songs by Skip James, Allen Toussaint, and Living Colour's Will Calhoun. Ride along, while the band traces an adventurous musical line, from African chants, Afro-American field songs, to blues, gospel, soul, funk and dub.
— video courtesy real world records
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IN THE FUTURE ["I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS"]
TackHead in a Vienna, Austria studio, working on the a remake of the thought provocative David Bowie tune to be included on the band's first record in 15 years. After the session Bernard described his feelings in his typically curt way ... "I AM VERY HAPPY" he said, getting straight to the point.
— video by eve (vienna, austria)
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"THE WAY YOU MOVE"
HeadFake w/Bernie Worrell Live @ The Howlin' Wolf
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HEADFAKE ...
Doug Wimbish (electric bass guitar) Will Calhoun (drums)
w/Bernie Worrell (keys)
New Orleans, Louisiana (July 9, 2008)
Hello guys - thanks for the add - it is very much appreciated. Love your work - hope you like our rough stuff also! Keep up the great work - with very best wishes.
hello all. we invite you to listen to a selection of recent works by csj. 5 new tracks and a brand skankin new music video "mojogojo". enjoy. cheers csj
Thanks so much for the add. BIG UP + ALL MY ALL TO THE MIGHTY TACKHEAD+ LITTLE AXE and everything you guys do and have done. Thanks and thanks again for your beautiful music. You guys are the BEST at what you do. I would love to hit my skins with you one of these days. Best of luck guys. Best of...You are the best!. Much love.Aaron.
Thanx for the friendship!!Yeah,hope it is the last time to see this....peeep...face on T.V. ! Good luck mate!!!!!Take care and i hope we stay in touch.
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