On "Stained Bliss"John McGrail plays everything but drum kit which was done by Chris Solt and the fretless bass on "All Stays The Same" which was performed by Jay Bentoff.
On "Songs For Troubled Times" Chris Solt played drums and Jay Bentoff did some e-bow guitar work.
On "The Sun" Jim Smagola played bass while Ricardo did percussion on the songs "Before Our Eyes" and "I Must Be Off".
Influences
My influences range from singer songwriters such as Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco, Cat Stevens to groups such as Pink Flyod and U2 and then there are the other musical influences such as Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin, Robert Fripp, and then there are other influences such as Hemingway, Chomsky, my friends and family, a walk in the woods during the autumn, a bike ride, a tasy meal, a good bottle of wine or scotch and of course Guinness....., HSUS MySpace Page | Stop Puppy Mills Website
so who am i, what is this music??? i don't know i just write the stuff. i'm not totally sure i can explain it. my only real criteria is that it sounds good. that is a pretty widely thrown net if ya know what i mean. i like a lot of different stuff. I like rock and roll, and jazz and folk and wierd stuff and classical and world music there is always something good regardless of the genre. i think if everyone were exposed to a wide variety of music then the populations would like a wide variety of music, i think they aren't being fed properly and are starving from cultural malnutrition. style isn't so important which leaves me as a sort of rootless bastard. i like U2 i like the Beatles and the Stones but i also like John McLauglin and Robert Fripp and Michael Hedges and Don Conoscenti and Jim Volk and Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd and Cat Stevens and Stevie Ray Vaughn and Ani DiFranco and Billy Bragg and Return To Forever and Mozart and Gorecki and Cindy MacKay, Serena Postel and The The and The Chieftains ( i do have a fair amount of Irish blood in me... ) even the Ohio Players.... i could go on but why, you get the picture, music is just what it is and nothing more and nothing less. Like i said... i just write the stuff. doesn't even mean it is any good although in my own by opinion it is. i make it and people like you can listen to it. ah yes we musician types tend to think that the audience should be grateful, at least that's what you would perceive if you could read our minds. but in one on one communication we would never say anything like that. it would alienate you. let me be straight.... i think my stuff is awesome and you won't convince me other wise but if you don't like it that's ok.
besides music what do i like? after all what a person writes has a lot to do with who they are or what they do. well i like to write short stories and i like to hike in the woods, especially in the autumn. the midwest is at its best in autumn. i like to ride my bike with regularity. i have a cat as a roomate, she doesn't pay any rent though. i love coffee. i like to eat and i like to cook food, usually in the reverse order. i don't like violence and i don't like war. I am proud to say i was one of the millions around the globe protesting( and still protesting) the American Invasion of Iraq (contrary to popular American belief... we were the majority). WMD's my ass... anyway if you stick around you'll get plenty of that attitude so i won't belabor the process now. I like Guinness beer and single malt scotch and irish whiskey (not to mention the country Ireland) and even a martini occassionally. Italian food with a glass of red wine is fine. i give money to amnesty international and certain environmental and animal rights groups. also i am a lousy oil painter. of course as i tell you all this i am not discussing my darker side... you gotta listen to the music to get that part.
john, as always it was so nice to see you at the journey's end fest. thankyou so much for playing...we love your music. we sure are happy you came! gwen (mugwump caught his first mouse last night...we are so proud of him...:)
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so good to have you here this past weekend! after you left, i remembered i wanted to hear more about your uncle! oh well, that gives us more to talk about the next time! thanks for the show at brobean john!
