Keith Wolf - Vocals, guitars, harmonica
Bryan Dobbs - Blazing guitars, Lap Steel, Mandolin, weird noises, vocals
Dave Soyars - Bass
Mike Schadel - Drums
Other fellow travelers...
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Bob Dylan, Parliment/Funkadelic, Ween, Marc Ribot, Beck, Neil Young, Thelonious Monk, Grateful Dead, Freddy Buckeye, CAN, Nilsson, LOVE, Townes Van Zandt, Lou Reed, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Fairport Convention, Caetano Veloso, pretty much anything good...
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Hopefully: Bob Dylan, Parliment/Funkadelic, Ween, Marc Ribot, Beck, Neil Young, Thelonious Monk, Grateful Dead, Freddy Buckeye, CAN, Nilsson, LOVE, Townes Van Zandt, Lou Reed, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Fairport Convention, Caetano Veloso, pretty much anything good...
My music is simply part of the rich stream of musical history; if music doesnt tap into that stream, Im not interested in it. So says maverick singer/songwriter/guitarist Keith Wolf, whose debut EP, Other Peoples Houses, brims with passion, wit, and timelessness. Drawing from a myriad of eclectic influences such as Talking Heads, Martin Scorsese, Ween, psychedelia, jazz, and barroom singalongs the album creates a compelling and lively musical and lyrical tapestry that eschews the forlorn navel-gazing of most contemporary singer-songwriters. Other Peoples Houses was produced by Willie Aron (multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of 80s Los Angeles stalwarts The Balancing Act) and Joey Peters (drummer for LAs late, lamented gothic-folk legends Grant Lee Buffalo).
A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Wolf was exposed to music early in his life thanks to his parents collection of 60s rock and folk albums; those albums had a magic power that always stayed with me, he attests. He displayed a fascination for the pitch pipe but, admittedly, it had its limitations. After a stint playing the clarinet an instrument that I had no idea how to make sound cool Wolf gravitated towards guitar. Initially inspired by Led Zeppelins Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, he credits Neil Young with making the guitar emotionally accessible for me, rather than just being a showcase for virtuosity.
Having seemingly always written short stories, Wolfs initial forays into songwriting which paralleled joining his first experimental rock bands seemed like a natural progression, he states. Citing seminal influences such as Parliament/Funkadelic, fellow eclectic Beck, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, Wolf sometimes heard these artists songs as played by fellow bandmates before he even heard the original recordings. This was a process that Wolf credits as beneficial, because it enabled me to focus on the songs, and allowed me to do things my own way.
Originality is a value that Wolf treasures, but having a sense of musical history is even more indispensable to his art: When you realize that all music is derived from somewhere, it frees you to do your own thing, he reasons. A keen student of filmmaking and film history, Wolf recognizes the dichotomy between music and film the immediacy of music vs. the meticulous, isolating process of making films but considers them integrated arts. Wolfs Taxi Driver Hero was inspired by the Martin Scorsese classic movie Taxi Driver. Elsewhere on the album, the plaintive-yet-offbeat instrumental Good Day, New House, Bad Job possesses a near-cinematic quality, while the haunting Never Changin Blues is a gripping portrait of emotional paralysis.
Encompassing a multitude of influences yet possessing a singular individuality, Other Peoples Houses serves as Keith Wolfs aural evidence of his recommendation to just float down the river of musical history, and it will take care of you.
*TUESDAY OCT 21ST ON THE BACK PORCH SPECIAL GUESTS!!! CYDNEY ROBINSON, ELEPHANT REVIVAL, JAZZ CALLNER AND YOURS TRULY KILLING CASSANOVA!!! SHOW STARTS 8PM...!!! THE BACK PORCH IS THE BEST NIGHT OF ACOUSTIC SINGER SONG WRITERS, FOLK AND FREAK FOLKERS SHARING THE STAGE WITH KILLING CASSANOVA. THE UNURBAN IS A FREE THINKING, ALL AGES, SPEAKEASY STYLE COFFEE HOUSE, LOCATED AT 3301 PICO AND 33RD IN BEAUTIFUL SANTA MONICA.
THANKS, SEE YA ON THE BACK PORCH OF THE UNURBAN COFFEE HOUSE!!! TUESDAY JULY 1ST GREAT NIGHT OF MUSIC W/ JAZZ CALLNER, CHRISTIAN CASTAON, RIC VEDA, AND YOURS TRULY KILLING CASSANOVA PEACE
Sounding great guys! Thanks so much for inviting us to your page! We'll be coming out to Santa Monica on March 11 at the UnUrban Cafe. Come by if you can, we'd love to meet you!
