Leigh Marble: guitar & vox Ben Macy: organ, piano, accordion, bg vox Jason Russell: drums Jesse Emerson: bass
Studio Friends: Jeff Saltzman: mixing and tambo Mike Apinyakul: slide & electric guitars Peter Broderick: violin
Influences
of the musical sort: Morphine, Kristin Hersh, Joseph Arthur, Fugazi, Steve Earle, Richmond Fontaine, King Tubby, Buck 65, Dan Bern, Ani DiFranco, Wilco, Tin Hat Trio, Tom Waits, Calexico, Elliott Smith, Sabbath, The Meters, Neil Diamond
others: bbq, bourbon, dogs, donuts, and a slice of delicious Porcupine Pie
Sounds Like
A cross between Tom Waits and Fugazi: rooted in folk forms, yet idiosyncratically smart and sharp. Junkyard Americana, some might call it, with a scrappy sound descended from punk rock minimalism. Leigh's live show features propulsive drumming from Jason Russell, supple organ and accordion work from Ben Macy, and Marble's tight rhythms pumped out on an amped-up acoustic guitar.
"I knew this group of creative individuals, and I knew they could rock some remixes in a darkly weird and spooky vein," Marble says of the birth of the project. "That was a key phrase, 'dark and spooky'. I wasn't interested in hearing cheesed-out discotek remixes of the 'Red Tornado' songs. Well, that would have been funny, but it's not what I wanted to make a whole EP out of."
Marble himself, under his producer name, Dr. Marble, remixed two of the tracks, "On Your Way" and "Gave It All". The "deep dark ambient dub" of Teledubgnosis, a former NYC outfit that is now spread across the globe from Seattle to Oslo, remixed "Lucky Bastards".
"When I first played an early mix of 'Lucky Bastards' for Jason Wolford of Teledubgnosis, who lives in Seattle, he said, 'sign me up for a remix'. It is pretty much how the whole idea got started".
Gregory Damien, of Teledubgnosis, under the name Mission Creep signed up to remix "Fast & Loose" and "Strip the Bed", while Urbex, a close associate of Teledubgnosis, remixed "Salt In the Wound".
Red Tornado
"A burning, angsty folk-rock masterpiece." - Willamette Week
"Red Tornado is a brilliantly perfect example of how the dark side of life can make for a fantastically depressing album." - Ink 19
"A damn fine record from an artist who has truly found his voice." - CD Baby
With his second solo album, Marble set out to make an album with more dirt, sweat, and human interaction than its predecessor, "Peep". All of which he did with Red Tornado.
"Red Tornado" is a descriptor of the emotional state that each of these songs came out of, whether it be depression, frustration, or high anxiety – the common thread running through this album.
Whether it’s album opener "Lucky Bastards", a song about ambition and poisonous envy, the American dream vexed to nightmare by the vapidity of pat aphorisms, or "On Your Way", a kiss-off song to a friend full of high ideals and low standards. To "Salt In the Would", a song Marble describes as "a memoriam to a number of slow-suicide cases I’ve known in Portland. Frustrated artists that forget their beauty and drink themselves to death", Marble pulls no emotional punches in his pursuit to speak his mind and let his voice be heard.
"I was willing to lay some stuff down, like a rock record, and not mess with it by polishing it," states Marble. "I left the rough edges in this time."
Red Tornado was recorded at Leigh's Fishboy Studios, and was mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman.
THANK YOU for being a friend to Third Eye Theatre Presents: Dylan Hillerman’s Grand Guignol and inviting us into your home – or onto your lap…top !
Make sure you can be there THIS Friday June 26th at the Back Door Theatre for our Opening Night Extravaganza! It's going to be a sexy and horror-filled blast!
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
> Bellydancers in costume get in free at all club shows!
> More shows are still being added, so check the Firewater MySpace page for updates.
> This message was sent by an evil robot. So if you are somewhere other than Europe and can't escape, we're sorry. We'll be back again someday soon.
Hey! How are you? Thought I'd stop by and say hi ! How's things? This is my new profile. so don't to forget to delete the other one if you have it in your friends!
Happy Mothers Day Leigh! Quinn is so lucky to have you and Elaina as his parents. The Lesbian community is stronger and stronger everyday thanks to your amazing music and support! Stay sweet and take care of you on your peaceful journeys. Cheers
Heya! Leigh Marble Just popping by to have a browse at your page! Lovin' it! Hope everythings good with you. Please take the time to listen to my re=recording of 'Hey' up on my myspace now if you havn't already! Any feedback would be appreiciated =)
Hey-yo, playing a show with The Bad Assets and Les Etrangers, on Saturday, World Famous Kenton Club, a benefit for the food bank, we're on at 8:30, and we're just spreading the good word...
I was playing hard to get. I'm so glad you took the bait. Now all I need to do is brew myself a cup of tea, hunker down and listen to Lionel with my eyes closed. Only then, will the world be right.