Robb Froman: synthesizers, guitar,vocals.
David Speer: piano, bass, guitar, backing vocal.
Mark Power: lead guitar, backing vocal.
Frank Kammerdiener: bass, cello.
John McClane: lead guitar
Influences
My Bloody Valentine, John Lennon, Neko Case, Devo, Peter Gabriel, The Cure
This is the page where the band usually bestows their unified, passionate vision upon you,
Faithful Listener, with an epic history of its members. But in truth, with a couple of exceptions,
we have been as consistently inconsistent with our contributing players as with our stylistic
approach.
To call the Rivercity Seven a band in the truest sense of the word would be a misnomer.
Each album has been a musical cooperative of Austin players, usually crammed into
a shoebox apartment on the railroad tracks, affectionately named, Whirling Fern Studios.
But these modest surroundings have yielded some of the most inspired recording sessions I
have yet put to tape. And the self-renewing influx of players has always stoked the creative fire
for me. This stretch down the path being no exception.
On Sidewinder Stitches Time, myself along with John McClane on guitar and Frank Kammerdiener
on bass and cello, longtime idealists to the cause, have turned the musical screw once again to
include David Speer on piano, Mark Power and Kyle Bengtson on lead guitar. All of them salty
dogs of the sound waves and good lads to boot. Sven Jurgensen on drums sends greetings to
his homeland of Sweden and urgently requests more strudel be sent.
After several years of doing this, I’m beginning to understand how musically fertile the soil of
Austin really is. It’s an immune reaction of the mind to the mundane to take for granted the
diversity of talented players you can meet everyday. Some of them living just down the stairs.
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Really cool. Excellent layers and of course the musicianship is top notch and creative. The lyrics have your signature humor/philosophy bent and hint at a profound significance lurking just under the surface of the tune.
I just figured out what life I'm in using Chinese numerology. Send me your drivers license info, your Social Security number, and some credit card info, and I'll find out where you are in the scheme of things. :)
