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Root Cellar Music is a basement studio in Neenah, Wisconsin. Nothing fancy. Just a few instruments and the occasional hum of the washer or dryer. Concrete floors. Blue glass canning jars. Dust and cobwebs. Two cats that stalk the grounds. And a digital recorder that fits neatly into a small suitcase. Original roots music.
Pulp Monster
Original music from the band Pulp Monster, influenced by blues, punk, grunge-rock and pulp fiction narratives. See www.myspace.com/pulpmonsterneenah "Restless" is a raw jam by Pulp Monster, pulsed by David Will on drums -- flashing rims, rolls and rudiments. Joe Vanesky works the overdriven 'Alice' guitar (thanks to Scott at Island Music in Neenah), and his vocals make a brief appearance before fading into his tripped-out harmonica lead. Jason "Hot Rod" Hauboldt keeps the song driving on all cylinders by cranking out riffs and leads.
"Three Gun Terry" references the first hardboiled detective, the character of Terry Mack created in 1923 by Carroll John Daly. The composition for the dark lounge sound of TGT is based on an improvisational recording from the first session with Joe, Jason and David. David's drumming sets the stage for the narrative and Jason's guitar provides the dim, smoky undercurrent. Joe's matter-of-fact vocals spin the pulp perspective and his compressed harp screams and squeals like the ambient sounds of an inner-city. Also: Denise Crouse, rhythm guitar; Tony Theisen, bass.
All rights reserved 2008 -- words by J. Vanesky, music by Pulp Monster, and studio production by Root Cellar Music, 2008.
Dale Anderson and the Delta Jets
"My Baby Blues" was written by Dale Anderson and recorded by Dale Anderson and the Delta Jets as part of the Chairfactory Blues disc, copyright by D. Anderson, 2006. The original song did not include the harmonica track, which was recorded at RCM. "My Baby Blues" is now part of the Chairfactory Blues disc which is available at CD Baby and through Dale Anderson.
Early Root Cellar Recordings
The lead tracks for "Ghost of Lohrville Quarry" (2006) were improvised at the time of the recording by Joe Vanesky (harmonica) and Blaine Schultz (lead guitar). The song also features Joe on resonator guitar, Chris Evenson on bass and Russ Allen on drums. Many of the early RCM recordings (2005-2006) were produced on a limited disc called "Less Traveled"; see also the album's last track, the ambient "The Last Noir" featuring Joe on resonator and harmonica. Some of the early RCM recordings, like "Spider Sabich" by guitarist and singer Blaine Schultz (with Fred Burts on bass and Joe Vanesky on harp), could be considered precursors to the later Pulp Monster recordings.
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