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The Golden Boy

Album: The Luxury Of Time

Released: Jun 30, 2005

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General Info

Genre: 2-step / Western Swing / Zouk
Location NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US
Profile Views: 56066
Last Login: 2/20/2011
Member Since 6/27/2005
Website http://www.shelbynyc.com
Record Label http://www.giganticmusic.com
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .. ..BUY OUR RECORD!...... ...... Click To Purchase "The Luxury Of Time" through iTunes.... ...... Click To Purchase "The Luxury Of Time" from Amazon.com.... .... A little bit about us:.. .. .. The name Shelby is an homage to Carroll Shelby, the great racecar builder of the 1960s... .. The band is heavily influenced by contemporary art and photography... .. The cover of the "Songs | 8" EP was nicked from a Matt Mullican drawing... .. The cover of "The Luxury of Time" is reproduced with the permission of William Christenberry, who had a huge retrospective at the Smithsonian in 2006... .. Both records were recorded in the band's own loft studio... .. Kenny Cummings was instrumental in flushing out demos for Blonde Redhead that later became tracks on their critically acclaimed album Misery is a Butterfly... .. Cummings previously played and programmed synthesizers for acts as diverse as Elvis Costello and Midnight Oil... .. Kenny road-races vintage Norton motorcycles... .. Shelby has been involved with a veritable rotating list of who's who in the indie rock scene, especially when it comes to drummers, having lost one - Kevin March - to Guided by Voices, and secured Simone Pace of Blonde Redhead to fill in on several of The Luxury Of Time tracks... .. Mark E. Smith from The Fall witnessed Shelby's signing to Gigantic, then proceeded to record a song with Cummings - "Trust In Me" - from the record "Fall Heads Roll" released October 2005 on Narnack Records... .. Shelby has done recent shows with Lake Trout, Apollo Sunshine, Benzos, Rogue Wave, Harlem Shakes, Cloud Room, The Thrills, etc... .. The band is currently working on material for a new full-length, due 2008... .. Steve McQueen is our hero... .. .. .. width="425" height="350">.......... .. .. .. .. ....>.. .. .. .. REQUEST "The Golden Boy" MUSIC VIDEO.. .. Watch the video for "The Golden Boy" Be sure to request it through the following channels:......MTV.com.. | ..MTV2.. | ..MTVU.com.. | ..MySpace.com.. | ..Fuse ("The Dive").. | ..New York Noise.. | ..Cliktrax.. .... .. "The Golden Boy" .. .. ..........
Members
Kenny Cummings -- Phil Schuster (and sometimes Danny Vesper -- Michael Resnick --Dave Krusen -- Kilgore Trout (RIP))
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