Sam Crawford (banjo, bass, guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel, accordian, toy piano, trumpet, melodica, autoharp, drum machine, piano, vox), Zeb Gould (electric guitar, vox), Mike Notaro (electric guitar, sonic constructions), Sophia Travis (harpsichord), Nate Dillon (lap steel and classical guitar), Walt Wells (keyboards), Chris Hoffman (cello), Christian Rutledge (electric guitar, drums, keyboards), Kori Withers (vox), Brian Pinke (electric guitar, keyboards), and Jessica Cabrera (thumb piano, percussion)
Influences
Danielson Famile, Big Black, Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Smog, Sufjan Stevens, The Coke Dares, Chad VanGaalen, Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch, The Pixies, Ennio Morricone, Goran Bregovic, Smoke
The Goodwill Orchestra is the ongoing project of recording and live sound engineer Sam Crawford (performer in Stereofan, The Decanters, Three on the Tree, Tremendous Fucking, and the Ballroom Roustabouts). A fan of elaborate orchestrations and textures, Crawford's first solo work contains a wide array of instruments and performers over a bed of short story song structures.
Primary tracks were recorded in Crawford's apartment and in the Looking Glass Studios in New York. The record slated for release in Spring of 2007.
I just wanted to let you know that i'm out on the road(north Carolina), and havent benn able to get around to getting into the tunes---but, any day now!!! I've got my traveling protools rig with me and i've got some downtime looming. if you get the chance listen to some stuff i just recorded-
