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  • Genre: Americana / Bluegrass / Country

    Location LOS ANGELES, California, US

    Profile Views: 41548

    Last Login: 10/20/2010

    Member Since 7/10/2006

    Website www.themiddleclassmusic.com

    Record Label V A V V RECORDS

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!.............. ..Where To Begin...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The Middle Class is proud to present their second album, "BEST WE CAN," Produced by Sebastian Sheehan (V A V V Records). The album will be released in Jan, 2010. We are grateful and humbled by the cast of "world class" musicians that helped us bring this album to fruition. ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2007. The Middle Class signed a recording contract with Los Angeles based record label, V A V V Records, and they released their debut album, "Deep in Debt in '08." Ten years of giggin’ around Los Angeles allowed the boys to tighten their old fashioned Folksy/Bluesy/Americana sound, and more importantly, find a studio where they knew their sound would be embraced and able to grow. The second the band walked into V A V V , the boys knew they were “home.” Focused on original material, The Middle Class explores all forms of “Traditional Music.” Tight vocal sounds are often complemented by a washboard, a mandolin, a trumpet, a double bass, a slide guitar or harmonica. The boys want to create that “back porch” kinda feel, where an intimate, sugar-sweet ballad can easily give way to a floorboard stompin’ sing-a-long... ..........Pimp out your webpage with ..PimpWebpage.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ALBUM REVIEW:...... Some call it Old-Timey, New-Grass, Jam-Grass, Rootsy, Pre-WWII, Folk or hell, some label junkies may even dream up a title like Appalachian Dumpsta-Funk (not bad actually, can’t it be as useful as “Alt-Country”?) The fact is, in the last few years we have witnessed an Ellis Island-style rush of young, unique, and quality hard-to-define acts added to the rosters of summer festivals around the globe. From The Avett Brothers to Old Crow to Uncle Earl to the Hackensaw Boys to Cadillac Sky and to the various Nickel Creek “hiatus” projects, these bands shine a light on the fast pounding pulse of American music and represent a vanguard the likes of which we may never see again in one such glorious grouping... Add to the aforementioned group of emerging talents, THE MIDDLE CLASS. Their record, "Deep in Debt" (VAVV Records) announces in a groovy, eclectic, west coast-style manner that we should expect to see them soon on future Telluride and Merlefest stages. Coming from LA, the laid back vibes of certain tracks such as “Thinkin’ of You” and “Rock-a-Bye” are not only appropriate but refreshing in their change of pace from many of their counterparts fast, finger-pickin’ fetishes. Many latter-day acoustic based bands feel compelled to pummel the listener into submission with their fingers-of-fury style pickin’, but no worries, there isn’t any pressure here to knee-slap your hands any quicker than you so desire. Of course, I wouldn’t want the entire disc to be as laid back as a stoned surfer after a basket of fish tacos. Thankfully, the opening track, “All I Want is You” bounces in and boasts the rough-hewn vocals of Matt Doherty and Clem Jeffreys’ harmonica licks that only sound right when done from a front-porch... Adding to the disc’s cornucopia is the 70’s style funk track “Guantanamo Bay”. The horns and disco guitar make it sound as if it would be a great cut to roll during the closing credits to a CHIP’s episode (’ya know, the ones where they freeze-frame Panch & John laughing at how easy the crime was solved while riding motorbikes…). In this day and age of debate over what is “Roots”, “Americana” and even “Bluegrass”, I see The Middle Class’ use of percussion, horns and electric instruments as a welcome addition to the collection of sounds that make up American Music..... posted by Kelly Dearmore in Twangville.com and Gobblersknob.com..
  • Members

    ....***"BEST WE CAN"*** .... ..MATT DOHERTY - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals .. CLEM JEFFREYS - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Harmonica, Washboard, Vocals .. ..Also:.. CHRIS WAGNER - Double Bass .. SEAN MCNABB - Bass .. KEN O'MALLEY - Mandolin .. ROB ZUCCA - Lead Guitar .. JAMES FEARNLEY - Accordion.. DERMOT MULRONEY - Mandolin.. GALEN SHOSTAC - Piano, Organ .. SEBASTIAN SHEEHAN - Drums, Percussion, Vocals.. TREVOR THORNTON - Drums.. .. ***"DEEP IN DEBT"*** .... ..MATT DOHERTY - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals .. CLEM JEFFREYS - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Harmonica, Washboard, Vocals .. BEN MOREY - Guitars .. ..Also:.. ROBIN WILEY - Vocals .. MARK DREWS - Bass .. SEAN MCNABB - Bass .. SEBASTIAN SHEEHAN - Drums and Percussion .... .. .. VIDEO by: StrangeScience -- strangescienceinfo@gmail.com.. .. PHOTOS BY - David Carlson and Polly Cole
  • Influences

    All things Americana- from Blues, Country and Gospel to Alan Lomax -- all the way down Highway 61 to a basement in a big pink house in Woodstock, where Dylan and The Band brought the fringe Folk stuff into the mainstream.
  • Sounds Like

    A Civil War campfire, barn-burnin' Bluegrass, sonic heart-felt nostalgia, good times and hard times on the back-porch with good friends.

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  • Richard Harris


    SPEAK FREELY The!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH ...

    "If we DON'T BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

    for people we DESPISE,

    we DON'T BELIEVE IN IT AT ALL."

    ~ Noam Chomsky

    I MAY DISAPPROVE OF WHAT YOU SAY ~

    BUT I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH YOUR

    RIGHT TO SAY IT!  DO YOU BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH?

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 month ago
  • Richard Harris


    Sending SUNDAY LOVE The!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ON HOPE  ...

    "DO NOT SPOIL what you HAVE

    by DESIRING what you HAVE NOT;

    but remember that what you NOW HAVE

    was once among the things YOU ONLY HOPED FOR."

     ~ Epicurus

    NEVER DEPRIVE SOMEONE OF HOPE ~

    IT MIGHT BE ALL THEY HAVE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 month ago
  • Richard Harris


    Are you OPTIMISTIC The?

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OPTIMISM ...

    "OPTIMISM INSPIRES, ENERGIZES, and brings out

    OUR BEST.   It points the mind toward POSSIBILITIES

    and helps us THINK CREATIVELY past problems."

    ~ Price Pritchett

    OPTIMISM IS JOYFUL SEARCHING AND THE FAITH THAT

    LEADS TO ACHIEVEMENT.  PESSIMISM IS A SELF-MADE

    PRISON OF FEAR.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    2 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Always READ the fine print The!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT EDUCATION ...

    "Do you know the difference between education

     and experience?

    EDUCATION is when you READ THE FINE PRINT.

    EXPERIENCE is what you get IF YOU DON'T.”

    ~ Pete Seeger

    NOTHING IN FINE PRINT IS EVER GOOD NEWS!

    LIFE IS NOT DIVIDED INTO SEMESTERS.  YOU DON'T

    GET SUMMERS OFF,  AND VERY FEW EMPLOYERS

    ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING YOU FIND YOURSELF.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    3 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Reaching out with some FRIDAY LOVE The!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT TIME ...

    "You wake up in the morning, and LO! your purse is magically filled with 24 HOURS of the magic tissue of the universe of your life.

    NO ONE CAN TAKE IT FROM YOU.

    NO ONE RECEIVES EITHER MORE OR LESS THAN YOU RECEIVE.

    Waste your INFINITELY PRECIOUS COMMODITY as much as you will, and the supply will NEVER BE WITHHELD FROM YOU.

    Moreover, you cannot DRAW ON THE FUTURE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET INTO DEBT. You can only waste the passing moments. YOU CANNOT WASTE TOMORROW. IT IS KEPT FOR YOU."
     
    ~ Arnold Bennett

    THE GREAT PARADOX OF TIME IS THAT WE NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH ~ YET EACH OF US HAVE ALL THERE IS!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    3 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Tis the Season to be JOLLY The!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OFFICE BEHAVIOR AT CHRISTMAS TIME ...

    TO:  ALL EMPLOYEES

    FROM:  MANAGEMENT

    RE: OFFICE CONDUCT DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

    Effective immediately, employees should keep in mind the following guidelines in compliance with FROLIC (the Federal Revelry Office and Leisure Industry Council).

    > Running aluminum foil through the paper shredder to make tinsel is discouraged.

    > Playing Jingle Bells on the push-button phone is forbidden (it runs up an incredible long distance bill)

    > Work requests are not to be filed under "Bah humbug."

    > Company cars are not to be used to go over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house.

    > All fruitcake is to be eaten BEFORE July 25.

    > Egg nog will NOT be dispensed in vending machines.

    In spite of all this, the staff is encouraged to have a Happy Holiday!

    HAVE A GOOD LAUGH THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    5 months ago
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Where To Begin

The Middle Class is proud to present their second album, "BEST WE CAN," Produced by Sebastian Sheehan (V A V V Records). The album will be released in Jan, 2010. We are grateful and humbled by the cast of "world class" musicians that helped us bring this album to fruition. ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2007. The Middle Class signed a recording contract with Los Angeles based record label, V A V V Records, and they released their debut album, "Deep in Debt in '08." Ten years of giggin’ around Los Angeles allowed the boys to tighten their old fashioned Folksy/Bluesy/Americana sound, and more importantly, find a studio where they knew their sound would be embraced and able to grow. The second the band walked into V A V V , the boys knew they were “home.” Focused on original material, The Middle Class explores all forms of “Traditional Music.” Tight vocal sounds are often complemented by a washboard, a mandolin, a trumpet, a double bass, a slide guitar or harmonica. The boys want to create that “back porch” kinda feel, where an intimate, sugar-sweet ballad can easily give way to a floorboard stompin’ sing-a-long.

....

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ALBUM REVIEW:

Some call it Old-Timey, New-Grass, Jam-Grass, Rootsy, Pre-WWII, Folk or hell, some label junkies may even dream up a title like Appalachian Dumpsta-Funk (not bad actually, can’t it be as useful as “Alt-Country”?) The fact is, in the last few years we have witnessed an Ellis Island-style rush of young, unique, and quality hard-to-define acts added to the rosters of summer festivals around the globe. From The Avett Brothers to Old Crow to Uncle Earl to the Hackensaw Boys to Cadillac Sky and to the various Nickel Creek “hiatus” projects, these bands shine a light on the fast pounding pulse of American music and represent a vanguard the likes of which we may never see again in one such glorious grouping.

Add to the aforementioned group of emerging talents, THE MIDDLE CLASS. Their record, "Deep in Debt" (VAVV Records) announces in a groovy, eclectic, west coast-style manner that we should expect to see them soon on future Telluride and Merlefest stages. Coming from LA, the laid back vibes of certain tracks such as “Thinkin’ of You” and “Rock-a-Bye” are not only appropriate but refreshing in their change of pace from many of their counterparts fast, finger-pickin’ fetishes. Many latter-day acoustic based bands feel compelled to pummel the listener into submission with their fingers-of-fury style pickin’, but no worries, there isn’t any pressure here to knee-slap your hands any quicker than you so desire. Of course, I wouldn’t want the entire disc to be as laid back as a stoned surfer after a basket of fish tacos. Thankfully, the opening track, “All I Want is You” bounces in and boasts the rough-hewn vocals of Matt Doherty and Clem Jeffreys’ harmonica licks that only sound right when done from a front-porch.

Adding to the disc’s cornucopia is the 70’s style funk track “Guantanamo Bay”. The horns and disco guitar make it sound as if it would be a great cut to roll during the closing credits to a CHIP’s episode (’ya know, the ones where they freeze-frame Panch & John laughing at how easy the crime was solved while riding motorbikes…). In this day and age of debate over what is “Roots”, “Americana” and even “Bluegrass”, I see The Middle Class’ use of percussion, horns and electric instruments as a welcome addition to the collection of sounds that make up American Music.

posted by Kelly Dearmore in Twangville.com and Gobblersknob.com

Member Since:

July 10, 2006

Members:

***"BEST WE CAN"***

MATT DOHERTY - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

CLEM JEFFREYS - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Harmonica, Washboard, Vocals

Also:

CHRIS WAGNER - Double Bass

SEAN MCNABB - Bass

KEN O'MALLEY - Mandolin

ROB ZUCCA - Lead Guitar

JAMES FEARNLEY - Accordion

DERMOT MULRONEY - Mandolin

GALEN SHOSTAC - Piano, Organ

SEBASTIAN SHEEHAN - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

TREVOR THORNTON - Drums

***"DEEP IN DEBT"***

MATT DOHERTY - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

CLEM JEFFREYS - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Harmonica, Washboard, Vocals

BEN MOREY - Guitars

Also:

ROBIN WILEY - Vocals

MARK DREWS - Bass

SEAN MCNABB - Bass

SEBASTIAN SHEEHAN - Drums and Percussion

VIDEO by: StrangeScience -- strangescienceinfo@gmail.com

PHOTOS BY - David Carlson and Polly Cole

Influences:

All things Americana- from Blues, Country and Gospel to Alan Lomax -- all the way down Highway 61 to a basement in a big pink house in Woodstock, where Dylan and The Band brought the fringe Folk stuff into the mainstream.

Sounds Like:

A Civil War campfire, barn-burnin' Bluegrass, sonic heart-felt nostalgia, good times and hard times on the back-porch with good friends.

Record Label:

V A V V RECORDS

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