| Member Since | 1/25/2007 | | Band Members | 
THE RED LIONS ARE:
Eric Margan: vocals, guitar, keyboard
Rick Spataro: guitar, keyboard, vocals
Scott Kellerhouse: bass, guitar
James Bertini: drums
Featuring:
Zachary Gresser: Piano
Joel Yannuzzi: Trumpet
Rosie Newton: Violin
Madalyn Parnas: Violin
Cicely Parnas: Cello
"Midnight Book is brilliantly informed by Impressionism, classic rock, and chamber and adagio musics with a dash of smoky nightclub jazz. Expect Stravinsky to spice the slow sonics, Gershwin to walk side by side with rapture, Ravel to pull in fog and rain, and Weill to spike the decadence factor throughout a conceptually based song cycle revolving around love, loss, anomie, and desperation.
The arrangements here are way above average, the quality that most puts Margan in an Elfman stratum. The strength of his technical talents matches the passion of the intuitive, both promising that, with a debut this overwhelming, his is a name we'll be hearing much more of as the years go by. Hollywood should be snapping Margan up as though he were flowing gold. Not only are the lyrical qualities of Midnight Book many pegs above the crowd, but the guy also plays everydamnthing: guitar, contrabass, vibes, Hammond, flute, celeste, harpsichord, harmonium, and mellotron. Existential romance by way of Byronic refrains has rarely been this evocatively stated."
-Mark S. Tucker, Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange
"Elegant, sophisticated and refreshingly open-hearted, singer-guitarist Margan pens wonderfully literate and melodically inventive songs that he has orchestrated for a most unusual but oh-so effective ensemble of musicians featuring drums, bass, keyboards, violin, cello, clarinet and flute. This is chamber music for the 21st century, and it simply sparkles."
-Greg Haymes, The Times Union
"Eric Margan’s songs and aesthetic are from another time: His musical influences seem drawn entirely from before he was born. His jazz-leaning, ornate, orchestral pop is unlike anything that’s come out of the Capital Region in as long as we can remember, and the band’s busy gig schedule has amassed them a devoted, even defensive, fan base. Trust us: This band will be going places."
-John Brodeur, Metroland
"Singer/songwriter Eric Margan’s unhurried melodies and subtle orchestrations are sweet and disarming. This accomplished multi-instrumentalist has been inspired by his time in the studio with folk and jazz heavy hitters Pete Seeger, Richie Havens and David Amram."
-Peter Wise, The Berkshire Fringe
BOOKING INQUIRIES:
Eric Margan
emargan at gmail.com
(518) 588-1511
MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Franesa Pyle | Noteworthy PR
Franesa@noteworthypr.com
(518) 852-1591
www.noteworthypr.com | | Influences | The Beatles, Andrew Bird, Wilco, Rufus Wainwright, Philip Glass, The Beach Boys, Radiohead, Tom Waits, Sylvia Plath, Beethoven, Kurt Weill | | Record Label | Currently Unsigned. Self-released "Midnight Book" | | Type of Label | Unsigned |
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