Tim Robinson: acoustic guitar and lead vocal, Chris Tarrow: guitars, madolin, producer, mixer, etc., David Hamburger: dobro and electric guitars, Dan Vonnegut: drums, Byron Isaacs: electric bass, Michael Daves: mandolin and electric guitar, Suzanne Vega: harmony vocals, Fiona McBain: harmony vocals, Bob Hillman: harmony vocals and acoustic guitar, Ina May Wool: harmony vocals
Influences
Steve McQueen, Townes Van Zandt, Joe Namath, Bob Dylan, Robert Creeley, John Prine, Diane Arbus, Steve Forbert, Lee Morgan, Sherwood Anderson, Greg Brown, Ferron, Flannery O'Connor, Werner Herzog, Woody Guthrie, Woody Shaw, Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Thompson, Truman Capote, Chris Whitley, The Clash, Edith Piaf, Cormac McCarthy, Bruce (Springsteen and Lenny), Patrick Brayer, Jackson Pollock, The Band, Joan Didion, Bill Morrisey, Edgar Lee Masters, Jack Hardy, Tom Waits, Sam Shepard, Frank Tedesso, Jean Paul Belmondo, Raymond Carver (or his editor, I guess), Tom Robbins, Roger Banister, etc...
Sounds Like
Man, I don't (can't) know what to say about this. You tell me.
MONEY IN THE WOODS gets 4 stars from PASTE magazine!
PASTE's Amanda Petrusich had this to say: "... a beguiling mix of Greg Brown-style folk and thoughtful alt. country... As a lyricist, Robinson is consistently smart and unassuming, and both his vocals and arrangements are beautifully organic, as simple and inviting as a pile of freshly raked leaves."
Here's a link to a clipping of the whole review: PASTE REVIEW
There's also a new review in PERFORMING SONGWRITER.
Mare Wakefield says this: "... His easy delivery falls onto your ears like the cadence of a long-lost brother or favorite uncle, someone youve been longing for and never get to see enough, someone with great stories, someone you love."
Oh, and Performing Songwriter has now included "money in the woods" on their "best releases of 2006" list!
Read the full review here: PERFORMING SONGWRITER REVIEW
Click here to buy the CD:
MONEY IN THE WOODS was also an '05 NEW PANTHEON MUSIC AWARD nominee!
Tim Robinson's literate but earthy songs traffic in neither high-flown linguistics nor mawkish romanticism; his is a direct, trenchant style that expresses the deepest fundaments of humanity in a strikingly original way.
Robinson kicked around the NYC songwriter scene in the '90s, quietly soaking up experience and amassing an overwhelming cache of stunning songs. At last, his debut album MONEY IN THE WOODS allows the world at large to hear what Robinson can do. With guest appearances by everyone from staunch supporter Suzanne Vega to hot NY gospel-rockers Olabelle, MONEY IN THE WOODS is a dark, churning stew of folk, blues, and rock. While there's a musical kinship to such roots-conscious craftsmen as John Prine, Greg Brown, and Bob Dylan, the closest lyrical antecedents are literary figures like e.e. cummings and Dylan Thomas, men who shook up the English language and found a way to fashion it into something startlingly new.
Robinson's unmannered singing style and raw, minimalist production aesthetic make MONEY IN THE WOODS eminently approachable, but once you enter into the world these songs create, you'll be whisked off down strange, knotty byways you'd never even imagined before. In the end, though, the pure heart and soul behind Robinson's gifted pen is what will make you return to those byways time and again, gleaning something new with each trip.
Suzanne Vega says this of MONEY IN THE WOODS:
What can I tell you about this collection of Tim Robinson's songs?
He is one of my favorite songwriters. You have to read his songs as well
as listen to them to get just how striking his ideas are. The songs are witty and sometimes dark but never cynical. This album is the world reflected through the prism of an intelligent and original mind."
Acoustic Live says:
If your tastes run toward the brilliant and vital, the slightly rough but entirely ready - think Dylan, John Prine, Lucinda Williams, or Steve Earle - then go out and get yourself a copy of Money in the Woods.
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Hi Tim! Yeah will check out that other Schmidt, Danny! thanks, i know he made some shows with one of my bookingcompanies and ive seen the name around..so yeah haha i will, just ramblin on here... i hope things are great! tim
Thanks a lot, Tim! "Chuchotements" means "Whispered words". I honestly got lucky that the French words fit in the song. I had the idea for the lyrics before the translation.
"Gray Parrot" is really, really good, Tim! Lifted me up and carried me with it to the end, at which point I wanted to go back and ride it again. Nice work!!
Ciao,Tim Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, Band, and stupendous voice. compliments ..really. you are one of my prefeitis, I feel great admiration for you, be really one whom is worth rather a lot! I hope to listen soon to you, in italy .. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music all the best.. from italy.. and good life.. every day neal
Oh no !!! Sorry ...I try to translate my com...Dont' laugh now please Tim !!! I said in my com that your art work could be used like picture( cover? ) for your next album !!!! No ??? It's very beautiful you know ?? It's ok now ??? Sorry but I speak english like a spanish cow !!!!!
Great songs, Tim. All the accolades you've received are well-deserved. I'm looking into diving into your stuff a little deeper. Wishing you continued success. Dan
Hello Tim, Good to hear from you. I've gone underground to chase around 2 little kids and try to learn how to play guitar and write songs.... You're still a handsome bastard, I see..What kind of skin cream do you use?
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