Check out the ancient (and soon to be on DVD) video for Cemetery Gates
Here I am singing My Mood Ring with my freak friends in Orange Hat
Influences
Beatles (duh), Brian Wilson, Squeeze, Lindsey Buckingham, Syd Barrett, Arthur Lee, Love, The Move, The Kinks, The Zombies, Laurie Anderson, Martin Newell, paisley-era Prince, World Party, Buff Whalen and The Cronce, Phil Spector, Odgen's Nut Gone Flake, The Court Of The Crimson King, Donovan, Trio, Casper And The Cookies, pre-Kiki Dee Elton John, Captain Beefheart, Ed Grimley, McCartney, McCartney II, Roy Wood, Fountains Of Wayne, Dukes Of Stratosphear, Jane Weidlin, Steely Dan, James Dickey, James Herbert, Robert Tilton, Woody Allen, and anyone who's ever played a Fender Rhodes.
Sounds Like
Fountains Of Wayne? Beatles? Squeeze? howling dogs?
Hello there. My name is David but they call me Zeus for some forgotten reason, which turns out to be convenient , because if you Google "David Henderson" you'll find real estate agents, basketball coaches, and German economists, and, well... just say Zeus. I started writing twisted pop songs in grade school, recording them on a Radio Shack cassette deck. Things have advanced somewhat since then, but I still tend to write songs with happy melodies and whacked out lyrics. Songs about clairvoyant octopi, songs about psychotic ice cream men, songs about insane spaghetti, and more recently, songs about the offbeat life of the pizza delivery boy. I've been the bass-boy in Orange Hat since 1822, and have also played bass with zillions of other Atlanta bands and artists including Wild West Picture Show, Shawn Mullins, Gerard McHugh, Paul Melançon, and too many drunk rednecks to count. If you can find their CDs, buy them! Can't find my CDs? That's 'cause they went out of print in the 1930s. But fear not, they'll be flooding Amazon before too long, right next to my lovely DVD. Did I not mention that? I have a new DVD compilation, Decompositions, with 20 of my homemade songs and videos shot on grainy Super8 film. Every home should have one!
Hey Zeus, I wanted you to know, I found the "Pookie Mooga Head" you made me for my birthday in 1998, while I was in ATL last. Now I get to see it everytime I wake up and go to sleep. PMH rocks!!!
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Things are going GREAT!! Hope everything's working out for you too. Love your version of "Song For Syd Barrett"...I never did get a copy of that ReNewell CD, dang it. Yeah, keep me posted on what new projects you're working on!!
Hey Zeus!! Thanks for having me on board. I still have that "Zeus Box Set Retrospective" you sent me years ago...and it's still very cool. Also, kudos to whoever is putting the Orange Hat Hour up on YouTube!! That's just great! All the best.
