MR. BLOTTO A Groover’s Christmas Arguably Chicago’s hardest working band, Mr. Blotto faced some trepidation gathering some Christmas tunes for “A Groover’s Christmas!” so they invited a few fans to the studio to lighten the mood. Mission accomplished. Their interpretations of Xmas classics like “Holly Jolly Christmas” and “Silver Bells” bring their super tight, jam …
So here’s the second of our EP Series. A Groover’s Christmas is our take on Christmas Music, new and old. With these EPs, our plan is to go into new areas where we wouldn’t maybe go for a whole full-length album. As an Improv-based Jam Band, the New is always more interesting than the Thing …
Back in the days when Vinyl Albums were the way we heard Music, part of the fun was opening the Album (if it was a double LP or even a single that opened like a book), and reading what was printed inside. Some records included the Lyrics, which I made my self specifically Not read …
Math Stuff… Merry Christmas! As the Third and Final (you’re welcome) Blog post regarding the new A Groover’s Christmas EP, we thought it appropriate to point out a couple of things. Both are Math-based for those who think these things Count… (Sorry for that). I-(The Short One) “Why did you wait until December 13th to …
The first thing that we do as we pull away from the Arrivals section of Armstrong International in New Orleans is turn on the radio and tune to FM 90.7. WWOZ/FM 90.7 has been a fixture of NOLA Music and Culture since it went on the air in 1980. For a time it operated from …
Parking Karma is not far off…
Bad Hair Day. “Baby stay, don’t go to work today/look at how it’s storming Take some time, call in sick and stay/and kiss me in the morning.“ To say that the success of Parking Karma surprised us would be as large an understatement as you could make. It changed the trajectory of the Band. We …
If the success of Parking Karma made Bad Hair Day possible, then Bad Hair Day shaped and directed what would eventually become Ancient Face. The post-BHD Shows were of a completely different type than those that went before. The Stages were bigger. Requests were for Originals more than for cover songs. There was an enthusiasm …
Cabbages & Kings is the first CD that features Mark Hague on Guitar and Vocals. While we had known Hague for years and had always loved his playing in whatever band he was in at the time, we didn’t know at the time just how much history we had in common with him. Here’s a …
Whoever said “Never meet your heroes” never got to write songs with John Perry Barlow. We met up with Barlow when he was in Chicago. He was in town catching up with friends of his who happened to also be friends of ours and as these things tend to sort of keep on happening to …
