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within this section of the wellsish site is information about bands that
I've played bass in and/or worked with in some other capacity, such as studio producing.
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The
Walkabouts
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Also,
check out the indispensable wellsish guide to independent music labels
here.
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 The
Walkabouts (then) |
During my eleven years playing with The Walkabouts we recorded nine albums and toured the US and Europe a bunch. I played my last show with the band in November, 1996, at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. In October 2003 I rejoined The Walks for a European tour to promote the best of album entitled "Shimmers." The tour was fun; in fact it went so well that the band asked me to record the next album with them. "Acetylene" was recorded in September 2004, released in August 2005, and we toured for the album in September 2005.
- To see my "behind-the-scenes" photos of the 2003 tour, click here.
- To learn more about The Walkabouts, and to see photos of the live show taken by fans, click here.
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 The Walkabouts (now)
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Dodi  |
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Dodi sounds
like a cross between the Stooges, Devo and perhaps a little XTC. The band
was named after Seattle's Belltown matron saint of bartenders, Dodi Smith,
who held court in the old Rendezvous for many years. Dodi has one full-length
CD that can be found at Amazon, here. Dodi still
gets together once in awhile to play a show because we still love
playing together.
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| Pluto
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Boy is the high energy funk-pop-soul group that I formed with my longtime
LA friend Eben Eldridge, when I was still playing bass for The
Walkabouts (the first time around). Pluto Boy did some recording; in fact the group started as
a recording project, but unfortunately we never released a CD. During
Pluto Boy's brief history, Terri Moeller and then Dave Bosch played drums,
Maurice Caldwell, jr. played lead guitar, Lawrence Norman played guitar,
I played bass and harmonica, and Eben sang, played sax/flute and danced. |
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| The
Grasshoppers |
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short-lived Seattle supergroup was formed by Earl Brooks on guitar and
vocals, and included myself on bass, Larry Barrett on various instruments,
Bruce Wirth and various drummers. Although we never recorded, my time playing
with these guys was incredibly fun and marked my discovery and appreciation
of Gram Parsons. There's a memorable performance of the band doing Bongo
Corral that is captured on VHS somewhere. |
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first Seattle band. This little post-punk outfit had musical influences
ranging from early XTC and Gang of Four to the Clash and the Police; basically all the British post-punk bands. We were young and inexperienced,
never played a club gig (lots of house parties, Lincoln Arts Center, and we're rumoured to have started a fire in a church once) nor released a record, but we lived for that band
for a year. I played bass and sang, Marlin Hathaway sang and played
sax and guitar, Jill Cunningham played guitar and sang, and Jason
Finn played drums. Marlin and I did most of the songwriting. At various times we jammed with the likes of Rob
Stewart and Bill Ackerlund, both incredible musicians whom I've always
respected and admired. |
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| Tina
Chopp |
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never had the pleasure of being in Tina Chopp, but I produced some of their
early recordings. Some of the tunes we recorded together eventually were
released on the group's one-and-only CD release, "Nebbish." |
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| The
Bolos |
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great Seattle folk-rock group that I had a hand at producing, and I played
bass for one of their recorded songs. James, Katy, Scott
and Tom approached me at a Grasshoppers show at the now defunct OK Hotel,
and the work that I did with the group eventually made up part of their
debut CD "Hello, Danger." |
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22 |
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22 was my first group, in Manhattan Beach, California. We were beginners,
we were weird and wholly original. Meeting Chris, David, Mike and whomever else played with us (it was a long time ago) left an indelible mark on my musical tastes that has endured to this day. Have I mentioned my love of XTC yet? |
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