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Danielle Miraglia is a one woman tour- ago at Smoken’ Joe’s when that was still the last bunch of years. It also helps me lead guys the material before recording? de-force. Whether she’s mesmerizing happening. Eddie Scheer did a Tuesday my own band. That’s been my main focus I would send them a bare bones voice audiences at a solo gig, performing high- night All-stars thing there. He’s since moved the last year with The Glory Junkies; playing memo of the tune and say, Can we rehearse profile shows with Laurence Scudder or it over to the Corrib Club. It’s right around original stuff with the band. this at the next rehearsal? We would laying down a groove filled night of blues/ the corner from where Smoken’ Joe’s used METRONOME: When did you form The rehearse it and then do a live rehearsal at rock with her band The Glory Junkies, to be. The Corrib Club welcomed him there Glory Junkies? Toad during one of my residencies there. Danielle never fails to impress. I caught to keep it going. I do that with him every so It’s been a slow build. It’s been on going When it came time to do the record, we up with this talented gal the first week of often and that’s how I met Cheryl. for a long time. Laurence Scudder, the went in and did most of it live in the studio. October and we talked about music and the We started doing duo gigs together and viola player in the band, and I have played We went back and did some overdubs, but thing that’s exciting her most these days... still play every other month or so. We take together for a long time. At one time it was the songs were recorded as a band live, old turns leading stuff. I’ll play guitar with her my husband Tom Bianchi on bass and Jim school. METRONOME: You’ve been very busy on her stuff and she plays harp with me on Larkin on drums. Tom got really busy so now METRONOME: How many songs? playing solo and with your band The my stuff. Jim plays bass and we got Chris Anzalone Ten all together. Glory Junkies. How are things going? METRONOME: Do you develop the songs on drums. Erik White is also in the band with METRONOME: How long did it take to Danielle Miraglia: I keep my tentacles in a and sing vocal harmonies and stuff like us. It’s a good hang. I love the band. We put record? lot of different places so it keeps me working that? a record out almost a year ago. About a full year. I was thinking, we’ll (laughs). I usually do the solo thing when I’m Yeah, we do a little of that. METRONOME: What was the name of the bang this thing out in a few weeks, but that traveling because it’s more feasible. METRONOME: What kind of music are CD? never freakin’ happened (laughs). METRONOME: How far out do you travel? you playing? Originals? Blues standards? It’s called, All My Heroes Are Ghosts. It’s METRONOME: Did you do any pre- I do mostly East coast, but really wherever We do a mix of both, but probably more all my material except for a cover of a Janis production at your home studio? it takes me. I’ve been touring We did most of it at the the East coast for a long time. studio, then Dave Westner I’ve gone out west and done mixed it at his home studio. some mid-western gigs. I try to METRONOME: How many keep a balance between being CDs do you have out under home and being on the road, your name now? so I don’t do the long couple I think there are three that of months out anymore. Once are still in print out there. I did a a month now, I’ll do an out of couple of EPs before that and town thing and then come a couple of live ones, so there’s back. about four more than what’s METRONOME: How far down out there now. the East coast do you travel? METRONOME: Is this the Florida, North Carolina. first Glory Junkies release? Usually if I have something Yeah. in that area now, I’ll fly down METRONOME: Did it surprise and do a few dates then come you that The Glory Junkies back. project developed as nicely METRONOME: Do you do the as it did? booking yourself or are you Yeah. I feel it’s a good on an agency’s roster? chemistry both musically and I do a lot of it myself, but personality wise. We all really I’m also working with this guy enjoy the band. The first thing, named Nick Young who does obviously, is that we can all some of my booking as well. play well together and that we He works with Chris Trapper have chemistry musically, but and Will Dailey too. it’s so important to me that the I’ve been lucky that I’ve been hang is good (laughs). When I working for so long now that go to a gig with these guys I gigs tend to come to me, so I say, Cool, I want to be around don’t have to do a ton of outreach myself. on the blues side of things. Joplin tunes. these people. It’s good because I’m working a lot. Part METRONOME: Are you comfortable METRONOME: Did you write for the METRONOME: When you have your of keeping working is to be as flexible as playing the blues? album? chops together musically, the hang is possible. I guess with any thing you do, Oh yeah. That’s been a big part of what There are about five songs that were very important. Don’t you find that’s that’s the case. I’ve been doing the last bunch of years. I’ll new when we recorded them. Then I have a really what it’s all about? METRONOME: In the last few years I see sit in with Eddie or Bruce Bears. song from the early 2000s that finally made It’s so important. I feel so lucky that I you playing shows with Cheryl Arena. It’s been a really fun local thing to do for a record. It’s a mix of old and new stuff, but have really good people around me. For How did you two meet? me as a guitar player and as a performer. most of it is new. all the projects that I do, I love the people We met maybe three or four years I’ve gotten comfortable in that setting over METRONOME: How did you show the that I work with. There’s enough good talent out there that you don’t need to deal with Theater this past year. I opened for Robert knuckleheads (laughs). I don’t have time for Cray there and Buddy Guy last year. it. Laurence played with me. We did it as a METRONOME: How much are you Glory Junkies duo. Playing that theater working locally? is beautiful anyway, but the crowds were Usually three or four times a week. It just so good at those shows. I love the blues kinda happens. I don’t even think about it. crowds because they’re party-ers, but they It’s feast or famine sometimes too because also love music. They’re so enthusiastic. when we get in to the winter months, it gets They’re in to it. I love that. That’s my favorite a little lighter on the schedule, which is fine. combination. But generally, I’m doing something a few METRONOME: What do you think about times a week. the music business now and has the METRONOME: How often are The Glory internet hurt or helped? Junkies working now that you have a Honestly, at my level, I feel that it’s new CD? helped. It allows you to do everything at a I try to get us playing a couple of times grassroots level. You can get your music out a month. there without the help of a label. It’s weird METRONOME: Do you play anywhere because the same thing that’s making it solo locally? feasible is also making it problematic. I love No. Generally when I do the solo thing it and I hate it. it’s in the coffeehouse venues. I play mostly For me it’s always been DIY and grassroots, in the listening rooms or as an opener so it hasn’t changed a lot for me. I haven’t sometimes. I don’t do bar gigs solo, had that big major label success, so for me because I can’t deal with that anymore. it’s basically the same. The only thing that’s I did it too many years. I would do those changed is knowing whether or not people four hour, soul-killer gigs sitting in a corner. are actually going to buy CDs. You still have It was good for me at the time. It got my to print them otherwise it doesn’t feel like a chops up. You need to experience that, but legitimate release. People will still buy CDs. generally I don’t take solo gigs unless it’s in You have to give them something to take a listening room environment. home. METRONOME: What kind of guitar(s) are The music business has been in the you playing these days? awkward stage for about ten years. Nobody A Gibson J-45 is my main acoustic guitar. knows exactly where it’s going. I also switch off to a 1967 Gibson LG-0. I METRONOME: What’s coming up for you use a Telecaster when I play with the band. in the New Year? METRONOME: Do you have a lot of I’m starting to do some writing for the next videos out on YouTube? project. I want to keep the band working. I’d I do have one for the title track of this like to get us in to some festivals next year. record. My friend Lisa Bastoni is a great It depends on where the writing goes too. I visual artist and she does illustrated videos might write something that’s actually better for some of her own songs. She said she for solo. I can’t really predict it. wanted to start doing some for other people METRONOME: When you dive in to it, will so we had an idea for the song, “All My you have the blues in the back of your Heroes Are Ghosts.” She did a collage of mind? musical heroes that have passed away. Not I think it’s always there no matter what, all of them, but everyone we could think of. even if I’m not consciously trying to do that. She did a beautiful job with that. I’d love to There’s a little bit of that in there. It just goes make more videos... where it goes. METRONOME: They’re very time METRONOME: I was watching late night consuming. TV and Jim Braude came on with his Yeah. The time that goes in to it... I give show, “Greater Boston” and you were credit to anybody that spends that kind one of his guests. That must have been of time and money on that kind of thing. I cool? always think, I should make a video for this, Jim and Margery Eagan do Boston Public then I just don’t (laughs). Radio on WGBH and I was on their show a METRONOME: Sometimes one video can year before that. They were putting together take longer to make than ten songs in a a panel regarding the music scene, so they studio. got in touch with me to see if I would be A couple of years ago I was in one of part of that panel with Tom Rush and Larry Dwight & Nicole’s videos. They have this Watson. That was fun. They’re really cool really cute one called, “Smile.” They asked people, Jim and Margery. I listen to them a me to be in it and do a little dance routine. lot. To Apply, Call The Store Nearest You or Go To www.GuitarCenter.com We were there for the entire day and it’s METRONOME: I heard you were literary only a thirty second part of the video nominated for a music award. Guitar Center-Natick Guitar Center-Danvers Guitar Center-Millbury (laughs). They had to spend so much time. 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Singer-songwriter-guitarist Jeff Root is was nice. It’s nice to keep that collaboration got a very encouraging note back from Sir end up going there? a well known veteran of the New England happening. George Martin back in 1973-74. That was Our drummer Grant retired from music scene. With twenty releases to his METRONOME: How exactly did Martin a great impetus to go forward and continue Lockheed a couple of years ago and credit, Root is not only an accomplished help you with production? with our work. It was very cool. decided to get back to music. He bought musician, but a much sought after studio I would say with the sequencing and METRONOME: Were you and Martin a place in Gloucester and rebuilt it with a engineer and producer. His latest CD having a breakdown in a song at a certain Olson ever in a band together? studio that we could use for recording release, The Endless Adventure, features point and dropping guitars completely here We had a duo. We didn’t play out much. drums and rehearsals. Hi-Hat Studio is his. a timeless collection of songs that capture and there... general ideas about how to It was mainly writing and sending stuff out For all of the tracks, we ended up inserting the essence of where rock & roll has been keep things well paced and interesting for to all the powers that be at the time. Then he kick and snare in a bunch of places mainly while navigating the direction of where it’s the listener. got interested in comedy. We did a comedy to improve the sound, which is a vital part of headed. I spoke with Jeff on a tepid Friday METRONOME: Was Martin in the studio film together in the late 1970’s, early 1980’s. the recording. afternoon in October and he outlined the with you for that? He eventually got a job doing what he METRONOME: Did you layer the snare ideas that forged the making of his latest No, he’s out on the West Coast. He always wanted to do and I’m working as an and kick drum? record... works for Disney. He’s working on Milo engineer. We had eight or ten mics going on the Murphy’s Law, the cartoon show. He’s also METRONOME: Where do you work drums and it sounded pretty good for a METRONOME: How long was your new worked on Phineas and Ferb, Sponge Bob during the day? live recording, but when we compared it album, The Endless Adventure in the Squarepants and Rocko’s Modern Life. I wanted to get in to web technology to other professional recordings, we were making? He’s got a full time job being serious about which is where all the jobs are now- Cloud missing the isolation we needed on the kick Jeff Root: We had a slow summer after cartoons (laughs). We’re thinking about technology and all that stuff. When I left and the snare. We ended up getting triggers our last release with only and ran it in to the drum few shows and then I brain in order to get MIDI. started getting serious When you listen to drum about writing in the Fall. sample libraries all the I had some regular job genius engineers and changes in the middle producers are getting the of he process too which absolute best sound you made it a little bit longer can possibly get. Most of than usual. It took a full the modern production two years to put it all today is done with inserts together. I tried to do on the kick and the snare. something less quirky METRONOME: For The and more enjoyable by a Endless Adventure, I larger group of folks this noticed that you walked time around. a fine line between METRONOME: Did you 60’s/70’s English rock feel like the last album and American Pop. I was too quirky? heard The Dave Clark No, but since I’ve been Five, Tom Petty, The collaborating with my old Beatles and Leon drummer, Grant Clark, Russell. Are they all he’s a guy that takes influences? things seriously and I think you have all this professional, so he’s kept stuff engrained in your me on a higher track. He mind. Tunes that you’ve was always the serious listened to hundreds of guy with The Hot Dates times that you’re still and our earlier bands. totally inspired by. I think I wanted to make this album have a pop starting an album together right now. Avid, I decided to dig in deep and finally a lot of that is integral and part of your DNA. appeal as well as having some piano based METRONOME: Do you fly tracks via the landed a job doing web based stuff: Java, Certainly I look back on The Beatles, The ballads, and that’s what we did. internet back in forth to each other? Java Script and Google Cloud. Now I have Kinks, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Chuck Berry METRONOME: It took almost two years We send mp3 based tracks to each a future (laughs) and that’s a good thing. and The Who as being the inspirations to complete? other. He’s always been a good sounding It’s very similar to audio engineering in my behind the ideas for writing and production. Yeah. I continued working on songs right board. He’ll give you a real honest opinion mind. It makes you think about how to solve METRONOME: The whole piano ballad after I completed the other project. I did about things. Grant and Zach do that as problems to get the best results. thing was a cool change of direction for some writing with my son Zach again, and well, but it’s nice to have somebody that’s METRONOME: Most of the album was you. It reminded us of Leon Russell. collaborated a little bit with my old comedy outside the band giving some assistance recorded at your studio, The Root Cellar, Yeah, but I can play the blues pretty well writing buddy, Martin Olson. I got a lot of as well. The first four records I did were but I noticed that some work was done at on the piano too. Leon Russell was always production assistant ideas from him which total collaborations with Martin. We actually Hi-Hat Studio in Gloucester. How did you one of my favorites. METRONOME: You wrote a song for and to it and add some soul to it. I thought the dedicated the album to the late Marty raw guitar and the B.B. King notes would be Nestor. How did Marty pass away? a good way to go. He had a number of things wrong. He had METRONOME: Did you have a CD release cancer, diabetes and some other things. party? Eventually his kidneys and system down Yes, what a great time. I had it at The below just let go. He was on machines for Bull Run in Shirley. My whole family was the last couple of months of his life. He there. My mom, who is 91, my son Zach, was a crazy man... I think he did himself in who played with me of course, my two during his early days. He also battled with daughters, Adrienne (21st Century Girl) depression. It was hard for him to keep and Rebecca (clarinet), my two grandkids, things going towards the end. and my sister and brother-in-law. It was Playing with him as his bass player and amazing. Plus tons of musical friends. musical director for the past four or five George and Alison at The Bull Run are like years was such a blast. He was so in love family as well to all of us. George and I had with the playing and being out in front of a great chat at the end of the whole thing. It people. It was a joy to hang out with him was a great success and lots of fun. and the other guys. I also got close to a lot METRONOME: Are you shooting any of his friends and family by doing all that. videos for any of these songs? When he passed, we were still touch, but Yes, just to promote the album I put not the same way we were when he was together some videos. I want to get in to around. It was a big part of my life for those some serious video production though. four or five years. I thought I should make a METRONOME: What else is happening dedication to him. cool riff. The phrasing is interesting against tongue-in-cheek as well, so I loved that with you and the band? METRONOME: Was “Marty’s Tune” your the riff itself, so that was the framework of whole thing. On that, I was trying to find a We want to get out playing in the clubs ode to him? the song. I had a lot of contribution from my song that would have the one chord and again. Shows at Ralph’s Diner, The Middle Yeah. I think it was an honest inspiration son on that song. then the seven chord; something like the East and some more openers at the Cabot from his passing. I knew for a couple of METRONOME: I loved your tune, “The very first phrase from “The Sound of Music.” Theater would be fun gigs to play. There months that he wasn’t going to make it, Boogieman.” What inspired that? I wrote a melody around that transposition are opportunities out there if want them. but we would go and joke around and have The first phrase hit me right between and tried to do something like Cole Porter Creating another record with the band is a laugh, the bunch of us. The day they the eyes as being really cool. From there lyric-wise. That’s where that came from. obvious as well. finally pulled the plug, it happened tobe I figured out other things. At the time, I I sent it to Martin and he said, “You the day after his daughter’s wedding. His was terrorized by all the things we were should score a little clarinet arrangement girl friend Sharon called me and said, “We hearing about bombings in Paris and the against that like in “When I’m 64.” He was had to do it. Marty’s gone.” It was such an Isis murders. What was most inspirational right. That was the final touch. emotional thing. But what happened was, about all of that was the defiance people METRONOME: The song that really hit almost immediately that tune came to me. had inspite of those moments where they me was “Ordinary Girl.” What a great I recorded it on the piano and worked on said, “You’re not going to kill what we have. tune. What’s that about? the words for a couple of weeks. Something We’re going to get passed this.” It has a That’s an old one actually. I recorded that would talk about a continuation of life in little bit of religious imagery in there too. it when I had a little duo with a previous the world as we see it at that point. METRONOME: “Fits Me Like A Glove” drummer, a guy named Kim Miller. It was my METRONOME: “Out of The Blue” was a had a Vaudevillian swagger to it. Where first foray in to doing the studio with modern great rocker. Can you tell us about that did that come from? gear on my own. It was totally quirky and tune? I’ve always loved those kinds of tunes. opposite of what I was trying to do with this Yeah. I was just playing and riffing around I used to love it when I would hear Paul current record. It was all MIDI and poorly one day and I thought, What if I dropped McCartmey do something that the other produced, but had lots of great, imaginative this beat. I had this great lick and figured out Beatles might not be totally behind. I like ideas. This was one of the tunes we did, but how to fit it in to 7/8 time rather than 4/4 time. the tongue-in-cheek feel of it. The original it didn’t have any soul because of all the After that I fit some simple vocals over this compositions by Cole Porter were all quirkiness. I always wanted to come back

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For their first-ever recording session on April 22, 1969, Hendrix turned to their shared musical root, delta blues. Both Sides of the Sky also features an assortment of notable guest musicians that includes Stephen Stills, Johnny Winter, Duane Hitchings, Dallas Taylor Young and Lonnie Youngblood. Both Sides of the Sky was produced by Janie Hendrix, John McDermott, and longtime Hendrix collaborator and engineer, Eddie Kramer. Musician’s Autobiographies Book reviews by Alex Gecko Kim Gordon published Girl In A Band: A and eventually feels comfortable with gay Memoir in 2015. Gordon together with culture and mellows out quite a bit. The Thurston Moore in Sonic Youth, were explosive creative anger turns then towards perceived for nearly 30 years as the royal a softer emotional intensity. The reader can family of American Indie Rock until the question the guitar hero’s frame of mind marriage and the band crumbled. It was when he tried to go into electronic music or the day the music died for my generation, attempt managing TV wrestling shows. He though more with a whimper than with a hardly leaves anything out from his private crash. As a result, Gordon reviews her life, life. many of the successes and the first cracks The writing flows well with eloquent in the foundation that provide the track sentences, but a minimum of dialogue in a record. largely chronological order with only a short Being a bit shy and unassuming, she out of sequence intro. While he never came doesn’t actually answer what it’s like to be to terms with the now deceased Grant the “girl in the band,” although she was Hart, Bob Mould continues to be a musical repeatedly asked this throughout her career. ground breaker and inspiration in his middle An element of disappointment creeps into age. past. She did include cooking her placenta. the narration. You get a very quick history Love Smith admits to a stint in AA when of the No-Wave scene, where this gang Frieda Love Smith of Blake Babies and the life style became too much and one claims to have only come in at the tail end. Antenna wrote Red Velvet Underground: A night in a strip club when the bills needed The Sonic Youth bassist does however give Rock Memoir, With Recipes in 2015. This to get paid. Still the writing is very polished a lot of input into the lyrical content of the is the most left field music autobiography as and artistic and she cleverly squares the songs, which may be perceived as overly it revolves around Love Smith teaching her circle in combining her entire life into one intuitive rather than deep, though the riffs 2 teenage sons to cook amidst occasional concise document without any waste. You and tunings were the realm of the 2 guitar revelations on her careers in 3 bands. You get very little input on the songs or the gigs, players. Some background of the recordings do get about 40 mostly vegetarian and but find out how a little indie band fed itself and the tours is also given, though by no Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and Sugar vegan recipes and a peek into the lives of without resorting to junk food in a pre-digital means, a blow by blow account. Her art and published See a Little Light: The Trail of bohemian middle age academics with a age. literary background features prominently Rage and Melody in 2011 with Michael as do many of the scene people in LA and Azerrad. Bob Mould reveals his evolution NYC. The sentences are deceivingly short from a musically gifted but insecure pudgy yet quiet complex. Overall, you get an gay teen in rural upstate New York to an all extremely useful albeit brief summary of the around modern elder statesman of sorts. last 30 years of US Indie rock as well as the He practically escaped a lynching and his story of an artistic life. dysfunctional lower middle class to make his way to college in Minneapolis. Only the chance meeting of Husker Du co-founder Grant Hart revived his interest in music and unleashed the pent up creative force. The trio started jamming but then played hard and fast with such intensity that they ended up making a mark on the hardcore punk scene before moving on to deeper atmospheric pieces later on. Mould’s compulsive work ethic may have made the band a success, but also shows how he was avoiding or escaping his inner demons and insecurities. The pace of the book is frenetic and matter of fact with only inklings of self reflection at first. At the same time, Mould was always the first to quit relationships or turn his back on a situation in order to regain control, even booze or drugs, through sheer willpower and move on. He gives you a lot of musical details and meaning behind songs and the music business, though there is less emphasis on the live performances, unless something was going wrong. Out of concern his old fans would reevaluate their attachment to his body of work and legacy, it’s only later that he comes out Lay Low Moon by Brian M. Owens

On his new album, On This Day Last Year, sings, “And the moon is laying low.” That quintet. released the band project, I took the other Sean McKenna has created a raw, emotional sounded good to me, so I rearranged the METRONOME: What has been your role ones down. essence of folk-rock songmanship that words and came up with Lay Low Moon. in the band all along? METRONOME: What inspired your envelopes the listener in a uniquely musical METRONOME: Your new album, On This I play acoustic guitar and sing. I’ve been songwriting? way. The craftsmanship of this Boston- Day Last Year, is really very different. the songwriter as well. Introspective stuff. My personal life and based folk artist is filled with melodic The songs and musicianship were very METRONOME: Did that lineup last until nostalgia. That’s still true to this day. instrumentation that encompasses different strong. How long has Lay Low Moon 2015? METRONOME: Who are some of the human moods and emotions, all deriving been together? Yes. Then I brought it back down to a solo players that inspire you musically? from McKenna’s personal life experiences. Sean McKenna: I started it as a duo with show under the same name with occasional Joni Mitchell is a big one, Crosby, Stills Whether he’s waxing nostalgic or talking a bass player, Dylan Sullivan, and myself musical guests joining me. & Nash, Neil Young, Jackson Browne and about the inner struggles within one’s self, singing and playing guitar in 2012. METRONOME: During your time with the Big Star. McKenna has unveiled a body of work that METRONOME: Do you and Dylan still full band, did you release any music? METRONOME: What got you hooked on speaks to the universe. I reached him one play together? Yes. We came out with a pair of EPs in folks like Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell September day and we talked about the On and off. It eventually grew to a full 2014 called One Summer and One Winter and Crosby, Still & Nash? making of On This Day Last Year... band with Dylan in the lineup later in 2012. respectively. My parents listened to a lot of that stuff. The members have rotated through the METRONOME: How many songs were on METRONOME: Who are some of your METRONOME: How did you come up years up until 2015. Dylan is in another band the EPs? contemporary influences? with the band name, Lay Low Moon, and now called As The Sparrow. The bass player Five songs each. Some of the newer acts like Bon Iver, the does it hold any significance for you? and singer of that band both played with me METRONOME: Were they all originals? Tallest Man on Earth and Brandi Carlile. There’s a Beck album called Sea Change. as well. For those two EPs, the songs were all METRONOME: What have you been doing You may have heard it. It came out in the METRONOME: Was the band a quartet or original. musically since the group disbanded in early 2000’s. It’s a sad folk album. It was a quintet? METRONOME: Was that the first recorded 2015 and your new album, On This Day very different from his previous records. At first it was a quartet with Dylan and music you had ever released? Last Year? There’s a song on there called “Guess I, Curtis Hartshorn on drums and Peter I had put out a few singles before I’ve been playing live. I didn’t release any I’m Doing Fine” and in one of the verses he Danilchuk on keyboards. Then it grew to a that under that name, but as soon as we recorded music during that time. On This Day Last Year is really the first thing I’ve at my recent CD release show. His name is acoustic. I’m not sure what model it was. making some connections on that front right released in quite a few years. Bradley Swanson. METRONOME: Is the Waterloo guitar a now. METRONOME: When you play live, is it I met up with him a few times to get dreadnaught? METRONOME: Are you getting any radio solo, duo or with a band? some demos together and tried to make the It’s a smaller body acoustic guitar based play for the album? I would say 80% of the time I’m playing album. Then Bradley ended up getting busy on a Kalamazoo guitar that was designed Yes. I know that WMFO-Tufts radio is solo, although I do occasional duo shows with work and the project stopped. and built during the great depression. It was playing the album in regular rotation. I sent it with Dylan now and again. For my CD I ended up meeting Daniel because we meant to be more affordable during that era. all over the place so I may be getting airplay release show at Club Passim, I played with both worked at Club Passim at the time. I They were owned by Gibson. and don’t know it. I was featured on 92.5 a full band. The drummer, Karl Grohmann, gave him my business card and he sent me METRONOME: Is the Waterloo FM-The River and Northshore 104.9 FM- and the pedal steel player Danny Hoshino, a Spotify link of music he had produced. electrified? Famous After Four local artist shows. that played on the album, played with me. Within a week of that, we met up and No. I had a K&K pickup put in it. METRONOME: You fit that 92.5 FM-The METRONOME: Daniel Radin produced started the process of demoing the songs. METRONOME: Did you play an electric River format perfectly because your the album. Who is Daniel? That was in early 2016. guitar for the album? music is so unique and eclectic. Daniel is in a band called The Novel Ideas METRONOME: Did you have all twelve I didn’t play any electric guitar on this Yeah. I was hoping it would be a good fit. that’s a local country folk act. Daniel is an songs penned at that point? album. Between Daniel Radin and Danny METRONOME: Are there any plans for excellent songwriter. That’s a band definitely I had ten out of the eleven that I had Hoshino, they played all the electric guitars recording a new album in 2019? worth checking out. written. The other song was the Graham and other stringed instruments. Probably not a full length disc. I’d like Danny Hoshino and Karl Grohmann were Nash cover. METRONOME: Are you playing more live to ride this album for awhile. I’ll probably also in The Novel Ideas. That’s how they METRONOME: Do you still work at Club shows to promote the album? start fresh, writing new songs for a new both got involved with my project. Passim? Yes. I hope to have at least one other record sooner than later. In the meantime, METRONOME: How did you get Hayley No. I haven’t worked at Club Passim Greater Boston show before the end of I may release a few singles between now Sabella involved with the CD? for almost a year now. I work at The Lizard the year. I’m also working on getting some and then, but I have nothing planned in the Daniel knew her. She’s a solo singer- Lounge now. shows outside of Massachusetts around immediate future. songwriter. He was in the middle of METRONOME: How long did it take to the New England area. METRONOME: How does your music producing her album the same time he was record the CD? METRONOME: Do you have any translate in the solo acoustic format? producing mine. He introduced us. She’s We recorded for quite a while. It was distribution for the album? Some of it better than others. I do like very good. She did a great job. about two years. Yes. Bull Moose is carrying copies of the having the full band for the arrangements, METRONOME: When did the idea come METRONOME: Why kind of guitars did CD. They have them at their Portsmouth, but there are some songs that I feel really to you to put this album together? you play for the album? New Hampshire store, their Keene, New good about playing solo and how they come It was in the summer of 2015. I started I played a Waterloo. It’s made by Hampshire store and in Portland, Maine. across with different chord arrangements. thinking about it and had been writing a lot Collings Guitars. They have an off brand METRONOME: Have you shot an videos It’s a goal of mine though to get back to of the songs. I started by meeting up with called Waterloo Guitars. They’re made in for the songs? meeting some new musicians and having a a different producer who played keyboards Austin, Texas. I also played Daniel’s Gibson I haven’t yet, but I hope to soon. I’m band again. Metronome Madness

Hello friends of Metronome and welcome Arlo’s daughter, Sarah Lee Guthrie, a lauded contested preliminaries happened within to the Holiday segment of Metronome singer-songwriter in her own right, will open six nights in the first week (later, the added Madness. There’s lots of news to tell the shows. Tyler Ramsey, the former Band Wednesday day of rest became a way to help you about, so please read on... When of Horses co-writer and guitarist has signed revelers, well, rest). The nine night celebratory legendary folk music icon Arlo Guthrie took with Fantasy Records and is readying his schedule will continue, and preliminaries will to the road to celebrate the 50th Anniversary fourth solo album due for release in the now be split over two weeks: of his seminal song “Alice’s Restaurant spring of 2019. Based in Asheville, North Massacree,” he was incredibly moved by Carolina, Ramsey has distinguished himself 2019 ROCK & ROLL RUMBLE the feedback from enthusiastic fans. Alice’s as a gifted songwriter and an inventive, SCHEDULE Restaurant -- Back By Popular Demand influential musician. For additional info, Preliminaries-Week 1: April 4, 5 & 6 Tour will coincide with the 50th Anniversary visit tylerramsey.com. Congratulations to Preliminaries-Week 2: April 11,12 & 13 of the feature film “Alice’s Restaurant,” radio DJ, Anngelle Wood on her 10 Year Semifinals: April 19, 20 originally released in 1969, starring Arlo as Anniversary as host of Boston Emissions. Finals: Friday, April 26 himself, directed by famed director Arthur She celebrated the event on October Rock & Roll Rumble band selection Penn. It was filmed in the Berkshires,Arlo’s 18 at ONCE Somerville where and live remains directly related to airplay on own backyard, recreating some of the events performances from Parlour Bells, Stars Boston Emissions (other considerations that launched the Massacree, while adding Like Ours and Exit 18 performed. Boston apply), Wood is allowing bands to submit a good dose of fiction. Ultimately, the movie Emissions carries on. In the meantime... directly online at rockandrollrumble.com/ garnered a “Best Director” Oscar Award The Rock & Roll Rumble, will return in 2019. submissions now through December 1. nomination for Penn. Of the film, Roger Organized and independently produced by Spin Doctors guitarist/songwriter Eric Eric Schenkman Ebert had said, “It is also good to have Boston Emissions host, Anngelle Wood, Schenkman will release his self-produced the Rumble returns to its nine night run third solo album, Who Shot John? on And I’ve been writing songs in a couple in April at a revitalized ONCE Somerville, January 11, 2019. The album ranges from of different idioms. So Who Shot John? the 300-capacity event space on Highland rockin’ blues to funk/soul/pop, all based comes from a convergence of my three Avenue. About its absence and upcoming around Schenkman’s killer guitar, expressive worlds — vocals, guitar and songwriting. return, Wood says, “I could not be more vocals, and raw, emotional lyrics. Teaming up It’s about my life. Where I’m at now.” The ready to get back to work. I heard from a lot with longtime pals Cody Dickinson (North late Tom Petty would have celebrated his of people who felt the void this past Spring. Mississippi Allstars), Van Romaine (Enrique 68th birthday on October 20, and to pay There are great things in store. I’m back, Iglesias, Steve Morse Band) and Shawn tribute to the legendary rocker, who passed the show is back, and ONCE is back — all Kellerman (Lucky Peterson), Schenkman away on October 2, 2017, his long-time reinvigorated and ready to go. I anticipate used a power-trio lineup to bring his original friend and former record label radio promo an incredible year, and I look forward to songs to life. Eric is a founding member of man, Jon Scott, has published his new working with the new staff at ONCE.” The first the famed New York city band, The Spin book, Tom Petty and Me: My Rock ‘n’ official Rumble, often called “The Rumble Doctors. Schenkman co-crafted all five of Roll Adventures with Tom Petty. With a at the Rat,” that took place in 1979 at the their Top 100 hits. He has also worked with foreword by John Mellencamp, Scott’s Arlo Guthrie renowned Rathskellar in Boston’s Kenmore Chico Hamilton, Carly Simon, Natalie book traces his history with Tom Petty, Square, featured a list of legendary acts Merchant, Noel Redding, Phoebe Snow first during Jon’s years as a well-respected Arlo Guthrie himself, who is quiet and open that included Mission of Burma, Le Peste, and Corky Laing. Schenkman is currently radio DJ in Memphis, and later when Scott, and good on camera... ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ Lyres, Classic Ruins, and the victorious, The holding down a weekly blues-flavored as a radio promo man, was one of the main ...becomes a synthesis of Arlo’s spirit and Neighborhoods. Expect surprises on this, residency in his adopted hometown of forces in helping to get Petty’s music heard Arthur Penn’s tact.” “Alice’s Restaurant” was the ruby anniversary year. While we celebrate Toronto. “I’ve been playing the Ontario blues on radio stations around the country. Petty, Arlo’s first foray into acting, and he would long-held Rumble traditions, 2019 will bring a circuit for about a decade,” he explains. himself, acknowledged this from the stage later take roles in several television series. tune-up to its format. Since its official104.1 “I have this long history as a guitarist in of the Hollywood Bowl on September 25, “I didn’t think I was gonna live long enough WBCN beginnings 40 years ago, the hotly relationship to the blues up here in Canada. 2017, at what would become his last concert to have to learn ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ again,” ever: “There’s one particular friend I want to Arlo Guthrie says with a smile. “It was a dedicate this next song to. This is for Jon quirky kinda thing to begin with. Nobody Private Music Lessons Scott. Six weeks before we were going to writes an 18-minute monologue expecting Study with College trained teachers (Berklee & U-Mass Lowell) be dropped from ABC Records, he went to fame and fortune. The initial success of the the radio stations and got that sucker played song really took me by surprise more than and professional musicians in our private lesson rooms and, on the charts, and we’re forever grateful anyone else. The fact that I have contended to him.” Tom Petty is one of the greatest with it for five decades either by having to Learn how to play... front men in the history of American rock ‘n’ learn it again or by not doing it, has been an Guitar ~ Piano ~ Drums ~ Voice roll, yet Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers interesting balancing act. I’m surely looking Saxophone ~ Flute ~ Clarinet might never have achieved the fame they forward to it again being a centerpiece of Violin ~ Ukulele did without the passion and commitment my live repertoire.” Currently on the road for of a few people in the music industry that the last year presenting the Re:Generation worked behind the scenes like Jon Scott. Tour, Arlo along with his son Abe will be Gibson Brands, Inc., the world’s most iconic joined onstage on the forthcoming tour with guitar brand, announced the appointment longtime collaborators Terry “A La Berry” 1269 Main Street of James “JC” Curleigh as president and Hall on drums, Steve Ide on guitar & vocals Tewksbury, MA. chief executive officer.Curleigh joins Gibson and Carol Ide on vocals & percussion) from (978) 851-6700 from Levi Strauss & Co., where he served his former acclaimed band, Shenandoah. TewksburyMusic.com as president of the Levi’s brand, and was a Solo alongside Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany. The plot takes place approximately ten years prior to the events of A New Hope, and explores the early adventures of Han Solo and Chewbacca. One of the best Star Wars flicks yet; The www.facebook.com/metronomemagazineboston Spy Who Dumped Me- This well scripted spy action comedy stars Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj and Gillian Anderson and follows two best friends who are chased through Europe by assassins after one of their ex-boyfriends turns out to be a CIA agent. Lots of twists and turns with Kate McKinnon stealing the show; Ant-Man & The Wasp- This superhero film is based on The Kentucky Headhunters the Marvel Comics characters Scott Lang/ Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne/Wasp. A cool Guitar, Bass & Amp yet at times frenetic film; New Amsterdam- member of its worldwide leadership team. ease, as the elated UK audience roars its This outstanding medical drama TV series, Repair Gibson also announced the appointments collective approval throughout the concert. based on the book Twelve Patients: Life Over 30 years professional experience of Cesar Gueikian as CMO (chief merchant The album closes with three rediscovered and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Unsurpassed quality and reputation. officer),Kim Mattoon as CFO (chief financial studio tracks from the legendary Meet Me Manheimer, stars Ryan Eggold, Freema officer), andChristian Schmitz as CPO (chief In Bluesland sessions featuring late blues Agyeman, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Beverly, MA. production officer). The appointments of piano icon Johnnie Johnson, known for his Sims, Anupam Kher, and Tyler Labine. Well Curleigh and the new Gibson senior team are piano work with Chuck Berry. 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Taking her time, followed originally performed by Judas Priest, before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a by the spotlight, the Grammy-nominated Dio, Journey, Guns N’ Roses and more. slave, finds himself freed and accompanying singer-songwriter picks her way between the PASSING NOTES: Tony Joe White was a an unorthodox German bounty hunter aisles of this iconic London venue, delivering “swamp rock” legend who wrote the classic named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) the languid jazz vocal entirely acapella. It songs “Polk Salad Annie” and “Rainy Night on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle takes a special talent to command that in Georgia.” White grew up in Louisiana brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz historic stage. But for the next two hours and and began performing at school dances. frees Django, and together they hunt the 23 songs, Live At Royal Albert Hall will hold He signed with Monument Records in 1967, South’s most-wanted criminals. Their travels you spellbound, as the singer whispers and first hitting the charts in 1969 with“Polk take them to the infamous plantation of shady hollers her hopes, fears and deepest secrets Salad Annie.” White’s “swamp rock” music Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where in your ear, making this massive venue feel incorporated elements of Cajun, country, Django’s long-lost wife (Kerry Washington) like a nose-to-nose club show. Alligator blues, rock, and R&B. He passed away is still a slave. At 2 hours 75 minutes, this Records has set a January 11, 2019 release October 24 from a heart attack. He was flick rocks. OOPS DEPT: In last month’s date for Live At The Ramblin’ Man Fair, 75 years old; Two-time Grammy-winning feature story on singer-songwriter-guitarist the new album from Grammy-winning band jazz trumpeter, Roy Hargrove, died Friday, Tom Guerra, we mistakenly wrote the name The Kentucky Headhunters. The band, November 2, 2018, from a heart attack of his new CD as, American Dream. The guitarist/vocalist Richard Young, his brother, at the age of 49. He was a considered to correct name of Tom’s outstanding CD is drummer Fred Young, guitarist Greg Martin be one of the premier jazz trumpeters of in fact, American Garden. Our apologies and bassist/vocalist Doug Phelps, had never his generation. Hargrove played trumpet for any confusion this may have caused. been to Europe in their 30-plus year career. on recordings for other artists including Well, session is over for now friends. Here’s This set, recorded at The Ramblin’ Man Common, Erykah Badu, and D’Angelo. wishing you all a Merry Christmas and very Fair in Maidstone, UK, captures them at He performed with Herbie Hancock and Happy New Year. Until next issue, keep the height of their powers. The CD finds the other jazz greats. VIDEO PICKS OF THE on making, listening & supporting beautiful band blazing through a 10-song set in front MONTH: Solo- Directed by Ron Howard, music. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAGITTARIUS, of 25,000 screaming UK fans. Combining produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by YOU CENTAUR YOU. Happy 20th Birthday old-school blues and blistering Southern Walt Disney Studios, this is the second to my son Grayson! Catch you all in 2019. rock with country overtones, The Kentucky Star Wars anthology film following Rogue Thanks for reading. Headhunters cross borders and genres with One (2016). Alden Ehrenreich stars as Han --Compiled by Brian O. The Countess Zaleska by Brian M. Owens

Theatrically garish yet always entertaining, one browser window, and have messenger show and my show a friendship started lucky to work with such gifted people. singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist open in another window so we could talk to develop. Plus, she likes ghosties and METRONOME: Is there anyone else in the Daniel Ouellete has unveiled a thrilling new about it. Dracula’s Daughter was one of our witchies and monsters, so we would get band? project along with musical partner Deirdre movie nights and Gloria Holden’s portrayal together for monster movie nights. Daniel: No, cue in Grover Washington McLaren called The Countess Zaleska. of The Countess Zaleska as a complex METRONOME: Deirdre, who are some Jr.- “Just the Two of Us” making monster Always up for a good mystery, we couldn’t female lead character is really inspiring. We of the acts you’ve performed with in the songs in the sky. We wanted the songs to avoid the obvious question... who and what still don’t see many like her today. past? center around mainly bass, beat and voice. is The Countess Zaleska? D&D filled us in... METRONOME: How did you and Deirdre Deirdre: My first band, The Shadows In so many songs, the bass gets buried, meet? Smile was a Boston based goth/metal band which can be exciting if it returns (Dracula), METRONOME: When did you form The Deirdre: I first saw Daniel as Daniel formed in 2006 by my brother (who now has however we wanted to hear that bass. My Countess Zaleska project? Ouellette and the Shobijin back in 2012 his own dark synth project called Ghastly dog, Grace, makes a guest appearance. Daniel Ouellette: It was last year after when my bandmates from Anarchangel and Shadows). It also had a lot of horror movie METRONOME: Your new download only the last Daniel Ouellette and the Shobijin I went together to see him play. I loved his themes to it, but was a very different musical album is called There Are Such Things. tour. Deirdre was one of the Shobijin and show and immediately wanted to be his style. That was actually how I met my fiance How long did it take to record? sometime around August or September we friend, but I am incredibly shy so it took a Kevin, who was the guitarist. Deirdre: We began writing in October of come together. few exposures. Once we connected on When that band wrapped up, some of 2017 and got together to record in February. Deirdre McLaren: We started discussing ghosts and monsters though it was easier us got back together to form a symphonic Recording itself was pretty fast, we had it while we were in Montreal for that tour. We from there. metal band, Anarchangel in 2010. We most of it done within a few days. were having such a great time we wanted Daniel: We met in 2011 or 2012, I saw recorded an album called Without Armor, METRONOME: Where did you record the to keep it going. We talked about getting a Anarchangel, a band Deirdre was in. We and played around the Boston area and got project? new project together that we could go back didn’t talk at that show. She had come to to hear and play with the area’s extraordinary Daniel: In the Merrimack Valley. We to Montreal with, and maybe travel around one of mine and somewhere between her local talent. Our amazing singer Anne Marie recorded in Pepperell. more places, but we wanted it to be equally Cleary is now in Illusion’s End. I was very METRONOME: Who engineered the collaborative. project? METRONOME: What was the idea behind Daniel: The wonderful and talented the group? Elizabeth Lorrey. Daniel: We had a lovely time on tour and Deirdre: Elizabeth was fantastic to work it is always delicious to play with Deirdre. with. We didn’t want it to be The Shobijin because METRONOME: What instruments did that dynamic is different. I am the boss hog each of you play? with the Shobijin. It became a project that is Daniel: Drum programming, percussions, 50/50 which is different for me. The idea of synth wav creations… Was there anything collaboration. else? Deirdre: We wanted it to be a project Deirdre: Daniel played the wood drum as where we could express ourselves freely well for “La Calavera.” I played bass. I have and keep it simple and fun. Daniel and a goth Thunderbird IV that I have been using I have always connected on our love of forever. We shared the vocals. spooky things, so naturally that was a heavy METRONOME: Who wrote the songs theme for us when working together. for There Are Such Things or was it a METRONOME: Who came up with The collaborative effort? Countess Zaleska name and is there any Deirdre: It was a collaborative effort that significance behind it? was great fun. Since Daniel lives in D.C. Daniel: In the 1936 Universal Pictures and I live in MA. we did a lot of the early sequel to Dracula, Dracula’s Daughter, she work using Google docs to send lyrics and is his daughter played so beautifully by recordings back and forth. We made it a Gloria Holden. We love her power. It is very point to be totally open with our critiques, sad that in all the posters for Universal, we because we have been such good friends only see the male monsters, except for The for so long we could be critical and suggest Bride of Frankenstein who sadly is only in changes without offending each other until the film for the last 10 minutes. Gloria plays we got the best sound. the lead and with command. It is the only “Waterside” was an experiment- we had one of the 1930s that I believe has a female a song that Daniel already wrote but wanted lead. to change the theme to, so we separately Deirdre: Despite living several states re-wrote every other line without showing apart, we would still have movie nights. We each other and combined it at the end. The would cue up the movie at the same time in first version came out sounding like two people who couldn’t hear each other trying TV makes me angry, which is a reference House” is inspired by some very familiar tells them, “He heard something,” and that to talk on the phone. to Trump. Zombies and killer bees are great complaints from real life mothers. It’s poking they were having a “strange” conversation Daniel: As Deirdre has mentioned, we metaphors for the horror and discord of how fun at everyday life, but also pointing out for men “who are sane.” The song takes the both did. Some songs were written years Trump and Pence, and those around them that the role of women as homemaker and idea that what is considered “normal” or ago, and we each added to them. Some behave, in my opinion. secretary is just expected as a normal part “sane,” may not be. We are people defining were freshly written. It was easy and very METRONOME: There’s a heavy emphasis of everyday life. It shouldn’t be. things and sometimes very terrible things quick. “La Calavera’s” lyrics were written on Dracula themes. What spawned that? I imagined Dracula as having a pretty are allowed to persist, like rape culture and by Deirdre and when she showed them to Deirdre: We love vampires, and I think old school attitude regarding gender roles, social injustice, as normal. me, the cadence of the words gave me a we can all agree that every day should be so I was thinking of what it would be like METRONOME: “Tant Pis” is an infectious nice rhythm. 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How did that song the verses there’s a laundry list of desire, rich and Despair.” What was the idea behind to have a theme and something to build off. come to life? boyfriends, nice wigs, cars, castles and fairy doing that? A thing that I miss with the internet and Daniel: You mean how did it come to tale. But alas, most of us get none of that Daniel: There are two reasons for me. even download music, the idea of an album “un-life” or “un-dead?” It’s inspired by except work, broken shoelaces and tummy One, it’s a throwback to double-sided being a piece seems less than before. I like Renfield played by Dwight Frye from the aches. No matter how hard one might work, albums. The other is the idea of a concept the idea of hearing a song and knowing 1931 Universal Pictures film, Dracula. He’s there is always a case of probability and no album, like Kate Bush’s The Hounds of Love which album it comes from. Eurythmics and such a lovely and expressive character. guarantee about the outcome. where she has her album divided between Siouxsie & The Banshees were good like Again, no one has ever been so enigmatic METRONOME: “Don’t Be A Fool” The Hounds of Love and The Ninth Wave. that. Neil Young too. as Renfield, in my opinion. There’s a specific reminded us of something David Bowie The first five songs all deal with Dracula’s METRONOME: “No One Helps Me Around point where Renfield admits to overhearing might have written. Tell us about that Daughter and Dracula- a real family affair. This House” pokes fun at everyday life. a conversation by Van Helsing and Dr. tune. The other six songs touch on a variety of Who wrote that? Seward about the impending vampire Deirdre: Deep within all of us (or maybe themes like disappointment, uncertain Deirdre: “No One Helps Me Around This symptoms and sickness of Mina. Renfield just me), there’s a glamorous old Hollywood circumstances and fear. movie star who just sits around and judges Deirdre: While we were first writing, I told people, but with style of course. This is mine Daniel he could write the good stuff and the observing a toxic relationship. Watching rubbish would be my area (laughs). someone you care about get treated poorly METRONOME: What inspired the by their partner. You want to grab them by songwriting? the shoulders and shake them out of it, but Deirdre: Darkness and Draculas. I wrote you can’t. The song also has lovely guest the lyrics to “La Calavera” about 10 years vocals by Daniel’s dog, Grace. Musically ago after I learned to read tarot cards. it was the toughest song for me because It’s about the channel through which you for months it sounded like it was missing connect to the spiritual side of the universe, something. I almost suggested dropping it, such as tarot cards, meditation, or prayer but near the last stages of mixing, we made in order to understand something, and the the synth, which gave it the life it needed. “voice” that speaks back and helps you It’s one of my favorites. understand. METRONOME: Do you have any big Daniel: Black and white Universal picture shows coming up in December? films for the first half with some commentary, Daniel: No. We already did a tour in humor and fun. The second half, sings of October. I’ll be doing solo shows that will the things I had mentioned before. There have The Countess Zaleska songs added to are themes and then sub-themes to songs. them. Like “Bluebeard.” People think of him as a METRONOME: Have you shot any videos pirate, but he was never a pirate. He was a for Count Zaleska songs? horrible murderous monster who murdered Daniel: We have videos that are made his wives. I wrote the first version of the with stock footage. You can see them at song in 1995. The song equates the trust www.thecountesszaleska.com and select one puts in someone who can be very the video tab. dangerous or toxic to them. It also equates Deirdre: Daniel created the videos. the idea of how we give our whole life to METRONOME: Where can people buy the someone like a pilot in an airplane- total and new album and find out more about the complete control. project on the internet? The song “Lock Me in a Shed Until I Deirdre: There Are Such Things! is Am Nicer” comes from 1993 or 1994. The available now for download at http://store. original title was “Killers,” but my friend cdbaby.com/cd/thecountesszaleska Simone Berk, who is the singer of local METRONOME: Is there anything you’d bands Sugar Snow and Kid Gulliver, made like to add before we close out? a quip when she was having a bad day Daniel: Please check out both of my to lock her in a shed until she was nicer. I web sites: www.thecountesszaleska. thought that was a great title. 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