Monday
Apr162007
one for you, nineteen for me
Monday, April 16, 2007 at 11:13AM
I had a great show Saturday night in Tomball, TX, just North of Houston. 2/3 of the band The Campaign sat in with me (the drumming and bass-playing thirds) and they were awesome. They're a great band, piano-based, three-part harmony. Check them out by clicking on their name.
The night was opened by a great new band called The Cardinal Rise. I've met most of the guys before but hadn't seem them play, and it was fun to watch them have such a good time. The crowd was awesome, if somewhat overly knowledgeable about ancient Normals bootlegs. (Quakeline, anyone?) They made a long, tired day well worth it.
My posts will probably be short and sweet this week. We have to turn the Caedmon's Call record in to mix on Monday and I've got a ton of work to do to get it ready. The Youngs are descending on the basement for the next couple of days to get all the vocals done, leads and harmonies. It's going to be fun, but hectic. I'm excited to get back to a more vocal-heavy Caedmon's. We've been needing to be here for a while, and it just feels right.
Have a great Monday with your beautifully-tied neckties, and I'll drop in with some more sage wisdom tomorrow.
The night was opened by a great new band called The Cardinal Rise. I've met most of the guys before but hadn't seem them play, and it was fun to watch them have such a good time. The crowd was awesome, if somewhat overly knowledgeable about ancient Normals bootlegs. (Quakeline, anyone?) They made a long, tired day well worth it.
My posts will probably be short and sweet this week. We have to turn the Caedmon's Call record in to mix on Monday and I've got a ton of work to do to get it ready. The Youngs are descending on the basement for the next couple of days to get all the vocals done, leads and harmonies. It's going to be fun, but hectic. I'm excited to get back to a more vocal-heavy Caedmon's. We've been needing to be here for a while, and it just feels right.
Have a great Monday with your beautifully-tied neckties, and I'll drop in with some more sage wisdom tomorrow.
Reader Comments (14)
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
It should be noted that songs like Quakeline and Too Big For Hiding are staples in our house. In fact, I think Too Big For Hiding was the first Normals song I heard. It was the gateway drug which lead to Coming to Life. Thanks for those tunes!
I'm disappointed that there's no mention of the "holy hip-hop" group or Melvin the Globetrotter.
Dude it was an exelant show i enjoyed it alot especialy when they started giving away the chick fil a! but yeah great great show i hope you can come out again sometime. and im glad you wrote a blog about us. haha and sorry for embarsing you while trying to get you to play better than this. haha we will try to forget better than this for your sake
I still need to track down my cassette copy of the acoustic Quakeline demo. So much better than the band version.
"and the calender reads like a novel i can't put down/faster and faster i keep turning pages"
Man, that was a good song. I'll be requesting it in Jax, so make sure you practice!
Andy, you totally need to resurrect some of those old demos. The fans love 'em.
Amazing show in Tomball is right! You should drop by more often.
Nice reference to the Beatles...but technically, tax day isn't until tomorrow.
Great show and so close to home. The only thing that could have been better was to hear you play a longer set.
"Feeling awfully existential..."
Honestly Andy, that's possibly the most "Andy-esque" line you've ever written (if that makes any sense).
I’m excited to get back to a more vocal-heavy Caedmon’s. We’ve been needing to be here for a while, and it just feels right
this is the best caedmons call news since 40 acres came out.
and yes, those old normals demons are awesome...
"peace child" is a christmas must at the cavness house.
you and mark could wail harmonies like no other. (unless it was you over dubbed.. then you can wail harmonies...like...no...one elsecanbecauseitsimpossibletodolive
-stephen cavness (the end of that looks a lot like "olive")
lol.."old normals "demo's" not demons...
if i had meant "demons", i would have just typed out "forefront", and instead of awesome, i would have written "ruiner of dreams and c.d. collections"
.. and possibly "idiots".
-stephen lee cavness
Andy..
Seriously, man. Evan IMed me tonight saying... and i quote, "high praise from Mr. Osenga. heard you guys tore it up." I, of course, had to investigate this further. I was floored to read your blog comment, man! Thanks so much!
We'll definitely keep in touch, man!
It's an honor to hang with you, dude.
'til next time..
peace.
z
"vocal-heavy Caedmon's" - Booyeah!