Hope you are doing well!
I wanted to take a moment to remind you about our upcoming shows and to do another Song of the Moment installment.
First, the gigs:
We will be returning to Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair, VA on Saturday, June 6th at 9 PM. We love playing at Brothers. The crowds are great, and the grub is even better!
On June 20th we will be playing at the Mantua Swim & Tennis Club – the local pool. This gig is free for members of the pool. If you are not a member and you would like to come, let me know and we'll see about getting you in as a guest.
For more info on these gigs, please check out our Calendar page:
http://www.theslowburn.com/calendar.html.
Song of the Moment:
The first selection is from Tinted Windows, a new “supergroup” composed of four members: Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne (“Stacy’s Mom”), James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins, Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick (you read that right!) and on vocals Taylor Hanson of…Hanson. You may not have taken that group seriously, but believe me, Taylor Hanson can SING! (I’ll cop to the fact that I used to secretly sing along to MMMBop – will you?) The tunes are a throwback to the eighties – pure power pop and very catchy. I am including the song “Dead Serious” from their self-titled debut album. I dare you not to be humming this all day!
http://cid-0a3434d89334a56a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Song%20of%20the%20Moment/2009
For more on Tinted Windows, go to
http://www.tintedwindowsmusic.com/
I also recently became aware of the band Kings of Leon, which is made up of the four Followill brothers from Tennessee – Caleb, Jared, Matthew and Nathan. Daddy was a preacher and dragged the four boys from church to church where he would deliver fiery sermons. The boys were forbidden to watch TV or listen to the radio growing up. Whether or not their upbringing influenced the intensity of their performance, I don’t know, but there is no shortage of angst on the track “Use Somebody” from their album "Only By the Night" which I have put up on the share.
http://cid-0a3434d89334a56a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Song%20of%20the%20Moment/2009
Here’s a video of them performing the song live on Leno on May 15th.
For more on Kings of Leon, visit
http://www.kingsofleon.com/
These guys are the real deal!
As always, if you like the tunes, please support the artists and buy the mp3's/CD's.
All the best,
Ted Donat