keeps the faith...

Just the other day a guy asked me if I'd watched or listened to the most recent Black Crowes release...has to be said there are a few bands that I'm usually very sharp about their releases, so I was surprised this one had sneeked past the radar..

As soon as I got to work I bought the album "before the frost" from Itunes and once again The Crowes gives us oldies a chance to smile and breath again past all the pseudo studio overdubbed midi keyboard shite that we have to listen too most of the time..Its a frikken slice of the 70s meets 2010 with class!It makes you want to get a joint on the go and plug into a Vox and make some toons!


First time I watched them was way back in the early 90's , when a friend who worked for EMA in Stockholm managed to get me a ticket to a theatre gig in stockholm..well, since then they have been a driving force in the music collection..can't really put my finger on it..but they have a really special song writing ability which seems to be the influence of the drugs..

There is DVD of the recording of the release, from a cabin in the woods..The whole idea is such a nostalgia memory trap..you know, the idea that back in the day you got your band into a cabin and recorded onto an 8 track whilst drinking some beer and smoking on some weed..Well, they went out and did it in front of a studio audience..class!

Straight away I started thinking about the same project...bunch a guys down at the rugby club, a lock in with 10 crates of booze , 10,0000 ciggies and whatever else turns up and a bunch a amps and intruments.Its on! Signing people now..you cant lose with the cheap costs of recording and software abilities nowadays..be a great craic to pull it off and just the kinda thing that I'm up for just now the M-Audio gear is on the way. Obviously the more cynical just gaze a weary eye, but fukk em, this is gonna work and the results will be awesome, as well as a fantastic way to have a creative weekend, "doon the Klubb"

So, Project "DTK" starts kinda now. Theres already a whole loada gear, so now its finding people who would be interested in putting down some tracks together with a bunch a guys and seeing what happens.