![]() You guys seem to have had a lot of fun with the instrumentation on this track. My home for quite a while has been behind the kit for indie/Americana artist Brian Grilli. Being a lifer beat-on-the-drums guy, I’ve been able to work with many talented musicians and bands. Five years ago I got three of then published, and have had five more published since.īill Shearin (drums): We’ve all remained quite involved in many aspects of music, I must say. It’s been very rewarding! And I write and arrange music for my students. I’m in my 21st year of teaching middle school orchestra. I finished up my belated undergrad work at Old Dominion University and got my master’s in music at the University of Virginia in ’99. Jeff: Married 28 years now, I have a 20-year-old son and twin 15-year-old daughters. I am also the production manager for Elevation27. Just put out two songs of my own late last year under the name “Electric Johnson” with an all-star cast of Tidewater characters: Wade Methias, Peter Pope, Mark Lawrence, David Hunter and Dave sing on it as well. Grillmaster has Jeff Brodnax and Gordon Bradley from Tidewater on it as well. The Grillmaster stuff should be released soon. David and I were in Splotch and Grillmaster together while in New York. Backed up some other artists and did some recording with them as well. Got to go to Europe several times with them as well as Canada and Mexico. ![]() Played in The Master Plan that consisted of myself plus members of The Dictators and The Fleshtones. Anyway, what was the question?Īny other notable things any of you have been up to since then? ![]() ![]() Backstage afterward, I collapsed on the dressing room floor, pancake-smeared face buried in my ripped T-shirt, crying, “Damn you, Oscar Hammerstein!!” And it’s all been one long cascade downhill from there. Dress rehearsal was rough, but somehow I managed to nail the performance. I was barely six months into puberty at the time, mind you, so my lower register was only just beginning to develop. I was cast as Emile in the school production of “South Pacific” and I had to sing “Some Enchanted Evening,” which features this ascending melody that starts in a low baritone and finishes in a high falsetto. The thing is … y’know, this all started back in 6th grade. I can just see her rolling her eyes right now. How have you fared these last three decades?ĭavid: Ya see, this is exactly why Carol (Taylor, the band’s former manager who passed away in 1996) always cringed in horror when I did these press interviews. Speaking of 30 years ago, Dave, you told the Daily Press in 1990 that without music, you’d probably be a sinner. I thought, “He’s cracked the code! He’s figured out how to work and play at the same time! It’s the workers’ playtime!” And the song more-or-less wrote itself from there. He had hoisted a giant 200-pound roll of carpet onto his left shoulder while gnawing on a chicken leg that was in his right hand. I was trying to compose somewhat of an “ode” to that feeling when I happened to observe one of my co-workers. We don’t get much peace during the average workday, so any quiet moment feels like a gift from heaven. What’s the backstory on the song?ĭavid Middleton (lead vocals, guitar): It’s a tongue-in-cheek glimpse at my life as a Teamster. There are some really clever, catchy lyrics buried in there. Jeff Bailey (bass): Just as Paul said, some really good things happen when we work out parts for these new songs, so why not capture that?
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