{"id":36689,"date":"2017-09-22T10:08:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T14:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36689"},"modified":"2017-09-22T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T14:09:27","slug":"on-stage-chris-hillman-isnt-just-bidin-his-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36689","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Chris Hillman isn’t just ‘bidin’ his time"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chris Hillman<\/p><\/div>\n

Music fans \u2013 young and old \u2013 have been drawn to the music of the Byrds for more than a half-century.<\/p>\n

Those who love the jangly pop sound pioneered by the Byrds will be in a state of ecstasy with the arrival of Chris Hillman\u2019s new album \u201cBidin\u2019 My Time,\u201d which will be officially released on September 22 on Rounder Records.<\/p>\n

On September 21, the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/em><\/a>) will present a show that features Hillman and his musical partner — bluegrass great Herb Pedersen.<\/p>\n

Hillman, a founding member of the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, and the Desert Rose Band, is widely acknowledged as a seminal figure in the creation of country rock and an architect of American popular music.<\/p>\n

\u201cBidin\u2019 My Time\u201d is Hillman\u2019s first studio album in more than a decade. Tom Petty produced the album at his studio in Southern California, and Hillman\u2019s longtime collaborator and co-founder of the Desert Rose Band Herb Pedersen served as Executive Producer.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking a new album in 2017 was a total shock to me,\u201d said Hillman, during a phone interview last week from his home in Ventura, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hadn\u2019t planned on doing any more records. This really just fell on my lap. Herb had been on the road with Mudcrutch (Tom Petty\u2019s original band) and they came up with the idea of doing a solo album with me.<\/p>\n

\u201cHerb met with the representatives of Concord Music and they own Rounder Records. At the meeting, the label people were going crazy for the idea. Tom Petty wanted to produce it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew Tom from 1978 \u2013 but not really well. Rounder offered me this deal so I called Tom to see if he wanted to produce it. I told him \u2013 I don\u2019t know if I have the songs. Tom said \u2013 I have faith in you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to Tom\u2019s studio to make the record. I played him a couple songs and he said \u2013 is this going to be a folk album? I said that I didn\u2019t think so. It started off acoustic and became acoustic\/electric.\u201d<\/p>\n

Featured performers and guests on the recording include Byrds co-founders David Crosby and Roger McGuinn; Desert Rose Band alumni Pedersen, John Jorgenson, and Jay Dee Maness; Petty and fellow Heartbreakers Mike Campbell, Steve Ferrone, and Benmont Tench; Mark Fain, Josh Jov\u00e9, and Gabe Witcher.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album starts with \u2018The Bells of Rhymney,\u2019 which is one of the best songs the Byrds did,\u201d said Hillman. \u201cWe got David (Crosby) to come in. All of a sudden, it turned into an orchestral piece. Another Byrds favorite we did was Gene Clark\u2019s \u2018She Don\u2019t Care About Time.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Another Byrds song on the album, \u201cHere She Comes Again\u201d was co-written by Hillman and McGuinn, and, until now, had only been recorded on a live album in Australia. Hillman plays bass on the track — the instrument he originally played with the Byrds but hadn\u2019t picked up in more than 30 years.<\/p>\n

Hillman is one of the trailblazers who led the way to the development of country rock.<\/p>\n

He was one of the original members of the Byrds — a band formed in Los Angeles in 1964 that went on to be\u00a0ranked at number 45 on\u00a0Rolling Stone magazine\u2019s\u00a0list of the \u201c100 Greatest Artists of All Time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pedersen, who was Hillman\u2019s bandmate in the Desert Rose Band, is a guitarist,\u00a0banjo\u00a0player\u00a0and\u00a0singer-songwriter. He has\u00a0established himself as a top-flight player in a number of genres including bluegrass, folk rock, country,\u00a0folk and country rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe play each year from March to November — usually about 10 shows a month,\u201d said Hillman. \u201cIt\u2019s very rewarding. I feel like I\u2019m really lucky that we\u2019re still working — and that people still love it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHerb and I have known each other for 53 years now. He grew up in Berkeley and had a bluegrass band there. At the same time, I was learning mandolin when I was in high school in San Diego. We met up in L.A.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack then, music was just a passion for me. I never expected to make a dime. We met in 1963 and that was the first year that we both got paid for making music. He stayed in bluegrass and I got an offer to join the Byrds.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initial Byrds\u2019 line-up featured Roger (nee Jim) McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke and Hillman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had all come out of folk music,\u201d said Hillman. \u201cThen, we all plugged in to our amplifiers and made a great band. It was a great band. It has stood the test of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found a way to make folk music danceable. There were three bands that really did a good job of combining folk and rock \u2014 the Lovin\u2019 Spoonful, Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time we had a hit with \u2018Eight Miles High,\u2019 we had become a very interesting band. We were listening to Ravi Shankar, a sitar player from India, and jazz artists like John Coltrane, Miles Davis and McCoy Tyner. It definitely influenced our music.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1968, the Byrds released their country-influenced \u201cSweetheart of the Rodeo\u201d album \u2014 an album that served as a template for the hundreds of country rock bands that followed over the next 40-plus years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really did love the first two Byrds\u2019 albums,\u201d said Hillman. \u201c\u2018Sweetheart of the Rodeo\u2019 wasn\u2019t my favorite record. But, it did open the floodgates.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a while, Gram Parsons, who had joined the Byrds as a session man prior to the \u2018Sweetheart of the Rodeo\u2019 album and was influential in the country flavor of the disc, and Hillman left the band.<\/p>\n

They joined together with steel guitarist Sneaky Pete Kleinow and bassist Chris Ethridge to form the Flying Burrito Brothers and later added former Byrds\u2019 drummer Michael Clarke.<\/p>\n

Hillman parted ways with the Flying Burritos after a few albums. Then, a phone call from old friend Stephen Stills set him on a new musical journey \u2014 the band Manassas, which had two albums in the early 70s. Hillman\u2019s next band after that was called Souther-Hillman-Furay, which had two albums in the mid-1970s.<\/p>\n

\u201cManassas was a great band,\u201d said Hillman. \u201cStephen Stills was on his game then. He\u2019s a great player. Souther-Hillman-Furay was a good idea \u2014 but it didn\u2019t come off. I don\u2019t do any songs from those two albums.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next group for Hillman was McGuinn-Clark-Hillman \u2014 a band that released three albums from 1979-1981. After that, Hillman joined the Desert Rose Band\u00a0with Pedersen, John Jorgenson, Bill Bryson, Steve Duncan and JayDee Maness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Desert Rose Band had a number of country hits,\u201d said Hillman. \u201cOur song \u2018Love Reunited\u2019 reached Number Six on the country charts. There were great musicians in that band \u2014 and no baggage. That\u2019s why it lasted as long as it did. We\u2019ve all remained close friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Making the new album was a labor of love for Hillman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no pressure on me,\u201d said Hillman. \u201cI\u2019m not chasing the charts. Tom had a great idea of how the songs should be recorded.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s great to work with. We made a wonderful album. I\u2019ve never had my voice sound better. I did not expect this (making a new album in 2017) to happen but I\u2019m happy that it did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Chris Hillman — \u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/fEmNRuyr8XQ<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show has an 8 p.m. start time with Craig Thatcher as the opening act. Tickets priced at $29.50 and $45.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are The Quebe Sisters<\/a> and Ken Yates<\/a> on September 22, The High Kings on September 23, Paul Kelly<\/a> and Jess Cornelius<\/a> on September 24, The Way Down Wanderers<\/a> and Jeremiah Tall<\/a> on September 16 and Wishbone Ash<\/a> on September 27.<\/p>\n

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TJP<\/p><\/div>\n

On September 21, TJP, a jazz band formerly known as The Jost Project, will introduce its new album \u201cPeace and Love\u201d and kick off the Fall\/Winter Season of The Jazz Cocktail Hour at the Uptown! in The Univest\u00a0Room at Knauer Center of The Performing Arts(226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.com<\/a>, 610-356-2787).<\/p>\n

The evening begins with drinks or a signature cocktail, and small bites. Concerts are held on the second floor in The Univest Room, an intimate room to experience jazz up close and personal.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace and Love\u201d is the newest album by TJP, a Philadelphia-based band freaturing Tony Miceli (vibraphone), Paul Jost (vocal, harmonica), Kevin MacConnell (bass) and Doug Hirlinger (drums).<\/p>\n

TJP, a contemporary jazz band, has a repertoire that includes rock classics such as \u201cIn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida\u201d (Iron Butterfly), \u201cDaydream\u201d (The Lovin\u2019 Spoonful), \u201cSunshine Superman\u201d (Donovan), \u201cWalk This Way\u201d (Aerosmith), \u201cCome Together\u201d and \u201cAnd I Love Her\u201d (The Beatles), \u201cKashmir\u201d (Led Zeppelin), \u201cBridge Over Troubled Waters\u201d (Simon and Garfunkel), \u201cMaybe I\u2019m Amazed\u201d (Paul McCartney), and \u201cCan\u2019t Find My Way Home\u201d (Blind Faith).<\/p>\n

\u201cTJP is about five or six years old,\u201d said Miceli, during a phone interview last week from his home in Philadelphia. \u201cTJP was my idea. It goes back to the 80s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had a band that played rock tunes. I always wanted to play the music I grew up with \u2013 and to play it in a jazz setting. I named The Jost Project after Paul (Jost).<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first album \u2018Can\u2019t Find My Way Home\u2019 was done four years ago on Dot Time Records. In a jazz way, I think it went over well. The new album is \u2018Peace and Love.\u2019 We decided to release this one ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new CD features tracks such as \u201cGet Together\u201d (The Youngbloods), \u201cWonderful World\u201d (Louis Armstrong), \u201cPut a Little Love in Your Heart\u201d (Jackie DeShannon) and \u201cAmerica the Beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

In these tumultuous times, the band hopes the messages in their album will resonate, bringing back reminders of the hippie generation when dialogue and constructive action for peace and love took place everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the election was unfolding, I kept saying \u2013 we need hippies now,\u201d said Miceli. \u201cLet\u2019s stir up old hippies and get young people into what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce Trump was elected, I said \u2013 let\u2019s make a whole CD with songs that deal with peace and love. Two kinds of people like these songs. Baby boomers recognize these songs and younger audiences go back because it\u2019s retro.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miceli now has a dual mission \u2013 play good vibes and promote good vibes. It\u2019s a mission that can benefit everyone.<\/p>\n

Video link for TJP \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/WhGvULD3d_g<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the show at the Knauer Center are $25.<\/p>\n

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Toothgrinder<\/p><\/div>\n

When Toothgrinder performs on stage, fans know to expect an onslaught of music that is totally aggressive in nature.<\/p>\n

That onslaught will definitely take place when Toothgrinder opens for Between the Buried & Me on September 21 at the Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

The young band hails from Asbury Park, New Jersey \u2014 a region known for blue-collar rockers such as Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny.<\/p>\n

But, there is little similarity between the music of those artists and what is being served up by Toothgrinder.<\/p>\n

Toothgrinder, a band that has been described as metal, hardcore and progressive metal, features Wills Weller (drums), Justin Matthews (vocals), Jason Goss (guitar) and Matt Arensdorf (bass, vocals).<\/p>\n

Toothgrinder has announced that the band\u2019s new album \u201cPhantom Amour\u201d will be released on November 10 via Spinefarm Records. It follows \u201cNocturnal Masquerade,\u201d<\/em> the band\u2019s 2015 debut album.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just released the first single from the album and the tour starts next week in Philly,\u201d said Matthews, during a phone interview last week from his North Jersey home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re releasing four songs before the album comes out — approximately one every two weeks. It\u2019s a nice way to get people excited \u2013 and a nice way to rev up pre-orders. It\u2019s also a way to spread the word and do some promotion before the album comes out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spent all of April and a little into May recording \u2018Phantom Amour.\u2019 The songs were all written before that but we still went in with an open mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did it at Taylor Larson\u2019s studio in Bethesda, Maryland. We used Taylor on our EP and our last full-length. When we were making the new album with Taylor, he was just as passionate as we were.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toothgrinder was definitely pumped to be making its sophomore album.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did a lot of pre-production,\u201d said Matthews. \u201cWe went down with 20 songs that we had done demos for and then scrapped 75 per cent of them when we got in the studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout half the songs on the album were written in the studio. We made an insane left turn and went in a completely different direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way to describe it \u2013 the songs were more vulnerable, more honest and more melodic. The album had more peaks and valleys \u2013 soft songs, heavy songs and some rock jams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still definitely a metal album. What\u2019s missing in the metal genre are bands with a lot of versatility. We want to show listeners that we have that versatility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weller said, \u201cI wasn\u2019t really into metal growing up. My dad is a guitar player. My parents were encouraging about music and art. There was a lot of music in our home \u2014 from the Grateful Dead to the Descendants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other dudes in our band have other musical backgrounds. Altogether, it comes out more aggressive. It\u2019s an aggressive style \u2014 but it has a lot of emotion to it. Hopefully, each song makes you feel something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toothgrinder traces its root back eight years when the members were in school together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started in 2008 when we were going to Wall High School,\u201d said Weller. \u201cBut, we really started taking it seriously in 2012. With regard to management and a record label, things got better from 2014 on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toothgrinder won Best Heavy Rock Band (2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013) and Best Drummer (2011, 2013) in the Asbury Park Music Awards. In July 2011, the band released its first official EP called \u201cTurning of the Tides.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone in the band writes and has a big part in constructing each song,\u201d said Weller. \u201cWe had a couple D.I.Y. records. Right before this, Spinefarm put out the EP (\u201cSchizophrenic Jubilee\u201d).\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Toothgrinder — https:\/\/youtu.be\/1Pr36MdjZwA<\/em><\/a>. The show at TLA, which also features Between the Buried & Me, The Contortionist and Polyphia, will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/p>\n

Intense metal music will be rattling the rafters at TLA again on September 22 when the venue hosts a show featuring Thy Art Is Music, Decapitated and Fallujah.<\/p>\n

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Thy Art Is Murder<\/p><\/div>\n

Thy Art Is Murder — vocalist Chris McMahon, guitarists Sean Delander and Andy Marsh, drummer Lee Stanton and bassist Kevin Butler — is an Australian deathcore band fromSydney that formed in 2006.<\/p>\n

The band has released four studio albums since its formation starting with \u201cInfinite Death\u201d in 2008.<\/p>\n

Thy Art Is Murder\u2019s new album\u00a0<\/em>\u201cDear Desolation\u201d came out\u00a0on\u00a0August 18\u00a0via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. It is vocalist CJ McMahon\u2019s first album with Thy Art Is Murder since his reunion with the band in January 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear Desolation\u201d\u00a0was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by\u00a0Will Putney\u00a0at\u00a0Graphic Nature Audio\u00a0in Belleville, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in the studio from the end of November until February,\u201d said Marsh, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Joliet, Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hadn\u2019t worked on it all until we got to the studio. We always write in the studio. We tour a lot but we had two or three months off before we started working in the album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album is better, bigger, faster and heavier than our last record. We made it more extreme \u2013 in all directions. Our personalities developed and the result is very extreme. I think it\u2019s something you just chip away at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thy Art Is Murder\u2019s previous two albums were \u201cHate\u201d in 2012 and \u201cHoly War\u201d in 2015.<\/p>\n

According to Marsh, \u201cHate, War, Desolation — the trilogy series of the path mankind has laid out before himself. We are prouder than ever of our efforts on this record. A lot of time, planning, creativity and teamwork has culminated in what we think is our most completed vision yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis one was very condensed. It made it easier to make. Sean and I write the music and then I write all the lyrics. I was in the studio for three months and the band came in part way through.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe build everything in the computer. The lyrics get written through the song. We set up with the click. That\u2019s what allows us to record separately and go home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the new album, we started put with about two hours of music. We whittled it down to 15 songs and recorded 13. We were looking for the best songs and then just smashed it out as fast as we could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recording separately is crucial for the geographically diverse band.<\/p>\n

\u201cI split my home between Minneapolis, New Jersey and Melbourne (Australia),\u201d said Marsh. \u201cI\u2019ve been living in Minnesota and commuting to New Jersey. Sean is based out of Brisbane (Australia) and travels a lot. CJ is the only one that lives in Sydney (Australia). The other two live in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia was the first place we took off. Then, America followed. Now, we\u2019re touring all around the world. It\u2019s pretty steady. On this tour, we\u2019re playing Australia, the United States and Europe. It\u2019s quite long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Thy Art Is Murder \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/_XY9NobTtFg<\/a>. The all-ages show at the TLA, which starts at 7 p.m., also features Decapitated and Fallujah. Tickets are $18.<\/p>\n

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This Way to the Egress<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019ve ever heard the music of This Way to the Egress, you know two things — the band\u2019s music interesting and the group\u2019s sound is almost impossible to describe easily.<\/p>\n

In one press release, the sextet\u2019s music is described as an \u201can explosion of sound and sight that\u2019s equal parts unruly vaudeville, ebullient worldbeat and three-ring circus\u2026.an amalgamation of worldly genres that catapults their audience through time and space with unexpected shifts of styles, tempos and time signatures.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band from Bethlehem played at Kung Fu Necktie (1248 North Front Street, Philadelphia, 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com<\/a>) in January and now is returning to the same venue on September 22 for a special concert.<\/p>\n

The show is a \u201cCD Release Party\u201d for the band\u2019s new album \u201cOnward! Up A Frightening Creek.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album is lively and danceable and stays true to the band\u2019s identity \u2013 an identity best described as bizarre.<\/p>\n

A bizarre identity is not so surprising if you consider the source of the Lehigh Valley band\u2019s name \u2013 P.T. Barnum.<\/p>\n

Barnum\u2019s American Museum was so popular that people would spend the entire day there. This cut into profits, as the museum would be too full to squeeze another person in. In classic Barnum style, old P.T. put up signs that read \u201cThis Way to the Egress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many customers followed the signs, not realizing that \u201cEgress\u201d was a fancy word for \u201cExit.\u201d They kept on looking for this strange new attraction, the \u201cEgress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many patrons followed the signs right out the door. Once they had exited the building, the door would lock behind them, and if they wanted to get back in, they had to pay another admission charge.<\/p>\n

This Way to the Egress don\u2019t pull any fast ones on their fans but they do provide an atmosphere that captures the variety, excitement and adrenalin rush of a circus performance. Confetti snowstorms, tuba farts, Balinese chanting, fire-wielding evangelists and puppets sweep across the stage and create an anything-goes atmosphere. There is no escape.<\/p>\n

Egress is Taylor Galassi (lead vocals, accordion, piano); Sarah Shown (vocals, piano, violin); John Wentz (tuba, backup vocals); Joe Lynch (trombone, backup vocals); Jaclyn Kidd (guitar, banjo) and Nick Pecca (drums\/percussion).<\/p>\n

Hailing from a wide variety of musical backgrounds with a diverse array of influences, Egress crafts intricately-arranged songs that get people out of their seats.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like our previous albums, the new album has certain vibes \u2013 circus, avant-garde, swing, gypsy,\u201d said Galassi, during a phone interview last week. Onward! Up A Frightening Creek<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album had a full band collaboration. We do an exercise every few months. We get together one weekend and write three songs from scratch, record them and mix them<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all worked together on songs line \u2018Going Home (Again). We tried a little disco with the song \u2018Southbound.\u2019 We also got away from the fist-pumping and into something more emotional.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Ode To Bukowski’s Women\u2019 had more of an Elvis type voicing. The song \u2018Mark of the Beast\u2019 had a Middle East type sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

Egress released its debut album \u201cThis Delicious Cabaret\u201d in 2011 and followed with an album every other year \u2013 \u201cMighty Seed\u201d in 2013, \u201cGreat Balancing Act\u201d in 2015 and \u201cOnward! Up A Frightening Creek\u201d in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album, which drops on September 22, is self-released,\u201d said Galassi. \u201cWe did a Kickstarted campaign to make it. Our goal was $9,500 and we raised $14,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cut it at Vibromonk Studios in Brooklyn back in the spring. We finished it in April. We did a lot of road-testing of the new songs on the tour right before we went in the studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we write an album, we go through songs and keep playing them. Then, we get in the studio and play them again without vocals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recording went really smooth. This is one of the shortest times we\u2019ve taken to record an album. In the past, it took us a year to do an album. This time, we did everything in six weeks to keep on our two-year schedule.<\/p>\n

When asked about the nature of the band\u2019s sound, Shown said, \u201cHow do we describe our music? We\u2019ve been at odds with that since the beginning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has a worldly influence along with punk, Eastern European, reggae and gypsy \u2013 sort of avant-garde meets punk.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all live in Bethlehem except our tuba player John Wentz who lives in Brooklyn. I\u2019m grew up in the Poconos. Taylor originally played accordion and cello in John\u2019s band. Taylor saw me play in a pub in the Poconos and told me that we should play together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was back in 2008 and we were doing stuff in a similar vein. We put the band together and Joe and Jaclyn started playing with us sporadically at the beginning. They were on the first album even though they weren\u2019t in the band full-time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link This Way to the Egress \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/my27wEATT34<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Kung Fu Necktie, which has Bella\u2019s Bartok as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Kung Fu Necktie are Amy Klein on September 21, Bodylab on September 21, Michigander on September 22, Norwegian Arms on September 23, Homegirl on September 23, The Blasters on September 24, Sound of Ceres on September 25, and Siravo on September 26.<\/p>\n

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Band of Brothers<\/p><\/div>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/em><\/a>) will have \u201cAll Good People – A Tribute to Yes\u201d on September 22 and Band of Brothers with Offguardians on September 23.<\/p>\n

The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/em><\/a>) will host Christine Havrilla & Gypsy Fuzz with special guest Naked Blue on September 23.<\/p>\n

The Colonial Theatre (Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610- 917-1228, www.thecolonialtheatre.com<\/a>) will host \u201cPoint Entertainment presents Robby Krieger of the Doors<\/a>\u201d on September 21.<\/p>\n

Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will have Drewcifer feat. members of The Infamous Stringdusters, Railroad Earth, and Guster + Boris Garcia with special guest Tim Carbone (of Railroad Earth)<\/a> on September 21; George Porter Jr. (The Meters) + Alan Evans (Soulive) + Mike “Maz” Maher & Chris Bullock (Snarky Puppy) + Tom Hamilton (JRAD) on September 22;<\/a> The Crystal Method (DJ Set) 20th anniversary of their pioneering album, “Vegas”<\/a>along with Horizon Wireless<\/a> on September 23; and a Cuban Dance Party with Conjunto Philadelphia<\/a> and Ensemble Novo<\/a> on September 24.<\/p>\n

Burlap & Bean Coffeehouse (204 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, 484-427-4547,\u00a0www.burlapandbean.com<\/em><\/a>) will present The End of America with Ethan Pierce on September 22 and Iain Matthews with Ken Yates September 23.<\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents Randy Newman on September 24.<\/p>\n

The Grand Opera House (818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-652-5577, www.thegrandwilmington.org<\/em><\/a>) will host Red Molly in The Baby Grand on September 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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