Saturday, June 09, 2007

 

Tarnation


http://www.sonictrout.com/bands/chandler/tarnation/tarnation.html

The first Chandler Travis Philharmonic CD in five years makes up for lost time with forty-eight (yes- 48!) tracks of utter insanity, including magnum opuses like "I'm Chandler's Butterfly", complete with sitar, mandocello, and 4 drum kits; the afro-pop influenced "Vasco Da Gama", which features about 50 vocal tracks; the Dave Brubeck-ish instrumental "Ronald"; and the Prince-inspired "Dance Godammit" (not to mention a "heavy", gothic, minor-key version of "Brown Eyed Girl" that could very well bury that one once and for all.)



http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2007/05/28/070528goni_GOAT_nightlife

MO PITKIN’S HOUSE OF SATISFACTION
34 Ave. A, between 2nd and 3rd Sts. (212-777-5660)—May 23: The Chandler Travis Philharmonic. The irreverent guitarist, singer, and composer Travis, who lives on Cape Cod and has been known to perform barefoot and in his pajamas, has been in show biz for nearly four decades. For years, beginning in the seventies, he co-led the musical act that opened for George Carlin on his tours. His other band, the Incredible Casuals, got its start in the eighties and is a fixture on the New England music scene. This visit celebrates the release of a new album, “Tarnation and Alastair Sim,” and one can expect Travis’s set of original songs, which mix mind-bending wordplay with Dixieland jazz, shimmering rock, and horn-fuelled R. & B., to go on well into the night: the new album weighs in at a hefty forty-plus tracks.

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