Clifton, Stefan, and I were out on the road with Stefan’s band. Tuba Joe was there too so I feel like Tin Pan fans like you ought to know what goes on in our spare time. In a few words: rocking out at major festivals Read More …
Category: Other Bands
A Brief Moment of Clifton
Clifton was recently profiled by suchcoolstuff.net Clifton Hyde is a Mississippi-born guitarist/composer/steel guitarist/mandolinist/producer/French Horn/Baritone Saxophone player/arranger/baritone guitarist currently living and working in New York City. A member of the Blue Man Group, he has performed alongside such notable musicians as Lou Reed, Sigur Rós, John Read More …
Boots Hughston, a rare kind of legend…
It wasn’t till I had successfully created the Flame-O-Phone (thanks to the brilliant expertise of Ben Bartelle) that I started digging into the real history of pyro-instruments. It was in this mysterious and sordid history, buried deep in the annals of the internet, that I Read More …
The Baby Bone
If you’re a jazz head you’re already thinking about Steve Bernstein. Ok. I hear ya. And good for Steve for taking something unwieldy and obscure and making it synonymous with his name. If you see me playing bass clarinet and name drop Matt Lavelle, I’m Read More …
Gonna go over like a . . .
Been listening to and looking at a lot of Led Zeppelin over the last few days. Clifton lent me the “Led Zeppelin” DVD that came out in 2003 as well as the “How’s The West Was Won” CD’s that came out in the same year. Read More …
Worth seeing again.
If only Sergio had had the Flame-o-phone! Sorry for the hulu ad. I assure you the video is worth it.
What Happens at Plan B
Clifton and I went down to Phili on Wednesday to check in with our good friends Wharton and Darren at Plan B studios. It’s always an experience. The goal of the trip was to do some solid work on Wharton’s newest record. It’s an epic Read More …
My Trip to Sweden
I went to Sweden the first week of January and allthough it was not a Tin Pan trip per se, I would still love to share some of my experiences on these pages. Some background: I got hired by Gordon Webster to perform one of Read More …
What’s with all this rain?
If you live in New York you’ll know that we’ve had an astonishing number of days in a row with precipitation. It’s getting like Seattle East over here. For the street musician these are hard times. On Monday we went out to the park even Read More …
The Year of the Ox – Shanghai Mermaid
Saturday night was another Shanghai Mermaid extravaganza at Galapagos. This time we shared the stage with the wonderful Gordon Webster on piano. As some of you know, Gordon has been taking Rob and I out on the road with his quintet from time to time. Read More …