Immediate Leaving

[kosmo vinyl]

So right after some of the best power pop musicians, Bill Lloyd, Don Dixon, Jamie Hoover and Robert Crenshaw, leave the stage I'll be leaving the club.  Shudder the thought of hearing some college rock hacks who can't rate above 3 stars at allmusic.com

[Liberte]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  So right after some of the best power pop musicians, Bill Lloyd, Don Dixon, Jamie Hoover and Robert Crenshaw, leave the stage I'll be leaving the club.  Shudder the thought of hearing some college rock hacks who can't rate above 3 stars at allmusic.com

I dunno about "immediate leaving," being one of those cheap SOBs who gets his money's worth if it kills him (and I might have to buy a ticket for this one).  On the merits though I wonder about the order on the marquee.  Yeah, yeah, yeah, commercial appeal and local name recognition and all that.  Still.
 
 Bill Lloyd is worth the ticket price all by himself.  Seen him play in Nashville to audiences of jaded studio musicians who as pure players can blow about everyone else you think is good into the weeds, and after every song there was about three seconds of "how does he do that?" silence before everyone goes wild.  Those other three guys are pretty damned good too.

[Bags]

I know I could look it up, but what are y'all talking about?

[kosmo vinyl]

bill lloyd, don dixon, jamie hoover and robert crenshaw are warming up for emment swimming at the 9:30 club on 1/9. it's clearly a case of a group of talented musicians with years of experience warming up for a local watered down version of the dave matthews band.

[Bags]

Aaaah, or like Sloan opening for Pete Yorn.  Thanks...

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  local watered down version of the dave matthews band.

that is a bit harsh

[kosmo vinyl]

is average 90's college rock band better?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  is average 90's college rock band better?

yes, but I actually like some of the songs off their first two albums, or did that is, has been a while

[twangirl]

FYI Don Dixon produced one of emmet's records, I think maybe the second one, which is the connection that led us to book Crenshaw, Dixon, Hoover & Lloyd on that show.

[kosmo vinyl]

that wouldn't suprise me... i know don also produced some of the early hootie and the blowfish records. and often when on the road with them as a support act. and lets not forget he engineered a little record called "Murmur" by some band called r.e.m, and produced "Especially For You" by The Smithereens.
 
 if fact Don Dixon has been involved in several of my most favorite records, Marti Jones, Tommy Keene, The Hang-Ups, Guadalcanal Diary, and Let's Active.