Sunday, May 18, 2008

5/18/08 Show Notes

“Connect the Dots” May 18, 2008; 5-6pm
WNUR 89.3 FM: www.wnur.org
Hosts: Laurie Herbert & Matthew Golombisky

(intro) Tortoise –
  • PLAY: “Salt the Skies” (4:45) from It’s All Around You, Thrill Jockey Records, 2004
  • CONNECT: Jeff Parker and John McEntire
  • MEMBERS: Jeff Parker – guitar and bass; John Herndon – drums, vibraphone, keyboards, sequencing; Doug McCombs – bass, bass 6, guitar, lap steel; Dan Bitney – bass, guitar , percussions, vibraphone, marimba, keyboards, and baritone saxophone; John McEntire – drums, modular synthesizer, ring modulator guitar, electric harpsichord, keyboards
  • WEB: www.trts.com or www.myspace.com/tortoise


Gastr Del Sol –
  • PLAY: “Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis” (4:45) from The Serpentine Similar, Drag City Records, 1993
  • CONNECT: John McEntire
  • MEMBERS: David Grubbs – guitar; Bundy K. Brown – bass; John McEntire – drums
  • WEB: www.dragcity.com/bands/gastr.html or www.myspace.com/gastrdelsolband
  • TRIVIA: formed by Bastro members Brown and Grubbs; Brown and McEntire later quit to join Tortoise; Jim O’Rourke then joined Gastr Del Sol, which became mainly a collaboration between O’Rourke and Grubbs


The Jeff Parker Quartet–
  • PLAY: “Toy Boat” (5:01) from The Relatives, Thrill Jockey Records, 2005
  • CONNECT: Jeff Parker
  • PERFORMING: every Tuesday with Josh Abrams, John Herndon, Selina Trepp and Dante Carfagna at RODAN – 1530 N. Milwaukee in Chicago; May 22 with John Herndon at the Velvet Lounge – 67 E. Cermak in Chicago
  • MEMBERS: Chris Lopes – bass; Chad Taylor – drums; Sam Barsheshet – electric piano; engineered by John McEntire
  • WEB: www.myspace.com/peffjarker



Bottesini Project –
  • PLAY: “Nice to Meet You” (5:18) from Bottesini, Creative Music Works, 2008
  • CONNECT: Jeff Parker
  • MEMBERS: Paul Riola – tenor and soprano saxophones and electronics; Ron Miles – cornet; Glenn Taylor – pedal steel; Doug Anderson – acoustic bass; Jeff Parker – guitar; Scott Amendola – percussion and electronics; DJ Olive – turntables, laptop, samples, and electronics
  • WEB: www.myspace.com/paulriola or www.creativemusicworks.org

Nels Cline Singers –
  • PLAY: “Caved-in Heart Blues” (6:52) from Draw Breath, Cryptogramophone Records, 2007
  • CONNECT: Scott Amendola
  • PERFORMING: June 3 at Martyrs’ – 3855 N. Lincoln in Chicago; Aug 1-3 at Lollapalooza in Grant Park with Wilco
  • MEMBERS: Nels Cline – guitar; Scott Amendola – drums; Devin Hoff – bass; Additional Personnel: Glenn Kotche – crotales
  • WEB: www.nelscline.com or www.myspace.com/nelscline

Wilco –
  • PLAY: “Impossible Germany” (5:58) from Sky Blue Sky, Nonesuch Records, 2007
  • CONNECT: Nels Cline
  • PERFORMING: Aug 1-3 at Lollapalooza in Grant Park
  • MEMBERS: Jeff Tweedy – acoustic 12-string guitar; John Stirratt – 8-string bass; Jim O’Rourke – guitar; Nels Cline – electric 12-string guitar; Glenn Kotche – drums; Pat Sansone – acoustic guitar; Karen Maltuch – viola; Mikael Jorgensen – Hammond b-3 organ
  • WEB: www.wilcoworld.net

Loose Fur –
  • PLAY: “An Ecumenical Matter” (3:21) from Born Again in the USA, Drag City Records, 2006
  • CONNECT: Glenn Kotche
  • PERFORMING: Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche – Aug 1-3 at Lollapalooza in Grant Park with Wilco
  • MEMBERS: Jim O’Rourke – guitar; Jeff Tweedy – bass and guitar; Glenn Kotche – drums and percussion
  • WEB: www.dragcity.com/bands/loosefur.html or www.myspace.com/loosefurisgreater

Glenn Kotche
  • PLAY: “Mobile, Parts 1 & 2” (5:42) from Mobile, Nonesuch Records, 2006
  • CONNECT: Glenn Kotche
  • PERFORMING: August 1-3 at Lollapalooza in Grant Park with Wilco; September 3 at Ravinia with the Kronos Quartet
  • MEMBERS: Glenn Kotche
  • WEB: www.glennkotche.com or www.myspace.com/glennkotche

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