Just got a message from Denton country singer Doug Burr recapping his and his band's weekend trip to Tehuacana, where they went to record Burr's album of songs adapted from Psalms. Read more about the project here.
Sayeth Burr:
We recorded all basic band tracks beginning at 11 p.m. and ending shortly after the sun came up on the 21st. We tracked all the basic tracks live. We later realized we had practically made the whole record on the shortest night of the year. The next day as we were adding overdubs, we had an assist by a celebrity choir, including Josh Pearson, Emil Rapstein, Chelsea Callahan, a couple band members, and led by Steve Collins [of Deadman]. All expectations for this project -- by every one of us -- were exceeded.
If you want to hear the songs they recorded, you best show up at All Good Cafe on Saturday, where Burr and band will share a bill with the lovely Kristy Kruger.
Both Burr and Kruger received nominations for this year's Dallas Observer Music Awards, which were announced in today's edition of the alt-weekly paper. I'd point you to the rest of the nods online, but they don't seem to be posted just yet.
Eagle-eye Erin Rice over at TexasG-, er, Pegasus News just spotted a sad message posted by Will Kapinos of veteran Denton rock band Jetscreamer. Seems there'll be no more live shows and possibly no more band at all.
Key line in the bulletin from Kapinos: "If we're done for good, there's not gonna be any big bang blowout, no last show or anything, so don't even bother asking. That's how these things usually end: in ordinary ways, rather than extraordinary."
If it helps, the times I saw Jetscreamer play, the performances were extraordinary.
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