Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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More of my own shit...this one's pretty old. Jim Jones Catering Service was probably the 3rd or 4th 'real' band I was ever involved in. I wrote most of the music and lyrics for our tunes, and it was a chaotic blend of Nirvana-ish rock, math-rock time signatures, and free-jazz saxophone...all with catchy choruses and 3-part dude vocals. I dunno, that's how it was described to me more than once, anyhow. I'm not sure if everybody wants me using full names, but the lineup (for this record) was as follows:

Kellen - Drums
Matt - Saxophone/Vocals
Me - Guitar/Vocals
Kyle - Guitar/Vocals
Chris - Bass
Tom - Keyboards/Vocals

although our bassist from conception until about 2 months before this album was a dude named Boe. Not to get into too much detail, but we played for about 3-4 years, cutting 2 EPs and 1 full length album all ourselves before deciding to do a 'studio' LP with Mark Larmee at Broadside Productions. Probably the best-sounding recordings I've ever played on.

The music (save saxophone and keyboards) was recorded live, mostly in 2-3 takes (sometimes less). If I remember correctly, we tracked to tape (1/2"???) and then Mark mixed and mastered the whole thing in Pro-Tools.

The catch? We broke up about a week before the masters came back to us, and never did a damn thing with this record. Oh well.

Jim Jones Catering Service (aka JJCS) - 'Catch and Release Music'

Tracklist:

1. The Crabtree Tango
2. The Twin Towers Fell Over Because Some Kids Can't Respect Their Parents
3. Otra Vez, Motherfucker
4. On the Deathbed with Dutch Schultz
5. Bitch Needs a Tomato
6. The Yelping of a Wounded Dog Wouldn't Change Your Mind
7. Mushroom Farm
8. Fourteen Million
9. God Made Hands for Praying, Not for Flashing Gang Symbols
10. Message to the Native Americans: Finder's Keeper's
11. Premarital Sects
12. Size Zero in Nothing (The Crocodile Smile)
13. Ladies + Beer
14. Space Shuttle
15. This One Goes Out to __________

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