Bob Weir was it for me. As a musician and so much more. While I don’t have an official tally, of the hundreds of thousands of hours of music I’ve listened to, he’s got to be way at the top of the list. Of the hundreds of thousands of miles I’ve traveled to see concerts, he’s definitely way at the top of...Continue Reading
With three studio releases including their latest Distroid, combined with a triple digit yearly nationwide touring schedule, Dogs In A Pile have made it. The only question at this point is how far the quintet of Jimmy Law, Brian Murray, Jeremy Kaplan, Sam Lucid, and Joey Babbick are going to go? How far can they ride the...Continue Reading
If you’re trying to make it in the indie / jam band scene, you’ve got to stay at full throttle. That’s just to keep pace with the throngs of musicians vying for the same opening gig, festival spot, album deal and countless variables crucial to avoid the potholes happy to derail your journey. Amazingly, playing 100 plus concerts a year while continually releasing new music is the bare...Continue Reading
“Our connection with Bruce Hornsby was immediate. For us, it was the Bride of the Noisemakers album. We fell in love with that album. If we had it on vinyl, we would have worn out all the grooves. We had CDs in our cars and no matter where...Continue Reading
When Neal Casal passed in 2019, the ripples throughout the music world were widespread. From potential filled pals Kenny Roby, Zephaniah Ohora and John Lee Shannon to legends Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, his resume was rapidly expanding. He was in the perfect spot for...Continue Reading
Neal Casal left this world way too soon. Sadly, that’s common for musicians of his brilliance. What makes Casal’s passing in 2019 even sadder is he was at a career apex at the time. He’d long overcome the struggles of a rising guitarist and was...Continue Reading
The progress Dogs in a Pile has made in such a short time is quite uncommon. With a resume of two studio albums and troves of live audio/video releases, they’ve expanded from an Asbury Park must see band to a Northeast must see band to...Continue Reading
With the pieces of the Dogs in a Pile jigsaw puzzle in place, the quintet of Jimmy Law, Joey Babick, Brian Murray, Jeremy Kaplan, and Sam Lucid were staunch in their commitment to getting things rolling immediately. It was 2019, and the time to get...Continue Reading
“Music is all I’ve ever known. My dad’s been a Deadhead and music fan his whole life. He always had a guitar around the house. He was teaching me chords at age three. He’d play the Dead’s View from the Vault videos. I used to...Continue Reading
“I don’t think at a single point in the recording process we referenced anything before 1990.” – Alex Bailey As simple as this quote from the Eggy drummer appears to be, it is equally as profound. Within these few words lives the explanation of why...Continue Reading