Flat 9's

Still so much content to share with you. And now that my yelp and IM's are all promoting this blog so I have to get the conventional stuff up. 

For that we turn to The Black Reds. 

TBR was a sweet punk band from Flowery Branch, raised on X, The Desendents, Pennywise and all that Southern California punk goodness.
Here's some of the jams; I'll edit this with more content soon, I'm just pressed for time to get to the office.  

Pray that someday this is all I have to do, make music and art for you.

- the above blog ramblings are from July 10th, 2008; at 6:56am. 

It's now 12:15 in the afternoon of April 20th, 2017 - I know have tons of time to make music and art for you - just little to no money to get more gear and press vinyl - but hey God is faithful. 
No bloodclot cryin' here mon.

The above tracks mentioned made it onto 

friends you bring

... released back on May of 2011; a sort of sampler combo set - one of the last things I did before the word.


Track 5? the Orleans-blueish inspired, That gal'll make ya howl (tattoos & a beehive on)

Track 4 was one of Ralph's (from Barney's) favorites; a sentimental song about trying to keep a wife who just doesn't want to you anymore; written for Cindy.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Enjoy responsibly.

neXt

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Flat Nines

Total throwback

Flat Nines by roleATL

That gal'll make ya howl (tattoos & a behive on)

Time to find

This is a gem from last spring, written and performed at the P'Cheen show.

It's hopeful and endearing; i could not write this way today.

Time to find



any feedback will be appreciated. I'll even make it downloadable it you'd like.

Jericho & Krazy World

Good stuff from the past.... Travis, enjoy this.

Jericho



Jericho is obviously Pennywise/HB inspired.. Strong and upfront. Download; crap am I giving everything away? Yeah, actually.

Krazy World



Krazy World is more Devo than anything, maybe not as nerdy... Travis is not really mister internet so I don't know if he'll ever get to enjoy this but I will promptly text him. Laters!

Loner

Loner is a couple of acoustic jams recorded at Ben Harrington's house, by (ironically enough) Ben Harrington.

... is a punk is a cheeky rendition of great Ramones song, of almost the same title




The other jam was written by Edward Lund and is essentially I now know what it feels like to be alone but not completely alone, just more lyrically developed and slowed down for the acousticness of it all. The TBR line-up of Summer 2007 featuring Ben Harrington had this jam ( Allen and Edward did recorded it has Cosmic Electric); but TBR07 titled it El Bar.

It made perfect sense to name the accoustic version El(quiet) Bar




El Bar was Ed and Ben's favorite watering hole on Thursday nights during the summer of 2007.


Downloader available post humously if whoever ends up with LC's MacBook Pro gives a dang.

Hungry Heart

We all have special people and special experiences in our lives here on Earth. For those of us who's path leads us to make art and music, those relationships and memories can be illustrated and captured for others to see and hear, perhaps well into the future.

2007 was a particularly interesting (to be a be upbeat) year. Facing a separation from his wife, leading to an inevitable divorce, Edward Lund had some hard choices to make.

In typical fashion he considered his options in layers of rhythm and and tone, inflecting the pain he was going thru all the while trying to give his friends and family a different way to see and here the world.

Hungry Heart was recorded during the early winter of 2007, Feburarish, with the aide of Travis Rivers; a trusty friend from a few years before. Travis recorded this jam in his basement, he also played drums on it.

Edward sang and did the guitar thing.

Here's the downloader.

What Do I get & Exit 13

Ok, we're almost done with the TBR catalogue - and good riddance! Just kidding. That music was really honest and really good, and really under-exposed.
But such is life.

This first jam comes with the original TBR line up, Allen on the PDP trap-kit, Cindy on the SG bass, and yours truly on the red dot and on the mic.

We had Travis come over and record us, we were so giddy, well at least Allen and I were. Cindy was too cool half the time or not into it the other half... can't tell. I do miss her from time to time; she gave me a family, but then she took it away too.
My story might end alone, smashed on the front of a northbound Marta train leaving Arts Center; but then it could end up on Rob's House records and with the love of a woman I truly love.

Enough of all that, Kick out the jams!


What do I get?


This is a song I'd like to visit again someday... are you cool enough to comment with a reference?

Fine, you can
download it then.


Exit 13
This is a very B-side jam named after the exit of where Eric and I would play, the AAT office-space. Eric drums here, I do the rest.

TBR played the Apache cafe during the fall of 2007 in a new band showcase type thing. The show was scheduled for a Saturday night and Eric and I got Hampton to get in on the bass side of things.

Inside this you'll hear un-recorded jams such as hit song and Thursday as well as family classics you know and treasure like waited all summer long and SThat gal'll make ya howl (tattoos & a behive on). Not to mention Ralph and his baby girl's fave jam Flat 9's.

You'll get some really garagey renditions of classics such as Just like heaven,Teenage kicks and Judy is a punk.

This recording, all just under 30 minutes of this offering is was recorded in one addy-influenced take. It's quite good.

Enjoy Apache cafe




As always, we're givers. Here, just take it, I don't care, really, take it, take it all, download it for your family and friends.

Let's do a shot

Let's do a shot was written during the summer of 2007 in the practice space that was once a married couple's bedroom. It feature's the always steady Eric Lynn on drums and a the bass wizardry of Mr. Ben Harrington. In fact the engineering is all Ben; back then I sucked at GarageBand.




Wanna keep it? I don't think so! Just kidding, here, go home happy... download it!

E's faves

This post is dedicated to a Eric, a friend for several years, who just recently, it seems, we have somewhat drifted apart. We've recorded several jams together, drank a ton, have really "been there" for each other. Hopefully the good times are not over. God knows this recession certainly is messing with folks.

We were in The Black Reds together and placed several shows with Eric as the drummer. The first track I'll share with you is the hit from the summer of 2006; recorded in Joe's garage in Avondale Estates, GA.

Waited All Summer Long was written with my x-wife Cindy on bass. Eric took to it quickly as he comes from the straight up Blink-182/Ramones school of rock.




Enjoy Waited All Summer Long; written by Edward Lund while in The Black Reds:

::Download




It's good to have friends. I hope the future brings Eric and I together to do more shows and have more good times.