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Seeking Homer returns to cavernous Sweetwater Cafe in Boston's Alley for an evening of raucous, symphonic bar room spree! Tickets will be available at the door. Sweetwater is located at 3 BOYLSTON PLACE BOSTON MA 02116 | 617.351.2515. Bring a towel.]]> http://seekinghomer.com/news.html#17 ...Howdy - Seeking Homer - THE NEWS http://seekinghomer.com/news.html#18
Feeling blessed is an understatement when I speak with the souls involved in helping me with this “project”. I’ve always thought about recording my own album someday but to actually do it, without all the great ideas and sounds of my Homer boys — I just didn’t think it would be feasible. I just wouldn’t expect to come up with enough good songs all by my lonesome. What I also didn’t expect was how much I would be inspired by my central New York singer-songwriter comrades over the past year or so. People like Brad Thomas, Dusty Pas’cal, Mikey Powell, Lisa Gentile, Jeffrey Pepper Rogers — all have been so instrumental in supporting my efforts over the past year or so.

What I found funny about this album was the fact that songs came to me in pairs or triplets. Meaning in one night, two or three song ideas were coming about. This only happened once before during my Homer days (I wrote “Whiskeytown” and “Ms. Wichita” the same afternoon). This past Christmas, I wrote three songs in one night — “Show Me The Light”, “Don’t Answer Me Now” and “Galveston & Galway” — three gifts that you’ll never get Santa to drop under a tree. It was a great Christmas. And in April I wrote “Burying Confessions” and “When Does The Giving End” during my flights to and from Europe. “Never Meant that Much to Me”, “If You Run” and “Nothing More to Lose” all had their roots close together in time as well. I can’t explain it.

The one song I did not write on this album is a tune called “Break Me” — which was written by Dusty Pas’cal - I had heard one of my friends play it a few times and was floored each and every time I heard it. So I began performing it with him at various shows as I was compelled to make everyone hear this amazing tune. For my version I kicked it up a few notches.

Performing on my album are some great souls. On drums I have Michael Seda, my brother from Seeking Homer. I couldn’t imagine recording with another drummer. On bass I was able to convince Max McKee to sit in. I am eternally grateful as he’s laid down some funky bass lines that really make these songs jump. I think we spent more time laughing as recording. On keyboards I have the super talented Will Tobin. He's just nasty on the ivory. And on vocals, I have my 5th cousin Jeffrey Connor adding his ten cents. Some of you have seen Jeffrey and I play live so you already know what he brings. For those of you that haven’t — you’ll be amazed as to how well our voices work together. And speaking of voices, I have the wonderful Krista Lewandowski singing duet on “Show Me The Light”. You are all going to love her.

Producing and Engineering I have Andrew Graecen and Jason “Jocko” Randall (John Brown’s Body) — a killer mix. Andrew has a great background in jazz, pop and acoustic music whereas Jocko is legendary for his thrash, metal and reggae mixes. The blend of styles and backgrounds has allowed me to go to places I never thought I could. And it’s because of this, that I am so proud of this effort. I hope you enjoy it.

See you soon. Thanks for all the support.

~TC]]> http://seekinghomer.com/news.html#18 Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 ...Howdy - Seeking Homer - THE NEWS