And this one's for the Russell fans

[annathepiper]

It seems that Russell's current band (The Ordinary Fear of God, a.k.a. TOFOG2) now has its very own official MySpace page. Bitchin'. :D Two songs off My Hand, My Heart are listenable there in their entirety: "Testify" and "Raewyn", which IMHO are two of the best ditties off the entire album. "Testify" is a good solid rocker of a piece, and well, I've commented on "Raewyn" before. And the page also has a neat group photo of the band, including the lovely and talented Mr. Doyle, whose influence (I continue to assert) has definitely kicked Russell's sound up a notch.

And damn, I wish I could make that show on the 17th! Sniff. :) If any of the Russell fans on my Friends list get to hit that show, I want to hear about it!

(Hrmm. Clearly I need me a Musical Russell icon...)

ETA 11:46am: This snurched from boxer_ferret: Russell's wife Danielle, who those of you who attended the TOFOG show with me in 2001 may also remember is a singer in her own right, also has a MySpace page up! She's got a new album coming out as well, and I may have to get that, 'cause I did rather like White Monkey.

Comments

[avalonmissy.livejournal.com]

Someone should tell Russell that he should sing Happy Birthday to Alan at that show since it's his birthday (despite whatever it says on the GBS site). :p

Listening to Testify now. I think I can actually hear Alan's voice in the mix. The man can't blend...such a unique voice.

[annathepiper]

You can just pick out Alan at the tail end of "Raewyn", too! I keep looking for him in all the harmony bits all throughout My Hand, My Heart--though I'm more used to hearing Dave Wilkins harmonize with Russell, so I tend to hear Dave first.

But Alan's guitar? Unmistakable on "Raewyn". :D

And oh wow, you are quite right about the date! It'd be fabulous if Russell did make the whole band sing "Happy Birthday" to him. There's some uncertainty though as to whether Alan will be at the gig--folks are asking about that on the OKP, and I can't find any solid data one way or another. It would not surprise me if Alan isn't there, given that it is his birthday, that GBS has just finished a long and exhaustive tour, and that there is a Baby Doyle on the way!

[kathrynelaraine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info!! As soon as I found out, I went to add my boys to my MySpace friends list, only to find out, TADA, they added me first! lol. Perks of being fan club president numero uno, lol.
I'm the girl with the title "I'm Jewish, Deal with it" lol.

I just hope they make it one of these days back to Austin, now that I am FINALLY living so close.

I might be able to make you a musical Mr Crowe icon, if you would like :)

I'm off to sing Raewyn in my head, since it's too late to actually sing it out loud :D

[annathepiper]

You are very welcome, and I'm glad to pass the info along! And I'd love to see them head up to the Pacific Northwest again one of these days so I can see them; gigs in California and New York are all well and good, but I can't get myself to those places.

I'm likely to whip up an icon myself if I can find just the exact right Russell picture to use--but this is not to say that if you felt like tossing an icon my way that I'd tell you no! That would be very nice of you. :)