With Father’s day rapidly approaching (June 21st) it’s time to start thinking about what you should pick up for Pops or where you’re going out to eat. While we may not offer a gift registry or Zagat-rated restaurant guides, here at IODA we can provide you with some paternal tunes to get the creative juices flowing. Here’s some of our father-related releases to inspire you to find that perfect gift for papa bear:
Artist: Daddy
Title: For A Second Time
Label: Ceder Creek Music
Genre: Country : Rock
Release Date: 6/16/09
UPC: 844185034951
Territory: World
Formed by Will Kimbrough (2005 Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year) and Tommy Womack (Two-time winner of the Nashville Scene Best Song Award), Daddy is a talented and genuine slice of Americana. The two first came together in 1992 in the Bis-Quits, who made one impressive guitar-fest record for John Prine’s Oh-Boy! label. They discovered a musical and personal kinship that they fought for years, amidst solo work, to get back together. With the breakup of the bis-quits in 1994, Kimbrough went on to be lead guitarist in Todd Snider & the Nervous Wrecks (he has since produced several of Snider’s records, along with a whole slew of other artists.) Womack wrote Cheese Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock n’ Roll Band You’ve Never Heard Of (the story of his first band, Government Cheese). Kimbrough went on to become one of the most in-demand session guitarists in Nashville, launching a successful solo career as well and getting songs cut with Jimmy Buffett, Jack Ingram and Little Feat. Womack wrote songs with Jason & the Scorchers and Dan Baird, and has been covered by Todd Snider, Scott Kempner and David Olney, among others.
As guitarists, Kimbrough and Womack most noticeably click. The former’s wide-ranging abilities, sweet and reckless by turns, dovetail with the latter’s passionate slash-and-burn style to produce a chemistry that pushes each other. Drawing on Juke-Joint Blues, Country and good old Heavy Rock, Daddy made its debut many years later, in 2005, with the At the Women’s Club album, recorded live in Frankfort, Kentucky. A strictly indie release, it created quite a bit of online stir, after which they went back to their individual solo projects.
Daddy has finally reunited and created a new studio album DADDY for a Second Time. The record features Kimbrough and Womack’s fantastic songwriting and guitar work along with an outstanding group of backing musicians. It will be released in time for Father’s Day (fitting) and would make a great gift for Americana-loving dads!
Graham Collier Music
“Song One (Seven-Four)” (mp3)
from “Songs For My Father”
(jazzcontinuum)
More On This Album
Originally released on LP by Fontana in 1970, and on CD by Disconforme in 2000 (both now out of print), Songs for my Father is a fantastic example of British Jazz bassist and band-leader Graham Collier’s influential work. The material is being made available for digital download for the first time and features trumpeter Harry Beckett and pianist John Taylor, then young, but now recognized among the world’s best jazz musicians.
Collier began playing trumpet in northern England and later worked in bands for the British Army. In 1961 he received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music and would be the first British student to graduate from the school. He also briefly toured with Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra in 1963 where he played bass. Best known as a bandleader, Collier has been heading various jazz ensembles since 1964. His first band was the Graham Collier Ensemble, which toured from the 1960s to the 1980s, followed by 1983’s Hoarded Dreams, which was more consistently a big band. He also became a jazz educator at the Royal Academy of Music and worked in film composition. In 1987 Collier was awarded the Order of the British Empire, a British medal of chivalry awarded for his accomplishments in music. This record showcases his distinctly British Jazz style, a gutsy separation from the American dominated stylings of its time; but don’t take our word for it:
“This CD is a remarkable testament to the creativity and sheer guts of these young players, maintaining the highest level of creativity in adverse circumstances. A welcome and long overdue release.” – Dave Gelly, The Gramophone
Related Posts:
Tags: Daddy, Graham Collier
