Birhouse review lost in the shuffle last month.....

The new Tuning seems to be working fine. Already we
seem to have some new members and the list is
as busy or busier than before.

This got lost in theTuning list shuffle last month.....

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Just got back from NYC and hearing Birdhouse play at the Mercury Lounge.

They've reinvented the band, now with Hansford Rowe on bass
and Jim Mussen on drums. So if you heard the cd or the old band with
Brad Catler on percussion, this was a different gig. Birdhouse is
now a rock band that's very cool. They opened with a long new piece
(title escapes me, Hummingbird *something*), Jon Catler playing
his new fretless G&L...exploring a bit of feedback and rocking out.

Hansford was playing a JI bass (a photo *used* to be linked up to the
1/1 web page).

They finished out the set with tunes from the CD, also played Wood
Pecker from the Catler Bros. Crash Landing CD.
Brad was playing this on fretless bass, now Hansford
is using the fretted JI bass which is more punchy. It was interesting
to hear bass on a few of the tunes that didn't originally have bass.

Of course Meredith Borden is an amazing singer, she sings real bluesy
material and then whips out the birdsong/opera background. And this
new guy Mussen, he's real solid and flexable - a great drummer.

The show was video taped for Manhattan Cable, after the gig,
the band was interviewed. Halfways through the interview, I
somehow ended up doing the interview (I know the woman who was
doing the interview, out of the blue, she handed me the microphone).
It was interesting to listen to Jon explain tuning, I wonder what the
audience is going to make of it.

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No, I don't know when it will be on.
Yes, I will let the list know when it will be on TV.
No, I can't tape it - I don't live in Manhattan.

Happy New Ear folks.....

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