Archive for April, 2010
5/22: DIG DEEPER Returns with BOBBY PATTERSON!
DJ Honky & Mr. Robinson present: Dig Deeper @ Southpaw with Bobby Patterson!
Tickets available on Ticketwb – http://tinyurl.com/bobby-patterson-digdeeper
We are very excited to announce that we will be bringing Bobby Patterson up from Dallas, Texas for the May edition of Dig Deeper, this time backed by the Solid Set!
Texas soul legend Bobby Patterson’s career in music started the day he picked up an old busted-up guitar with four strings that his aunt left for him after she passed away. At the young age of 12, he and his first band the Royal Rockers regularly destroyed all competition at school talent shows – and ultimately won the opportunity to record a single with Liberty Records in California.
By age 16, he found himself playing guitar for Ike & Tina Turner when they came to Dallas – “Ike was so jealous; they said, don’t look at Tina’s behind whatever you do. So of course that’s the first thing I did, I looked at Tina’s behind.” Coincidentally (or not) it was around this time that Bobby stopped backing other artists and embarked on his own solo career in earnest.
As was too often the norm, small local labels like Future, Abnak, and Jetstar (an imprint created specifically for Bobby when Abnak’s owner realized his talent) lacked any semblance of promotion, and it was only the raw power and quality of Bobby’s recorded work that ultimately carried it outside of the region, finally hitting the Billboard charts with the stormingly uptempo funky “T.C.B. or T.Y.A.”
Over the years, Bobby has been involved in every end of the music business from producing and writing songs for an incredible roster of artists including Chuck Jackson, Fontella Bass, and Roscoe Robinson, to promoting, to DJ’ing on the radio in his hometown of Dallas – which he still does to this day.
It has been several years since Bobby Patterson has graced the stages of NYC – any time passed is too long to wait to hear him deliver aching southern soul ballads like “Let them talk” or “Long Ago”, or tear up a dancefloor with some of his powerhouse classics like “Busy Busy Bee” or “My thing is your thing”, which always seem to be in the front of a smart soul DJ’s playbox.
Bobby Patterson will be backed by the Solid Set (whom you’ve seen back Don Gardner, Obie “Young” Jessie, Dean Parrish, and Lenis Guess at Dig Deeper)!
Opening set by Select Blendz, a group soul vocal quintet whose members have backed Andre Williams, among others.
Rough schedule:
- 9pm Doors
- 10:30pm Select Blendz
- DJ Honky & Mr. Robinson spin 45s
- 12:00am Bobby Patterson!
- rest of the night – DJ Honky & Mr. Robinson DJ for the dancefloor!
5/21: Americana Pie: a special night of sweet Americana from PALEFACE, Hoots and Helmouth, Among The Oak and Ash, and Daniel Wayne
Get to Know PALEFACE
Schooled personally by friend Daniel Johnston, Paleface was discovered at an NYC open mic by the legendary Danny Fields (The Stooges, The Ramones, MC5), 1990. He’s released over a dozen records including two major label releases (Polydor Records, Sire Records). He’s done National tours with the likes of The Breeders and Billy Bragg, and he’s been a main influence on artists such as Grammy Award recipients Kimya Dawson and Beck.
“We used to go to all the open mikes together. He taught me Daniel Johnston songs on the sidewalk and let me sleep on his couch. He was a great songwriter, a generous friend, and a big influence on my early stuff’”
-says Beck of Paleface in Annie Leibovitz’s book “American Music”.
Soon after a Breeders tour, PF collapsed and nearly died from alcohol. Following long recovery & cleansing PF returned to NYC’s Antifolk scene in the early 2000′s and befriended a new breed of artists (The Moldy Peaches/Kimya Dawson & Adam Green, Regina Spektor, Jeffrey Lewis, and Langhorne Slim, among others). Paleface became a major source of influence and inspiration to many of them.
“Paleface is one of my favorite people on the planet” Kimya Dawson (Juno, 2008 Grammy award wining soundtrack)
It was around this time that PALEFACE started self releasing some of his best work yet. And after finishing a little Americana gem called Just About To Burn, PF met The Avett Brothers…who fell in love with it “My favorite all-time record by a friend”, Seth Avett. Paleface and The Avett Brothers developed a strong bond based on respect and admiration for each others work. Paleface often shares the stage with The Avetts, and his vocals, instrumentation, and songwriting have been featured on three of their records including a guest performance on The Avett’s’ recent Rick Rubin-produced release on Columbia.
More than a decade since his last major label release and collapse from alcohol abuse, PALEFACE is back with his Ramseur Records full length debut, The Show Is On The Road, “songs you’d be glad to hum for the rest of the day” PASTE. Soon after the record released back in April, it landed on the CMJ charts and PASTE Magazine featured PALEFACE as “Band Of The Week”.
The Show Is On The Road is an intimate, 11-song diary that transcends genres with its ingenuous lyrics and deceptively unassuming style – just Paleface on acoustic guitar and harmonica, his girlfriend Monica “Mo” Samalot on drums and backing vocals, and special performances by friends including labelmates The Avett Brothers. Paleface is the sort of artist who brings you into his world. His voice is sweetly ravaged and effortlessly expressive, as intimate as a friend whispering in your ear. The album is a farewell love letter to his longtime home, New York City, and an embrace of his new life in the South and on the road touring as a dynamic duo with darling “Mo”.
PALEFACE and drummer Monica “Mo” Samalot have been charming audiences from coast to coast in support of The Show Is On The Road…performing at festivals such as Pickathon (OR), Floyd Fest (VA, Shakori Hills (NC), Riverbend (TN), Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion (TN), and South By Southwest Festival / SXSW 2010….along with artists such as Willie Nelson, Dr.Dog, Blitzen Trapper, Justin Townes Earle, Kimya Dawson, Langhorne Slim, Those Darlins, and Joe Doe and The Saddies, among many others…. And the duo recently showcased at Non-Comm, a Triple A Radio event, sponsored by WXPN and World Cafe (Delta Spirit, Elvis Perkins, Black Joe Lewis, Pete Yorn, Jessica Lea Mayfiield, The Avett Brothers and Heartless Bastards among others).
The duo is currently on tour and they just finished recording a follow-up with producer Paul “Ena” Kostabi (Cults, The Willowz, Dee Dee Ramone).
Recent NEWS
PALEFACE & Kimya Dawson @ SXSW and Other Videos
During downtime @ SXSW 2010, PALEFACE and old pal Kimya Dawson sang PALEFACE’s “Sunshine” (Kimya’s all-time favorite song by PALEFACE).
Link to video: http://myspace.com/PalefaceOnline
PALEFACE Live @ SXSW 2010
PALEFACE and drummer Monica “Mo” Samalot showcased at this year’s South By Southwest Festival in Austin Texas earlier this Spring. Duke Street Blogg (Brooklyn) was in on the action and shot Paleface’s “Just About To Burn” during an afternoon party @ The Mean Eyed Cat.
Link to video: http://myspace.com/PalefaceOnline
PALEFACE Original Art
Paleface has recently been selling his artwork at shows. Some of his art is now available online. For more info on Paleface’s art and other merch, please visit Paleface’s store section via: http://www.PalefaceOnline.com or directly via Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/palefaceonline
PALEFACE New Upcoming Follow-Up Release
Paleface just finished recording a follow-up record called “One Big Party”, produced by Paul “Ena” Kostabi (Cults, The Willowz, Dee Dee Ramone, Youth Gone Mad, White Zombie)
PALEFACE – Recent Press Quotes
“The Show Is On The Road…songs you’d be glad to hum for the rest of the day” PASTE Magazine
“Triumphant Title for the latest from the New York anti-folkie admired by Beck, and his first album in years that is not for a tiny punk label or a bootleg. It’s best songs are a heady jumble of urban and Americana- musically, and lyrically too” Mojo Magazine
“Paleface is one of the antifolk scene’s best-loved products” Time Out New York
“overdue for recognition” Nashville Scene
“a neo-folk icon” The Flagpole, Athens GA
“Judging by the amiable vibe, any hint of regret over past misdeeds appears relegated to the backburner. With the show on the road, it bodes a most welcome return.” BLURT
MUSIC+Videos+More info
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