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Re: "just a band"

At 03:35 PM 4/12/00 -0700, Rick Callender wrote:
>> seems like ever since post-"Slow Dark Train" it's
>> been Bill Mallonee and whomever he could find...
>
>it's always been that way from the very beginning. VoL
>IS Bill Mallonee. I remember reading an interview a
>LONG time ago where he joked that one Athens gig they
>had was more like a family reunion, many of the crowd
>consisting of folks that were at one time or another
>part of the band.

yeah, i read that too... :)

>Off the top of my head, I don't know one album (I'm
>not sure of live albums) which has the exact same
>lineup of musicians. Sure, there's a little overlap,
>but Bill Mallonee has, and always will be the
>constant.

well...

Jugular: Bill Mallonee, Marcus Hall, Johnny Evans, Billy Holmes
Killing Floor: Bill and Billy Holmes (and some add'l musicians 
          including Johnny Evans and Travis McNabb)
Driving the Nails: Bill, Marcus Hall, Johnny Evans
Welcome to Struggleville: Bill, Newton Carter, David LaBruyere 
          (yay, OtR content! sort of), Travis McNabb
Blister Soul: Bill, Chris Donohue, John Keane, Matt Donaldson, 
          (and studio musicians including J.Evans, B.Holmes,
           N.Carter as listed above)
V.O.L. (3 new songs): Bill, Chris Bland, Tom Crea
Slow Dark Train: Bill, Chris Bland, Tom Crea
To the Roof of the Sky: Bill, Kenny Hutson, Jacob Bradley, 
          Scott Klopfenstein
Live at the 40 Watt: Bill, Kenny, Jacob, Scott
'Cross the Big Pond: Bill, Jacob, Kenny
Audible Sigh (L.E.): Bill, Kenny, Jacob, Kevin Heuer
Audible Sigh (3 new songs): Bill, Jacob, Kevin (oh, my God, 
          you killed Kenny...)

12 albums, 16 musicians.  The three new songs on "V.O.L." were
probably recorded around the same time as "Slow Dark Train," so
I'm not sure if that counts as having a "real band."  "TtRotS" 
and "40 Watt" were within the same year... The Bill, Kenny, and
Jacob trio seems to be the longest lasting "band," but that was
only around 2 years...

Bill & Co. were sort of settling into something with at least
a regular guitarist with Kenny Hutson, but alas, he left last 
year.  And that's a shame...

oh well,
Dan

np: get real



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