THE GLASS NOTES
LINKS:
download ‘Dust and Hours’
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Meet the songwriter:
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Fantastic custom guitars at an even better price! Hand crafted in the USA, By Steve Benford. Robb & Jake play them, Robb has two. You should get one too!!!
THE GLASS NOTES consist of :
Jake Uitti (Bass & Resident Poet)
Robb Benson (Guitar, Voice, Songsmith)
Perry Morgan (The Drums, da’ Beats)
Rock Tim Dijulio (Lead Guitar, sweet riffs)
Formula: Jake gives Robb a new Poem. Robb writes a song from it, brings it to the group. Tim adds his stamp in an almost in-house producer style, suggesting arrangements, adding bridges and weaves blistering guitar lines. Perry drops the big beats! That is how the group created “As the building crumbles” The new CD is coming soon in 2012.
THE GLASS NOTES, DUST AND HOURS (review)
I've been trying for over ten years to describe how much I love Robb Benson's voice. He's got all the pop smarts of McCartney, the peppy hooks of Squeeze and the gritty soul of Otis Redding, and he's so talented he sometimes uses all three in the span of a three-minute pop song. Benson has an extensive discography with the aforementioned Nevada Bachelors, The Dear John Letters and the Dept. of Energy, and evidence of his talent can be found on any of the cuts of those albums, but if you want to get right to it, The Glass Notes' "John Wayne" is all you need. The album closer here, Not only is this the single most powerful moment in music this year, this is what soul sounds like, this is what frustration sounds like and this is what existential worry sounds like when one realizes that the notion of heroism has lapsed into obsolescence. But most of all, this is what it sounds like to be alive, to be shot in your hummingbird heart with everything from global concern to concern about everyone you love. It's a voice that's filled with anger and dismay and sadness and it will bring you to your knees.
-Alex Green (caught in the carousel)
From Left to Right:
Host Luke Burbank, with Perry Morgan, Robb Benson, Jake Uitti, and Host Dave Ross Live on KIRO 97.3 FM with Ross and Burbank, a special live performance for Tree House.
Jake the poet, bassist and a balloon man.
Rock Tim rarely seen without his guitar.
Robb, the vocalist/songsmith, is that Tim’s hat?
Perry the drummer relaxing near palm trees.
