{"id":20498,"date":"2016-07-16T08:37:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T12:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=20498"},"modified":"2016-07-16T08:38:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T12:38:02","slug":"on-stage-extra-zmeds-keeping-the-everly-bros-sound-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=20498","title":{"rendered":"On Stage (Extra): Zmeds keeping the Everly Bros. sound alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\"><em>Sixth annual 717 Fest in Lancaster, Sunday<\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1246\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1246\" class=\"wp-image-1246 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/thebirddogsbw-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"thebirddogsbw\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Birddogs<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Everly Brothers made pop music that was truly timeless. The brothers &#8212; Don and Phil Everly &#8212; had their own style of country-influenced rock that featured the kind of tight harmonies that only brothers can produce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Everly Brothers made their last recording as a duo in 1998. On January 3, 2014, Phil Everly died of lung cancer &#8212; 16 days before his 75th birthday.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fortunately, there is another pair of brothers intent on keeping the Everly Brothers\u2019 music alive &#8212; Dylan and Zachary Zmed. Using the name Bird Dogs, the Zmed Brothers are on the road constantly &#8212; touring with their \u201cEverly Brothers Experience\u201d show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The tour will bring them to the area on September 17 for a show at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.st94.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">www.st94.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Theater fans may recognize the name Zmed. The boys\u2019 father is Adrian Zmed, a noted movie, television and stage actor. He is most known for playing Danny Zuko in \u201cGrease\u201d &#8212; on Broadway and on several National Tours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy brother and I grew up together and we always sang with each other,\u201d said Dylan Zmed, during a phone interview Thursday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy dad was an actor. With \u2018Grease,\u2019 we got exposed to that era of music. At a young age, we got very moved by it. Six years ago, we started singing as a duo and trying to figure out which music would be best for brothers\u2019 harmony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe thought about Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles and then realized they all had the Everly Brothers as their big influence. We realized there was something special about the Everly Brothers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAnother reason we wanted to do the Everly Brothers &#8212; we\u2019re in our late 20s and most people our age don\u2019t know who the Everly Brothers are. But, if you play them a song by the Everly Brothers, they recognize it. We feel a sense of responsibility to keep the music alive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The young Zmeds are old rock-and-rollers at heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBoth our mom and our dad were always into the era\u00a0 of music &#8212; the Everly Brothers, Eddic Cochran, Bill Haley &amp; the Comets, Little Richard, Chuck Berry,\u201d said Dylan Zmed, who grew up with is family in the Los Angeles area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy brother had a band and I joined right after I got out of college. About three years ago, we started focusing on super harmonies. We played tons of bistros, wineries and bars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLast year, we ended the band. We realized that no-one who was young was doing an Everly Brothers tribute. We started doing this project at the beginning of this year at Suncoast Casino in Vegas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cResearching the Everly Brothers is a never-ending process. We\u2019re submersing ourselves in their history &#8212; lots or archive performance and interview footage. We have about 35 of their songs down. We have their big hits &#8212; and we go to the deep cuts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Video link for Bird Dogs &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PGNiMy4qWBw\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/PGNiMy4qWBw<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Bird Dogs\u2019 \u201cEverly Brothers Experience\u201d show at the Sellersville Theater will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 and $40.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1247\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1247\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1247\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Freakwater-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Freakwater\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freakwater<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On July 20, the Sellersville Theater will host another interesting band with country and rock in its DNA &#8212; Freakwater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Freakwater is an alternative country band that had its start in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1989, Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Irwin founded the band, and they have been supported by bassist David Wayne Gay since the early days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been playing together since we were little tots,\u201d said Bean, during a phone interview Thursday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAnd, we both got kicked out of the same school,\u201d said Irwin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bean said, \u201cIn the early days, we go to Catherine\u2019s apartment and sing songs together. There was a punk rock venue that had an open mic night and we did that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThen, we made a four-track recording,\u201d said Irwin. \u201cEventually, we made up a name. Then, we went into the studio for our first record. That\u2019s where we met Dave Gay. He\u2019s been our third member ever since.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The band\u2019s self-title debut album came out on Amoeba Records in 1989.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWith the whole punk rock thing, people didn\u2019t know how to play their instruments and just tried to sound like that,\u201d said Irwin. \u201cWith us, I\u2019d write songs that I felt were regular country songs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bean said. \u201cWhen we were starting out, we were just playing covers of country artist like Tammy Wynette and George Jones. Then, we decided to write our own songs so people couldn\u2019t figure out if we were screwing up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe always had connections that allowed us to get our own music out there. We just played \u2014 went out there and did it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From 2006 to 2013, Bean and Irwin worked on other projects. But, Freakwater is still alive and well in 2016 \u2014 and touring the states in support of \u201cScheherazade,\u201d which was released on Bloodshot Records on February 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2014, Irwin and Bean (along with longtime collaborator Jim Elkington) convened for a mini-tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their landmark album\u00a0\u201cFeels Like The Third Time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Inspired by a rekindled musical spark, the two wrote songs throughout that summer and in the fall got together for two months of rehearsing and six days of recording. \u201cScheherazade\u201d\u00a0was recorded and mixed at LaLa Land Studio in Louisville, Kentucky with Kevin Ratterman, My Morning Jacket&#8217;s longtime engineer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It was the first time in the band\u2019s long career that they recorded an album outside of Chicago. The slower pace of Louisville \u2013 what Bean calls the \u201cKentucky crawl\u201d \u2013 and an extended cast of talented local musicians proved perfect elements for developing their new songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Freakwater began an exhaustive tour after the release of \u201cScheherazade\u201d\u00a0&#8212; a tour that brought them to Philly for a show at Boot &amp; Saddle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt was a long tour &#8212; but we did make it home,\u201d said Bean. \u201cSince then, I\u2019ve been catching up on TV and tending my garden. Neither of us wanted to leave again for awhile but we\u2019re going on the road again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t done any writing. We\u2019re still working this record so nothing new. We\u2019re touring with a six-piece band. This tour runs until the end of July and includes the Newport Folk Festival. Then, we\u2019ll be home until September when we leave for a European tour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Freakwater\u2019s current live show contains a lot of songs from \u201cScheherazade\u201d\u00a0&#8212; but the songs may sound different than they do on the album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cFreakwater is theonly band in existence where the songs get slower as we play them on tour,\u201d said Bean. \u201cBut, the live versions have gotten really tight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u201cWe came from a punk rock background but we didn\u2019t really just play punk rock. We just played our music and hoped that people would like it. Now, 30 years have gone by. I didn\u2019t expect to be still alive after 30 years let alone still making music with Freakwater.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Video link for Freakwater \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2gmAn4FRDoE\"><span class=\"s3\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/2gmAn4FRDoE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0The show at the Sellersville Theater will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 and $29.50.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1248\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/717-fest-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"717 fest\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/>When the Breakout Tour hits Lancaster on July 17, it will be a \u201cshow within a show.\u201d The Breakout Tour, which features The Machinist, Gladiators and The Blessing of This Curse, will provide three of 14 acts slated for the Sixth Annual 717 Fest at Freedom Hall at the Lancaster County Convention Center (25 South Queen Street, Lancaster, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cirecords.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">http:\/\/www.cirecords.com<\/span><\/a>, 866- 503-3786).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Breakout Tour features several of the hottest young heavy metal and rock bands from New York (The Machinist), New Jersey (The Blessing of This Curse) and Pennsylvania (Gladiators). For Gladiators, the show will be a homecoming.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1252\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1252\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1252\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/gladiators-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gladiators\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiators<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Gladiators &#8212; Mike Hart, vocals; Josh Krantz, guitar; Bernard Stabley, bass; Caleb Stoltzfus, drums; Scott Toebe, guitar &#8212; has established itself a promising progressive metal band from Lancaster. The band works tirelessly to set itself apart and establish a new frontier in the genre with a fresh perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThree of us are from Lancaster,\u201d said Krantz, during a phone interview Tuesday morning from a tour stop in Poughkeepsie, New York. \u201cBernard and I are from Manheim and Caleb is from Pequea Valley. Mike is the only one who isn\u2019t local. He\u2019s from Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBernard and Caleb were playing in a band from Parkesburg. I graduated from college and my old band broke up. I moved to Lancaster and got a call from Bernard. That was the start of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It didn\u2019t take long for Gladiators to start booking bands and making records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve released two full-lengths so far,\u201d said Krantz. \u201cIn 2014, we recorded \u2018One Tooth at a Time.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur second album \u2018Plexus,\u2019 which is on CI Records, came out this year. We had written a decent amount of the songs for \u2018Plexus\u2019 before we went in the studio. But, we hadn\u2019t played any of the songs live before we recorded them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur first album was more what we wanted to hear. Our new album is more audience-centric &#8212; something to catch the audience. It\u2019s metal\/hardcore &#8212; like Every Time I Die, Periphery and Architect. It\u2019s cleaner &#8212; but different. It still has a lot of heavy music but we focused more on the song structure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Video link for Gladiators &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oOzSrwFgHJM\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/oOzSrwFgHJM<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1249\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1249\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the-machinist-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Machinist\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Machinist<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Machinist &#8212; Amanda Gjelaj, Josh Gomez, Steven Ciorciari, Toby Osiene &#8212; is a four-piece metal band from Queens, New York. The band\u2019s music features catchy riffs, grooving breakdowns and heavy doses of all-out shred. The Machinist\u2019s debut release, \u201cThe Machinist EP,\u201d was recorded at Westfall Studios with Anthony Lopardo and released on July 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe just played a hometown show for the CD release,\u201d said Gomez, during a phone interview Tuesday morning from a tour stop in Poughkeepsie, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThere are all different styles of metal in New York City. Having to answer the question what style are we is the hardest thing. When someone asks me what genre we\u2019re in, I usually just say we\u2019re a metal band.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With metal music, there are \u201cclean\u201d vocals and \u201cdirty\u201d vocals &#8212; and it has nothing to do with lyrical content. \u201cClean\u201d is just what it sounds like &#8212; normal singing. \u201cDirty,\u201d meanwhile, is a vocal style characterized by deep, guttural screaming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Machinist\u2019s Amanda Gjelaj is a dirty vocalist whose singing, at times, sounds like a grizzly bear with its paw caught in a vice trap. Watching and listening to her, it\u2019s hard to believe such sounds are actually coming from a relatively small young woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA lot of people are amazed when they hear Amanda sing,\u201d said Gomez. \u201cI had corresponded with her when we were young &#8212; around 17. We finally met in November 2012. We met through mutual friends and hit it off right away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe minute I heard her, I knew I had to make music with her. There are very few female-fronted metal bands. We\u2019re one of them and we have one of the best front women in the world. The only original members of The Machinist are Amanda and me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNew York is a very different scene. We wanted to make music that was fresh and exciting. So, we made the album with Anthony Lopardo and had Ray Marte as the mixer. We started making the CD at the beginning of this year and we wrapped up production in late February<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cEverything was done by March. We waited to release it because we wanted to get a video done for the song \u2018Wake Up.\u2019 Instead of looking for a label, we decided to release it ourselves. We\u2019re all live wire and we like to have fun making music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWith this record, we wanted to make something that was enjoyable for fans of all metal sub-genres &#8212; something for everybody with breakdowns and solo parts. It\u2019s not something that\u2019s been done a million times. We\u2019re always experimenting and pushing boundaries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Video link for The Machinist &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L22PRAwOsqw\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/L22PRAwOsqw<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Sixth Annual 717 Fest has Forevermore and Kingdom Of Giants as the headliners. The line-up also features Darkness Divided, Dear Desolate, Advent Ascent, Oshian, Tomorrow Awaits, The Art of Deception, SOS, Ember\u2019s Fall and Had Matter. Doors will open at 3 p.m. and tickets are priced at $10.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1250\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1250\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the-temperance-movement-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Temperance Movement\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Temperance Movement<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last winter, the Temperance Movement followed its critically-acclaimed 2013 self-titled debut album with \u201cWhite Bear,\u201d a powerful disc featuring 10 new blues-rock anthems. The band spent the early part of 2016 extensively touring around the U.K. and Europe, especially Scandinavia and Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now, the Temperance Movement has brought its tour to North America &#8212; a tour that touches down locally on July 20 at Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, <a href=\"http:\/\/undergroundarts.org\/\"><span class=\"s2\">http:\/\/undergroundarts.org<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A British hard rock, blues, and R&amp;B band formed in 2011, the Temperance Movement features lead singer Phil Campbell, guitarists Luke Potashnick and Paul Sayer, bassist Nick Fyffe, and drummer Damon Wilson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The group\u2019s powerful live shows garnered them a solid fan base, and they signed with metal label Earache Records. The band released an EP, \u201cPride,\u201d in 2012 and followed in fall 2013 with a self-titled full-length (which included the five tracks from the EP plus seven new tracks).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After touring extensively for two years &#8212; including a support slot for the Rolling Stones &#8212; the quintet \u00a0headed back into the studio to make its sophomore album, \u201cWhite Bear,\u201d which was released in late 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been together for five years now,\u201d said Campbell, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from a tour stop in Denver, Colorado. \u201cWe got together and started writing songs. We were absolutely dedicated. We started playing gigs at the end of 2011 &#8212; and we\u2019ve already played the Albert Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m from Scotland and Damon is from Australia. The other three are from England. Paul is from London, Nick from Reading and Luke is from Barnsley. We all met in London. When we made \u2018Pride,\u2019 we printed 5,000 just to put something out. It was a great sign. Putting out an EP said that we don\u2019t care about putting out an album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe later put the EP tracks on the first album but we didn\u2019t re-mix them. We toured for two-and-a-half years on our first album. There was a drive to write. We were on a headline tour of Europe and worked on new songs during our sound checks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Eventually, an album started to take shape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe actually went in the studio at the end of 2014,\u201d said Campbell, a fan of Glasgow\u2019s storied football (soccer) team Celtic F.C.. \u201cA lot of it was done at Rockfield Studios (legendary studio in Wales with a history dating back to the 1960s).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe last parts were done before our North American tour last year. The last session was at Angelic Studios in Oxford. We enjoyed making that last part. And, we really liked the studio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe biggest difference between our first album and this one is personality. \u2018White Bear\u2019 is us as a band. We played better because we knew each other better. We were much more comfortable in the studio. You can hear everything we do better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn our live shows, we play all the stuff &#8212; stuff from the first album and EP and stuff from the new album. We play half and half in our set &#8212; a more diverse set. Some of the early songs have become showpieces. And, we have these long extended pieces because we know the songs so well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Video link for the Temperance Movement &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ktLTPfl4Kss\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ktLTPfl4Kss<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The show in the Black Box at Underground Arts, which also features the Stone Foxes, will start at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1251\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1251\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/yawpers-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"The Yawpers\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Yawpers<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Yawpers performed last December at MilkBoy Philly and the show was a complete success. The band liked the venue. The audience liked the band. And, the club liked everything about the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It was so nice &#8212; they decided to do it twice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On July 19, the Yawpers will have a return engagement at MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 215- 925-6455, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkboyphilly.com\/\"><span class=\"s4\">www.milkboyphilly.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Yawpers are a three-piece band from Denver &#8212; a band that rocks hard while playing acoustic instruments. The trio features Nate Cook on lead vocals and guitar, Jesse Parmet on slide guitar and harmonies, and Noah Shomberg on drums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s been pretty constant touring for the last seven months,\u201d said Cook, during a phone interview Tuesday from a tour stop in Columbus, Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been living on the road. We\u2019ve done a lot of headline tours back and forth across the country. Right now, we have a six-week tour of the East Coast and we\u2019ll start a West Coast tour in October.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Colorado-based threesome had a self-released album called \u201cCapon Crusade\u201d in 2012 and then\u00a0 released its major label debut \u201cAmerican Man\u201d last year on Bloodshot Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI had a residency as a solo artist in Boulder,\u201d said Cook. \u201cJesse and I had been in bands together prior to that. So, we started playing together again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Yawpers came into existence at the end of 2011. Since then, we\u2019ve had four members who are no longer in the band. This incarnation has been together for two years. The music has progressed from a folk sound to a more progressive punk-influenced sound. But, we\u2019re still all acoustic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At the SXSW Festival in Austin, Bloodshot Records heard a set by the Yawpers and was so impressed that it immediately offered the band a recording contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the record company\u2019s press release, \u201cThe Yawpers roar over the roofs of a world filled with the ruined and the forgotten, where big dreams and small towns are pitched to the collective curb, and lost men and con men roam the gutters and pulpits. \u2018American Man\u2019 taps into the disparate, murky pools of the American musical lexicon; dark country to kinetic punk, acid blues to flared jeans boogie, low-brow backdrops pitted against high-minded literary references. It\u2019s an edgy, engrossing trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cShimmering against blacktop fever dreams and Elvis\u2019s ghostly sneer are the anarchic impulses of the MC5 and psychedelic muscle of Leslie West\u2019s Mountain and Blue Cheer. Raw and melodic, infectious and irreverent, \u2018American Man\u2019 is an update on the Springsteen tramp\u2019s dream of getting out while you\u2019re young, this time played for the inhalants generation. It\u2019s the suicide rap played out in the desert, without velvet rims or everlasting kisses, the tramp as much a drifter as a romantic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cook said, \u201cMost of the songs on \u2018American Man\u2019 had been around for quite awhile. That allowed us to record live in the studio. We knew it would be our first real foray into the national consciousness. So, it was important to be honest. We record the whole album analog and almost everything on the record was the second or third take.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019ll be going back into the studio in September &#8212; to Hi-Style Studio in Chicago. It\u2019s the same studio J.D. McPherson uses. They primarily do 1950s-theme records and we wanted to see what it would be like to make a punk record in that studio. I think we\u2019re going to self-produce it. I\u2019d say we\u2019re about 10 deep into a 13-14 song LP. We do all the arrangements together. We\u2019re taking August off to prepare for the recording.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn our live show, we\u2019re doing mostly songs from \u2018American Man\u2019\u2014probably 80 per cent. But, we still do an occasional old song or a cover. The songs are always in flux. \u00a0We haven\u2019t played any of the new stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe won\u2019t introduce any new stuff into the live set until we\u2019ve actually recorded the songs. I do all the songwriting &#8212; all the lyrics. And, I came up with the name for the band.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The band got its name from Verse 52 of a poem by Walt Whitman called \u201cSong of Myself\u201d\u2014\u201cI too am not a bit tamed\u2014I too am untranslatable; I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c I\u2019m a huge Walt Whitman fan,\u201d said Cook, who was delighted to learn that Philadelphia had a bridge named the \u201cWalt Whitman Bridge\u201d and that there was a Walt Whitman House Museum in nearby Camden, New Jersey. \u201cWe\u2019re staying in New Jersey so hopefully I\u2019ll get a chance to visit the house. And, we may even drive across the Walt Whitman Bridge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Video link for the Yawpers &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ReIZ7tS8PXM\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>https:\/\/youtu.be\/ReIZ7tS8PXM<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The show at MilkBoy Philly will start at 8 p.m. with opening act The Snails. Tickets are \u00a0$10 in advance and $12 at the door.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixth annual 717 Fest in Lancaster, Sunday By Denny Dyroff,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times The Everly Brothers made pop music that was truly timeless. The brothers &#8212; Don and Phil Everly &#8212; had their own style of country-influenced rock that featured the kind of tight harmonies that only brothers can produce. 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