{"id":26580,"date":"2017-11-11T11:48:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T16:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=26580"},"modified":"2017-11-11T11:48:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T16:48:42","slug":"on-stage-bonus-diane-coffee-wakes-up-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=26580","title":{"rendered":"On Stage (Bonus): Diane Coffee wakes up Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Diane Coffee<\/p><\/div>\n

Having played Philadelphia numerous times in recent years, Indiana-based Diane Coffee is returning to Philly to headline a show at Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, www.bootandsaddlephilly.com<\/a>) on November 11.<\/p>\n

Names are not always what they seem \u2013 especially in the music world.<\/p>\n

Diane Coffee is not a female vocalist but rather a male singer\/songwriter\/indie rocker named Shaun Fleming.<\/p>\n

Diane Coffee is not a solo act but rather a full band \u2013 albeit a rather amorphous band.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe band changes all the time,\u201d said Fleming, during a phone interview Friday from a tour stop in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a New York-based band that I use. I have an L.A.-based band that I use. For this tour, it\u2019s a four-piece band of musicians from Bloomington, Indiana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fleming, who grew up in Agoura Hills, California, has lived in a variety of cities. Currently, his residence is in Bloomington.<\/p>\n

Diane Coffee began as a side project for Fleming a few years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was the drummer for Foxygen,\u201d said Fleming. \u201cBack around 2012, we were between tours. I was in New York staying with Rado (Foxygen\u2019s Jonathan Rado). He took off for California, so I was living alone at his place for a couple weeks and that\u2019s when I wrote the first record \u2013 \u2018My Friend Fish.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t supposed to be a real recording. I had songs written and I was just doing demons because I had nothing better to do. I was recording on my iPhone and GarageBand. The demos ended up in the hands of Brian Sansom, the owner of Western Vinyl Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore that, I had been juggling my time between Foxygen and Diane Coffee. The was the first time to just focus on Diane Coffee. Western Vinyl released the album in October 2013. I made the \u2018Everybody\u2019s A Good Dog\u2019 album two years later.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody’s A Good Dog\u201d was the first true realization of Fleming\u2019s \u201cLittle Shop of Horrors\u201d -meets- \u201cAladdin Sane\u201d vision –recorded in a proper studio with an assortment of guest artists, horn section, and string ensemble.<\/p>\n

Just as \u201cMy Friend Fish\u201d was inspired by Fleming\u2019s move from sunny California to New York City, \u201cEverybody\u2019s A Good Dog\u201d took shape after Fleming uprooted again from NYC to the much smaller town of Bloomington. His reasons for moving to the Midwest were \u2013 \u201cI missed the quiet. I missed having a fire. I missed the color green.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diane Coffee unleashed some new material prior to this tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just released \u2018Peel\u2019 a few days ago,\u201d said Fleming. \u201cIt\u2019s my new EP on Polyvinyl with two tracks. I had done seven-inch singles with them before and they wanted to put it out. It has two songs \u2013 \u2018Poor Man Dan\u2019 and \u2018Get By\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diane Coffee fans may have wanted more but they\u2019ll have to make do with this for now.<\/p>\n

According to Fleming, \u201cThese two songs were originally intended for another full-length album. However, as I began the writing process, the concept and direction of the album changed. I was suddenly left with several tracks that I loved but no longer fit the project. Getting these songs out allowed me to discover what I actually wanted to create. They were the concepts\u2019 protective layer.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the album\u2019s release may be off in the future, fans will be able to hear some of the songs at the show at Boot & Saddle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m playing songs from all three albums,\u201d said Fleming. \u201cAnd, I\u2019ll be doing some of the new stuff. It will be a fun show. We\u2019be played Philly plenty of times and we\u2019ve always had a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Diane Coffee \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/jQ3RgJiAX30<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shows at Boot and Saddle, which has Peach Pit as the opening act, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Boot & Saddle are Pale Waves<\/a> and The Candescents<\/a> on November 12; Hazel English<\/a> and Suburban Living<\/a> on November 14; and Cinemechanica<\/a>,HEATMAP, and Endless Teeth<\/a> on November 15.<\/p>\n

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Laura Cheadle<\/p><\/div>\n

Laura Cheadle, who performs at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) on November 12, cites Stevie Wonder and Tower of Power \u2013 and other funk bands from that era — as major influences.<\/p>\n

Two songs from that genre that would work well \u2013 and be very apt \u2013 for Cheadle and her band would be Sly Stone\u2019s \u201cFamily Affair\u201d and Sister Sledge\u2019s \u201cWe Are Family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The talented singer-guitarist from South Jersey has a band that features blues, soul, funk \u2013 and a lot of Cheadles. Her four-piece group features her brother Jim Cheadle on guitar and her father James Cheadle on keyboards. James \u201cPapa Cheadle\u201d has played and recorded with Don Cornell, DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Four Aces, Grover Washington Jr., The Soul Survivors, Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father has influenced me so much,\u201d said Cheadle, during a phone interview Thursday from her home in South Jersey. \u201cHe\u2019s a seasoned jazz musician who used to be a music professor at Rowan University. So, I\u2019ve always been involved with music<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has his own recording studio in South Jersey called the<\/p>\n

Swedesboro Music Studio and he records a lot of different people. He and I are both devoted to music. His influence on me is blues and jazz \u2013 but I make it modern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cheadle\u2019s music career began when she was four years old. Her father created the \u201cAppreciation Choir\u201d for the Persian Gulf War troops in the early nineties and created a music video that was aired on VH1 and MTV. Along with her two older twin brothers and various other children, Cheadle toured around the United States singing for audiences.<\/p>\n

When she was 11, she enlisted her father to teach her how to play drums. From her \u201ctween\u201d to \u201cmid-teen\u201d years, Cheadle was in a band with her brothers called Sibling \u2013 a pop group that played at local restaurants, churches, music venues, private parties and parades.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in the Philadelphia\/New Jersey music scene for quite some time,\u201d said Cheadle. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing acoustic stuff since I was 16 and then put my band together later. Sibling was a blend and I morphed into my music. Songwriting comes very naturally for me. Sometimes, I wake up with a melody in my head. It\u2019s just there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been a super fan of old soul. My biggest influences are Aretha Franklin, Tower of Power, James Brown and Stevie Wonder. I love real drums and all the organic instruments. Some of my songs are rock. Some of them are blues. It\u2019s hard to classify me \u2013 maybe pop\/rock with soul influence. I just do what I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cheadle Family has built a strong reputation nationally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were on an NBC television show called \u2018The Next Great Family Band\u2019 in 2013,\u201d said Cheadle. \u201cThat got us a lot of interest in being booked for tours. They actually came to our place in Swedesboro. The exposure was great.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the shows at Sellersville, Cheadle is opening for Felix Cavaliere\u2019s Rascal\u2019s 50th Anniversary Tour.<\/p>\n

According to Cheadle, \u201cI love the Sellersville Theater stage and energy. And, working with Felix Cavaliere, the undisputed king of blue-eyed soul, was a life-long dream. Making dreams like this happen is what keeps me on musical fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Laura Cheadle — https:\/\/youtu.be\/iScD7UgZgFE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shows at Sellersville Theater will start at 3 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $49.50 and $75.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are California Guitar Trio on November 14 and Herb Alpert with Lani Hall on November 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Having played Philadelphia numerous times in recent years, Indiana-based Diane Coffee is returning to Philly to headline a show at Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, www.bootandsaddlephilly.com) on November 11. Names are not always what they seem \u2013 especially in the music world. Diane Coffee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7529],"tags":[9693,6518,9692],"class_list":["post-26580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-diane-coffee","tag-featured","tag-laura-cheadle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26581,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26580\/revisions\/26581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}