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MP3 Ciderhouse - No Sympathy
12 MP3 Songs in this album (51:58) !
Related styles: ROCK: Rock & Roll, BLUES: Swamp Blues
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Gary Phelps and Callie K. have been writing music and performing together since 1996 when they founded ELECTRIC BLUE AND THE KOZMIK TRUTH. Their musical relationship flourished as a result of their common influences and a shared love for the roots of the Rock and Roll music they were creating. Callie’s strong and soulful vocal style is augmented by her natural ability to skillfully phrase her lyrics. Combined with Phelps’s clean and intelligent blues slide and fast pickin’ rhythms, the duo went on to record three full length CD’s and tour extensively throughout the northeast, while also playing gigs as far away as Austin, TX.
Since 2005, Gary and Callie have been working hard on their homegrown project, called Ciderhouse. In august of 2007 CiDERHOUSE added three musicians from Western Massachusetts to the lineup in an effort to expand their sound. Chris Pelletier (bass) and Greg Carreira (drums) have been playing together since 2003. Their solid rhythmic foundation and musical rapport has been a great addition to the Ciderhouse lineup. They are joined by Erik Morgan, a straight-up Rock and Roll guitarist who, along with Pelletier and Carreira, formed Western Mass rock band, Bullseye Jones, in the summer of 2006. After playing a couple of gigs with the Bullseye, Gary and Callie asked them to join forces with Ciderhouse in order unleash true Rock and Roll upon the masses.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Max Creek and CiDERHOUSE jam on through Pearl Street
Category: Music
Max Creek and CiDERHOUSE jam on through Pearl Street
Posted by Heather Rush February 03, 2008 22:52PM
Mostly, I believe jam belongs on a lightly toasted bit of bread. Or those christmas cookies that are all powdery with the fruit stuff hanging out in the middle. When there''s too much jam in a live music concert, though, I sometimes tend to get a little bit glassy-eyed.
Max Creek, a band that''s been tooling around since the early 1970s, brought their jam forth through a free-flowing set last Friday at the Pearl Street clubroom. The rather large crowd was varied, relaxed and there were several quite interesting dance moves to be observed. Wave those arms, fellas!
It was obvious that the core of this band has played together for a hell of a long time. Longer sessions still seemed tight as they kept watchful eyes on each other. They had two drummers. Two! I guess the beauty of it was that you couldn''t tell there were two, they played pretty seamlessly...but I guess I was expecting more wham-bam rock from two drum sets. The main bits of the songs were quite catchy and great, though I did get a bit lost on the longer stuff.
I was most pleased with what I heard with the opener, CiDERHOUSE. I arrived about midway through and quickly fell into the southern rock-blues-little bit of bluegrassy style. Singer, Callie K, belted ''em out, with a slightly less-raspy Janis Joplin-esque style. Both guitarists complimented each other and occasionally some lap steel would be tossed in the mix. Hell, I didn''t even mind it when they slipped a bit of "Free Bird" in. I normally would thumbs-down that, but I suppose there''s still a bit of Georgia left in me from my recent trip south, because I''ll admit, it was fun. These guys (and gal) are based right around here, so I hope to catch them again sometime.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Article written by Donnie Moorhouse 10/11/2007
Category: Music
Bands join forces and mix their sounds
The Republican
By: Donnie Moorhouse
Thursday, October 11, 2007
As soon as you click "play" on the Myspace page music player you will instantly recognize the groove. That''s Gary on slide guitar, Callie singing. That is Electric Blue and the Kosmik Truth.
Correction.
That was Electric Blue and the Kosmik Truth.
Gary Phelps and Callie K. have joined forces with former members of Bullseye Jones to create CiDERHOUSE, a countrified, blues-rock groove band that plays the Waterfront in Holyoke on Friday night.
Electric Blue and the Kosmik Truth began with the two performers in 1996 and became not only regulars on the then-thriving local music scene, but also touring from Allston to Austin.
CiDERHOUSE represents a slight change of pace with the addition of an eight-string lap steel and a shift from the standard blues structure that Electric Blue utilized. "It can have a real countrified feel and with the heavier songs it can have a rock slide feel," Phelps said. "We are also adding some Bullseye Jones songs to our set list, straight-up rock tunes with a Rolling Stones-esque flavor."
The band is keeping the jams to a minimum but leaning heavily on the prowess of new members Erik Morgan (guitar), Chris Pelletier (bass) and Greg Carreira (drums).
"Their band (Bullseye Jones) played at CiDERHOUSE''s First Annual Apple Jam Festival," Phelps said. "We also played with them at a few shows here and there and Callie and I loved their sound, both originals and cover selections, and thought that they were a tight, hard- working band and that we would love to be involved with these guys. So we collaborated and combined forces and there you have it."
Much like Electric Blue, the CiDERHOUSE crew will go with a grass roots marketing plan, concentrating strictly on the local scene. They hope to earn a strong local following before venturing out on the road. They will go into the studio this winter with plans to have a record out by spring.
Along with the show at the Waterfront on Friday (10 p.m. start) the band is planning its annual Saturday-after-Thanksgiving stint at Theodores'' on Worthington Street and its first New Year''s Eve party in the Grand Ballroom at the Holiday Inn in Holyoke.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Some freshly squeezed Ciderhouse news.
Category: Music
Valley Advocate
Nightcrawler: Hooked On PDP Thursday, October 11, 2007
PDP brings the rock to Greenfield; the loss of a legendary luthier; some freshly squeezed Ciderhouse news.
By Gary Carra
Lastly, after nearly two years with its previous rhythm section, Ciderhouse core members Gary Phelps (guitar) and Callie Katsounakis (vocals) have set their sights on finding some new personnel to "change the musical direction." Phelps recently checked in to report that he and Katsounakis appear to have hit the musical bullseye.
"Callie and I had worked with this band Bullseye Jones a few times and really liked their sound," he explains. "After I recorded their demo, I asked them to become a part of Ciderhouse."
Phelps, Katsounakis, Chris Pelletier (bass), Greg Carreira (drums) and Erik Morgan (guitar) make their official debut this Friday, Oct. 12 at Holyoke''s Waterfront.
With Morgan holding down the chord changes proper, Phelps says to expect considerably more slide and lap steel playing from him individually, and even a couple Bullseye classics thrown in for good measure.
While Bullseye itself appears back-burnered at best, the latest blog from the band''s Myspace reveals that the Westfield-based jam rockers have no intention of disbanding permanently for now.
Gary Carra - Valley Advocate
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
CIDER IN THE HOUSE AND THE NEWS
Category: Music
Republican
Cider in the house
Thursday, January 25, 2007
By Ken Maiuri
Breaking up is hard to do. And the long-running band Electric Blue and the Kozmik Truth kept breaking up. So, after ten years, the Western Massachusetts duo behind the band, Gary Phelps and Callie K., decided to put EBKT on ice and start a warmer artistic endeavor: a group called Ciderhouse.
It''s not a huge departure from their band of old. K and Phelps still write the original songs (and they play covers, too), and the band around them -- now bassist Tom Terry and drummer Paul Brandoli -- still knows how to stretch out on a musical idea. But the twosome is taking a more laid-back approach, letting their songs grow into whatever stylistic shape they naturally form.
"We call it ''countrified soulgrass''," said Phelps. "EBKT was designed to make people dance; it was a funk-rock foundation. We still want them to dance, but it''s not as necessary as listening, feeling and enjoying the songs."
A click or two away on MySpace, you can hear some demos and live tracks and get a taste of the Ciderhouse brew. It''s spiked with blues, rock, funk, spacey jamband stretches, and a twang here and there. Phelps now plays the 8-string lap steel, drummer Brandoli has a funk and soul background, and it all finds a way into the music. "Sausalito" is groovy with an "acoustic Zeppelin"-like vibe and some nice slide work, while "Snake Drive" blazes up a club stage with funky, dirty guitar riffing and K''s blues-diva vocals.
EBKT spent a good deal of effort getting out on the road, but the year-old Ciderhouse plans to concentrate on their own neighborhood for a while, focusing on local clubs, finding an agent, developing their sound and preparing to make their debut album -- most likely by themselves, on professional gear.
Nevertheless, the band does gig often, both near and far. One of their favorite places to play is Plattsburgh, NY. "It''s a fun town, much like Northampton," said Phelps.
And locally, Ciderhouse enjoys performing at Theodore''s in Springfield, which ended up being the site of one of the band''s most memorable shows to date -- when Phelps'' cousin Vinnie led the band for a cover of "It Had To Be You" in order to propose to his fiance.
"In the middle of the song, we brought it down, and he called her up [on stage]," said Phelps. "He got on one knee and proposed, then busted back into the song. She was totally surprised!"
Phelps said that someday he and K may have an Electric Blue and the Kozmik Truth reunion to give the old band a "proper burial," but Ciderhouse is their focus. They plan to release their debut album this year, and possibly even hold their own festival, featuring bands they''ve played with over the years, as well as some local artists.
Catch Ciderhouse this month: Friday, February 16 at Finn McCool''s in Westfield (9 p.m.), and Saturday, February 17 at the Basement in Northampton, (10 p.m.).
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