"Legendary" Jerry Harrison producing The Gracious Few!, time to get excited... Options

[SecretInsomnia]

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@thegraciousfew are meeting today with legendary rock n roll hall of fame inductee, Jerry Harrison of Taking Heads/ Modern Lovers fame.

Could it be?! Jerry Harrison producing the debut album of The Gracious Few? It would soooo totally fit the whole thing, as they want to get back to the early Live style.

(just speculation ofcourse, but as they haven't announced a producer yet - Ed did - this could be very interesting)

This post has been edited by SecretInsomnia: Sep 21 2009, 11:16 am

[Pokey]

Same here, never knew candlebox existed until all this but nothing I've seen of them since hearing of them has impressed me... But that might change with the gracious few who knows. The problem I have is the singer is a make or break for me, the music might rock the fuck out but if Kevin martins voice doesn't do it for ne then I doubt I could follow the band

[Senghe]

Same here, never knew candlebox existed until all this but nothing I've seen of them since hearing of them has impressed me... But that might change with the gracious few who knows. The problem I have is the singer is a make or break for me, the music might rock the fuck out but if Kevin martins voice doesn't do it for ne then I doubt I could follow the band

On paper, it's not looking hopeful. Most 'supergroups' formed from other bands much more commercially successful than Live and Candlebox put together don't exactly have a track record of producing anything anywhere near as good as the constituent bands did. I have no great love for Candlebox and they remind me of a far less talented, less interesting version of Matchbox Twenty (and although I find them endearing, they're hardly the most exciting band on the planet). Kevin Martin's vocals are run of the mill and you could easily confuse/swap him for quite a few mediocre lead singers who've had mediocre success in the last 20 years.

They might surprise me, but I have a gut feeling they won't if they've not managed to pull a demo out of their arses as a sample of the great things to come and stuck it up on MySpace. It might have been not everybody's cup of tea, but at least Ed had the balls to inflict Dirty Water Lotus Flower on us.

[LiveFan92]

They might surprise me, but I have a gut feeling they won't if they've not managed to pull a demo out of their arses as a sample of the great things to come and stuck it up on MySpace. It might have been not everybody's cup of tea, but at least Ed had the balls to inflict Dirty Water Lotus Flower on us.

I have this feeling that they're going to go with "something safe" for their first album, while Ed is going to do whatever crazy stuff is running through his head while he happens to be in the studio. I'm curious to see which turns out better. Personally, I'd love for both albums to be awesome. I don't get the fans who are all like, "Screw Ed!" or "The band isn't called Live so they'll suck!" or whatever.