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Wild Honey: GospelbeacH, Bark, Anny Celsi-Autism Think Tank
Wild Honey Foundation Backyard Shows presents an amazing afternoon of music by a wonderful trio of musical combs: GospelbeacH (acoustic) featuring band leader Brent Rademaker, the Knoxville Tennesee duo @Bark (featuring Tim Lee, co-founder of the Windbreakers and member of Let's Active), and his wife Susan Bauer Lee, plus Anny Celsi with special guest Nelson Bragg (formerly of Brian Wilson's Band). The show will benefit the Autism Think Tank and the non-profit Wild Honey Foundation.
GOSPELBEACH:
There are two kinds of people that become musicians. The first is a determined striving would-be pro whose eyes never leave the prize. That prize being stardom by any means necessary. The second is the besotted, intoxicated music fan and acolyte to whom music is the oxygen they need to breathe. Who live by rhythm and sound and absorb everything and are so deeply immersed in the art that they have devoted themselves to making the world hear what they hear in their headscommercial success is an afterthought.
Brent Rademaker he of Further, Beachwood Sparks and The Tyde is the embodiment of the latter. And as a grown man with something still to say, hes made his most detailed and mature work yet with his most recent outfit, GospelbeacH. Another Summer Of Love is an adults version of the dreamy American roots music that weve come to expect from the Floridian turned Angeleno.
Brent Rademaker wanted to "make some rock n' roll" with Let It Burn, the third album from his band GospelbeacH -- whose "Dark Angel" is premiering exclusively below. But there was also a certain kind of rock n' roll Rademaker wanted to create, whose philosophy dovetailed with the lush, Laurel Canyon-inspired vibe of the 11-track album.
"I really wanted to do what my heroes do," Rademaker, also a co-founder of Beachwood Sparks and Further, tells Billboard. "I wanted to marry what was happening in my life in the last year with the craft of songwriting. When you talk about (Tom) Petty and Jackson Browne and Joni (Mitchell) and (David Crosby) -- I'm not comparing myself to them at all, but they wanted to make rock n' roll records that reflected their life and also make some nice little songs and make it sound as good as you can without overdubbing the shit out of it." In Rademaker's case that meant dealing with the death of his father and the end of his marriage, as well as external concerns such as the California wildfires and the 2018 shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
"I definitely wanted to do that cathartic thing, where you write song about what's going on with your life, even if it's kind of gnarly, and make it listenable," says Rademaker, who wrote Let It Burn's songs with drummer Trevor Beld Jimenez, quickly adding that "none of it's hurtful to anybody at all, but it's super real."
"Dark Angel," the album's muscular but melodic first single, "says everything about what's going on with me," according to Rademaker. "It's not so much about a person as it is a dark feeling," he explains. "And it's more about letting all those things go, getting rid of the dark feelings and those negative emotions. In the past I've been notorious for handling bad news really shitty. So when I was writing for this (album) and some truly bad things happened -- my father dying, the lady I loved leaving me -- I said, 'I'm gonna handle this the right way,' and I was really proud of myself. I kept it really mellow. I had some anger and some hurt, but I didnt want to put that on tape in the same way I might have before."
Let It Burn is due out Oct. 4 and marks the return of guitarist and Beachwood Sparks bandmate Neal Casal, also of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, to the ranks, along with keyboardist Jonny Niemann, bassist Ben Reddell and backing vocalist Nelson Bragg. Noting that GospelbeacH has yet to tour the U.S., Rademaker is hoping to change that situation later this year or early next. And he also hopes to fast-track some more music from the band -- which Rademaker predicts will come from a happier place as well. "We're going to set out to make something that's not so much about my life but just celebrates rock n' roll and California and the West Coast and all of that -- music that's unfashionable right now, like guitar rock from the '70s," Rademaker says with a laugh. "But, y'know, it seems like people still look to the past, so maybe it's not doomed, y'know? Maybe when people hear (Let It Burn) they'll go 'This is not bad' and come back for what we do next."
If Rademaker has his way, too, the next GospelbeacH album will be released on his new just-launched venture, Curation Records. (Let It Burn is on Alive Naturalsound Records.) Rademaker is working with some younger bands in California, including the George Harrison covers band George's Lord, and hopes to have formal releases to announce in the near future.
BARK:
verb \ bärk \
1 a: to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog
b: to make a noise resembling a bark
c: the alt-duo of husband/wife Tim Lee (Bass VI, Vox) and Susan Bauer Lee (Drums, Vox)
In 2014 Tim Lee and Susan Bauer Lee begat Bark, a product of the melding of two keenly honed, fiercely independent musical minds focused on carving out a 21st century niche situated somewhere between garage rock, punk rock, power pop, The Cramps, The Feelies, The B52s, R. L. Burnside, and the Delta blues.
During the Eighties, Tim was part of the DIY indie-rock scene in America as a founding member of the Windbreakers, and a touring sideman with Lets Active, Marti Jones, and Swimming Pool Qs. The WBs released five albums and several EPs, and Tim recorded three solo albums, but by the end of the decade a festering discontent with the business of making music lurked behind the artful celebration, which ultimately compelled Lee to take a hiatus for most of the Nineties.
Come the turn of the millennium, Tims musical itch returned, this time with an infectious twist. One auspiciously bright Saturday morning, Susan popped out of bed declaring that she wanted to learn how to play bass. By that very afternoon, she was plucking around on her very own pawn shop bass guitar. Within six months, Susan was on stage, having well and truly joined the fray.
Thence came the Tim Lee 3 with you-know-who on guitar and bass and Chris Bratta eventually settling into the drum seat. Widely praised for their stripped down, no-nonsense-except-when-necessary approach to songwriting and performing, the TL3 carried forth for a decade, releasing five full-length studio sessions, a couple of live albums and an EP, accompanied, as usual, by side projects, guest appearances, and a steady gigging schedule.
And, now, in the year 2019, there is Bark. Just the two of them, Tim and Susan, guitar and drums, doing their thing. Adequately armed and expertly seasoned, Bark is poised for the next chapter in an unfinished tome about two committed, uncompromising musicians who love their art and craft almost as much as they love each other.
Bark discography: A self-titled EP released in 2015 marks the duos first official recording; a full-length LP, Year of the Dog, released 2017; a 45rpm a single BARK in 2018; and Terminal Everything set to release on June 20, 2019.
a lo-fi post-punk garage-rock combo inspired by American blues and roots revisionists like the Cramps, the Gun Club, and R.L. Burnside .
ANNY CELSI:
Her style has been described as beatnik cool, pop-noir, and slightlydelic pop jangle, and has evoked comparisons to artists like Aimee Mann, Lucinda Williams and Jackie DeShannon. The LA Weekly recently cited her as one of this citys smartest and catchiest pop songwriters. Her album "Tangle-Free World" (2009), produced by Nelson Bragg of the Brian Wilson Band, showed influences ranging from Bacharach to The Bangles and back and was chosen by Al Kooper for his Cream of the Crop album list. Annys latest self-produced album, "January," once again combines Brill Building hooks with a storyteller's eye for detail.
Born in Portland, Oregon, Anny spent her teens as an writer/performer with the renowned avante-garde Storefront Theatre. She moved to Los Angeles with her first husband, songwriter/guitarist Duane Jarvis, where she co-founded the boy/girl rock band The Tearjerkers, hoining her songwriting and harmony-singing chops before striking out as a solo artist. In 2003 she began producing and releasing her music under her own Ragazza label. After her album "Little Black Dress & Other Stories" was discovered by the Dutch Roots Radio Ring, she began touring Europe and the UK regularly, joining forces with musicians in Germany, The Netherlands, England and Ireland to perform in concert halls, pubs, house concerts, backyard barns and comic shops.
Anny is proud to have come from family that values creativity. Her mother is the painter Lolita Celsi. Her brother David Chelsea is an illustrator, author and arguable champion of the 24-Hour Comic Challenge. Her sister Teresa Celsi is the author of many books, notably the childrens' classic The Fourth Little Pig. Their late father, Dick Celsi, was a community organizer who for a time was Oregon's Democratic Party Chairman. Anny's son Ivan Pyzow is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and arranger who has contributed his talent to many of her live shows and albums.
Anny lives in Los Angeles, where she regularly calls upon that city's wealth of musically talented friends to record and play music. She also produces radio shows and travels as often as possible. Her most gratifying achievement is her son, Ivan; a happy, handsome and creative man whose music lessons have more than paid off.
The Wild Honey Foundation, a 501 (3)(c) non-profit, seeks to celebrate and keep alive the passion, creativity, and idealism of the musical giants of the late 20th century and pass on their legacy to future generations. Wild Honey shows bring together the global music community to raise funds for a variety of charitable causes, especially autism treatment/research and assisting ailing musicians in financial need https://www.facebook.com/groups/Wildhoneyfoundation/
The Autism Think Tank, NJ is an internationally recognized 501(c)(3) (Non-profit) organization whose mission is to facilitate the medical and psychosocial stabilization of the child and family. Bringing together a team of world renowned medical experts via telemedicine, the Autism Think Tank, NJ is designed to provide a multidisciplinary team approach to the identification and treatment of the complicated medical comorbidities of autism. The Autism Think Tank is committed to improving the lives of children and families in the home, school and community through comprehensive case management, community outreach, research and education. Autismthinktanknj.org
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LocationWild Honey Backyard Amphitheater (View)
1167 Kipling Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90041
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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