If you wanna talk about grave injustices in the realm of popular music, you can't get far without recounting the story of The dB's -- a truly fantastic combo from the Tar Heel state that deserved a LOT better than it got. The group made a handful of classic pop/rock albums that should be heard by all lovers of cool, compelling and intelligent music.
AND in June 2012, the original lineup released an album of new studio material for the first time in ... almost forever.
That alone justifies a fan blog like this.
That alone justifies a fan blog like this.
This blog's debut made music news! Thanks to Fred Mills, dB's friend, fan, and superb music writer, the debut of The dB's Repercussion was featured in this Blurt magazine story about The dB's upcoming album.
Amazing!
1. IT'S UNOFFICIAL. If you want the official dB's site, go here: http://thedbs.com/index.html. I'm not trying to compete with the official site, just complement it. So I'm not going to repeat anything here that you can read there.
2. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS BLOG IS MUSIC: ROIOs (Recordings of Independent Origin). Yup, that means live shows, outtakes, demos. A secondary aspect of the blog (when I get to it) will be news, reviews and articles about the band.
3. THIS BLOG WILL FOCUS ON THE GROUP AS WELL AS ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS as solo artists and collaborators. The solo work, side projects, collaborations, etc., that these guys have done is a compelling story in itself, and I'd like to tell it using ROIOs. Holsapple-Stamey, anyone?!?
4. NO COMMERCIALLY-RELEASED MATERIAL WILL BE POSTED HERE. Chris, Will, Gene and Peter never made the kind of money their music richly deserved, so I will not be doing anything to worsen that sucky situation. When it's warranted, I'll post links to the places where you can legitimately buy their music so the guys might actually realize a little extra revenue.
5. NEW POSTS EVERY FRIDAY. I plan to do at least one new post with fresh music every Friday by Noon EST. Over time, I'll also try to improve the look of the blog as I'm able -- but you gotta start somewhere, right?
6. LOSSY VS. LOSSLESS: I started the blog back when buying a load of memory on a big server was not cheap, so most of the posts in the early years are lossy MP3s. As server space became cheaper, and I sprang for a paid Dropbox account, I started posting more and more shares in lossless FLAC & WAV files.
7. CONTRIBUTIONS ENCOURAGED. Got something that you think belongs here? Let me know and, if we can work it out, I'd be glad to post your stuff with full credit to you.
8. I HAVE ANOTHER LIFE AWAY FROM BLOGDOM. If you're trying to get in touch and don't hear back from me right away, that's just because I'm not online all the time. And even when I am online, I might be focusing on other stuff. I have a full-time job and a family with kids at home. But if I'm going to be offline for vacation, etc., I'll try to let folks know ahead of time.
THIS BLOG IS MEANT TO BE ENJOYED BY OLD & NEW FANS OF THE dB's ... SO ENJOY IT ALREADY!
Rob
P.S. - For the curious, my blog handle is Rob-in-Brevard in honor of where I live, which is Brevard, N.C. (not far from Asheville, for those who've heard of that great overgrown mountain town). Thus, "Rob in Brevard".
P.S. - For the curious, my blog handle is Rob-in-Brevard in honor of where I live, which is Brevard, N.C. (not far from Asheville, for those who've heard of that great overgrown mountain town). Thus, "Rob in Brevard".
Let's hope interest in the new album is so huge that hordes of fans flock to your blog. Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words, Brian.
ReplyDeleteBut I'd happily settle for hordes buying the album!
Congrats for getting this going! It looks great. I hope to find some dB's reviews from some NYC music rags from back in the day.
ReplyDeleteThanks, ed. Your contributions will be most welcome. Start digging...
ReplyDeleteThank you this is a great blog to read, especially for this great band!!!!!!! greeting from the Netherlands Alie
ReplyDeleteAliewho -- many thanks. It's a true labor of love.
ReplyDeleteThank you for being clear about whether or not you provide lossless as well as lossy. In these days memory and storage allow for a flac-only lifestyle, at least for this citizen. The write-ups are good, no matter what the file type.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. I continue to add FLAC files when possible, but I can only work on this blog about once a week, in between my 2 busy jobs. Feel free to post a request for FLACs at a specific post, and I will get to it when I can.
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