Funky, punky, neo-country rock-n-roll.

12 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Americana, ROCK: Folk Rock

Details:
Band: Teachers' Lounge
Album: Farewell

Bio: No, theyâre not all teachers. They might have been originally, but no one remembers anymore. Somehow the name stuck through the comings and goings that are part of any rock band worth its salt. Hey, the Rolling Stones arenât stones and the Beatles arenât beetles, and Snoop is not actually a dog, whatever style he may prefer. And besides, the Teachersâ Lounge is a place not a person, and you probably never got to see it until now.

The Loungers that made the album, Farewell, are five individual musicians who have gathered together over the last three years to create a coherent sound all their own. Chris, a founding member, is guitar-player, singer, and songwriter. Mostly itâs acoustic guitar, but Donovan heâs not. He plays it like a rocker, with a brash and sometimes dirty sound that owes as much to John Lee Hooker as Dave Matthews. If thatâs not enough, he writes songs in which 70s art-rock meets 90s funk. Curtis, well heâs the drummer. Heâs been drumming since he could hold a stick. When he started he was a natural, and heâs only gotten better. He holds the band together with solid rhythms and tasty fills. He also plays harp, sings, and can make great percussion with anything you could dig out of your kitchen drawer. He contributes a tune to the album, a bluesy number that will surely have you on your feet. Jeff plays bass. Heâs a versatile, classically trained musician, who plays French horn in some of the areaâs classical ensembles and concert bands. But for TL, he dusted off his bass, which he used to play in jazz clubs for loose change back in the day. Now heâs hawking rock nâ roll and has helped the band to polish its groove thing. Think Ron Carter meets John Entwistle. Deanaâs actually a teacher, and a music teacher at that. She has helped the band to define itself as the only French Horn-based rock band in the known musical universe. Before Deana, there was the intro to âYou Canât Always Get What You Want,â and that was pretty much it. Sheâs brought things to a whole new level, and she sings too. Sheâs contributed lead and harmony vocals since she joined the band in Fall 03. Tomâs a typical nerd that dreamt of rock stardom. In other words, he plays keyboard. He thinks Professor Longhair is an actual professor, and heâs got a framed picture of Thelonious Monk hanging on his dining room wall. He also sings, and wrote some songs about crime, death, a bad meal, and other uplifting stuff like that. Along with Chris, he is a founding member of the band.

Teachersâ Lounge... well, they arenât sure how to describe themselves. Theyâre just five musicians, each with a unique musical history and style, who found a wrinkled up old map that theyâve been trying to follow to the heart of rock nâ roll.

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