Monday, September 27, 2010

Vintage Trouble : Get to Know VT

VINTAGE TROUBLE plays every Tuesday at Harvelle's. A relatively new band (they played their first gig earlier this year). I thought it would be good to meet the guys in the band. While a small hail of falling stars disappeared into the night sky - that's just the way it is out here - I met up with the men of VT in the parking lot of Harvelle's before the show. I hit 'em with just some basic questions which I thought would be revelatory in describing who they are.
Ty Taylor/lead vocals
from:Montclair NJ
how did you get started?
Ty was brought up singing in church and remembers singing "kum bay ya" his first time in public. Ty has acted since a young age and seems to have balanced the two careers having bothe performed on Broadway and with his own band Dakota Moon (Elektra).
first concert: Prince (Controversy Tour) @ Madison Square Garden
3 fave cds:
Carole King - Tapestry
Black Keys - The Big Come up
Prince - Purple Rain
last thing you bought:
Cheesburgers and onion rings

Nalle Colt/guitar
from:Malmo, Sweden
how did you get started?:
When Nalle first heard The Beatles She Loves You, he didn't know English. "I didn't know what it meant, but it made me feel something I never felt."
first concert:
Johnny Thunders (in Malmo, Sweden)
3 fave cds:
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Beatles - Abbey Road
Verve - Urban Hymns
last thing you bought:
guitar strings

Charlie Brumbly/harmonica & vocals
from:Rock Falls, IL
how did you get started?:
"my dad and my older brother used to play harmonica around the house"
Charlie - like Ty - grew up performing in stage and screen while still playing in bands.
first concert:
Genesis (Invisble Touch Tour)
3 fave cds:
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac

Rick Barrio Dill/bass & vocals
from:Tampa FLA
how did you get started?:
A young Rick was exposed to Sly And The Family Stone, and felt that bottom end provided by Larry Graham.... and that was it. He knew what he wanted to do. Make people's asses move!
first concert:
David Lee Roth solo tour (with Steve Vai)
3 fave cds:
Sly And The Family Stone - Fresh
Donny Hathaway - Live
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
last thing you bought:
6$ tie from Threshold on Melrose

Richard Danielson/drums
from:Glendale, CA
how did you get started?:
"Nature. "I knew I needed to play the drums as a young child. There was a sexiness to it. It made me tingle." he added "It was in me."
first concert:
Ozzy (in the early 80s)
3 fave cds:
Beatles - Abbey Road
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
last thing you bought:
video camera