The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
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Purveyors/OK Then Records/Coyotes
The Purveyors formed in mid - 1986 while we were living in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. We were sort of acoustic provocateurs that played our music in ways that left people unable to categorize us or at least in ways that were a little unorthodox. At that time we were also discovering many sonic possibilities could be reached with minimal instrumentation and careful vocal arrangements. In a nutshell, we took and still take chances with our music and in performance. We played and still play original music along with songs by a host of writers who don't inhabit the mainstream; but also have been known to play songs that were hits that we liked even though we usually don't play the hits.
Over the years there have been 60 or so different musicians that came and went through the band with each one changing the music and making it their own which in turn made everything new for us every time we played. The current crew is no different and everyone is still having a blast whenever we play out which is less frequent now that Cassie travels more and I do more recording and mastering projects for other artists.
The current band is Sid Hagan singing and playing guitars, Cassie Hagan singing, Robbie Wells playing fiddles, mandolins, and singing, and Billy Worley playing guitars, keyboards, and singing. The experience of all the players exceeds 100 years collectively and that in turn brings some very subtle power and depth to the music that makes it something to witness when everything is clicking which it usually is these days when we play. There is also a fair amount of improvisation now that might qualify us as an acoustic "jam" band on any given night. Being at one of our shows almost always turns into a joyous musical free for all.
We have a new CD that's called "A Set Down A Half Step" that we're selling at our shows and that will also be on this site for download by folks who are interested in booking the band or folks that don't get to come to our shows.
We're also working on our long promised all original CD called "Coming To Terms" that's been started and stopped and redone more times than Lucinda Williams did with Car Wheels On A Gravel Road back in the 90s.
It'll be done when it's done but rest assured, after my father's passing this year it'll get done. Thanks for hanging in there with us.
One other project that I worked on last year that just came out was a live performance DVD of one of my favorite rock bands "Too Smooth". It was shot by Dean Schanbaum www.electricmedia.tv in June 1979 at a bar in Dallas called the Whiskey Bar. I was fortunate enough to get to remaster the audio for the whole project and got to actually become friends with a lot of folks from Austin that I never knew when I was in San Antonio, TX, at school at Fort Sam Houston in 1978 when I first saw Too Smooth. I can safely say that seeing them for the first time was a life changing experience for me and their songs and arrangements just got way under my skin. Like so many others I've spoken with lately, we were all collectively blown away by this band and still are. There will be another live DVD from a reunion show in Waco last November being produced by the Texas Music Cafe being released soon too. It's great to see this band finally get some recognition and a resurgence of interest in their music.
To find the DVD of the 1979 show which is titled "Timeless" go to Ebay and type "Too Smooth Timeless" into their search browser and it'll take you right to it. As for the Texas Music Cafe production make sure to check out their website at www.texasmusiccafe.com.
Over the years there have been 60 or so different musicians that came and went through the band with each one changing the music and making it their own which in turn made everything new for us every time we played. The current crew is no different and everyone is still having a blast whenever we play out which is less frequent now that Cassie travels more and I do more recording and mastering projects for other artists.
The current band is Sid Hagan singing and playing guitars, Cassie Hagan singing, Robbie Wells playing fiddles, mandolins, and singing, and Billy Worley playing guitars, keyboards, and singing. The experience of all the players exceeds 100 years collectively and that in turn brings some very subtle power and depth to the music that makes it something to witness when everything is clicking which it usually is these days when we play. There is also a fair amount of improvisation now that might qualify us as an acoustic "jam" band on any given night. Being at one of our shows almost always turns into a joyous musical free for all.
We have a new CD that's called "A Set Down A Half Step" that we're selling at our shows and that will also be on this site for download by folks who are interested in booking the band or folks that don't get to come to our shows.
We're also working on our long promised all original CD called "Coming To Terms" that's been started and stopped and redone more times than Lucinda Williams did with Car Wheels On A Gravel Road back in the 90s.
It'll be done when it's done but rest assured, after my father's passing this year it'll get done. Thanks for hanging in there with us.
One other project that I worked on last year that just came out was a live performance DVD of one of my favorite rock bands "Too Smooth". It was shot by Dean Schanbaum www.electricmedia.tv in June 1979 at a bar in Dallas called the Whiskey Bar. I was fortunate enough to get to remaster the audio for the whole project and got to actually become friends with a lot of folks from Austin that I never knew when I was in San Antonio, TX, at school at Fort Sam Houston in 1978 when I first saw Too Smooth. I can safely say that seeing them for the first time was a life changing experience for me and their songs and arrangements just got way under my skin. Like so many others I've spoken with lately, we were all collectively blown away by this band and still are. There will be another live DVD from a reunion show in Waco last November being produced by the Texas Music Cafe being released soon too. It's great to see this band finally get some recognition and a resurgence of interest in their music.
To find the DVD of the 1979 show which is titled "Timeless" go to Ebay and type "Too Smooth Timeless" into their search browser and it'll take you right to it. As for the Texas Music Cafe production make sure to check out their website at www.texasmusiccafe.com.
Sid III
March 17, 1929 - January 28, 2008
March 17, 1929 - January 28, 2008
You were the last of the great country doctors who took care of us all......may you have fair winds and following seas..........We love you.......*
For more information about The Purveyors you can email ashIV@purveyorstheband.com or call 434-420-1136
