Bozeman All Stars, Contrafactually Yours

This album features a bunch of Bozeman's finest musicians playing on thirteen tunes... ten by Duke Sharp, one that was co-written by Tom Murphy and Duke Sharp, one by Jim Averitt and one spontaneous blues jam. Some of the recordings were made in living rooms and home studios, and some were recorded at Basecamp Recording in Bozeman. 

Several of the songs are 'contrafacts.'  It's a compositional device that essentially consists of writing a new melody and arrangement for an existing chord progression. I Got Rhythm, The Thrill Is Gone, Russian Lullaby, Fly Me To The Moon, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out and Girl From Ipanema are songs whose chord progressions are the foundation for songs on Contrafactually Yours. Many of the charts that the band used to record these tunes are in Garage Band Theory, Chapter 11 - Chord Progressions. 

Three tracks, The Till Is Gone (The Thrill Is Gone) Rouse & Rasputin (Russian Lullaby) and B Flat Chulent Blues are first-take, unrehearsed, improvised jams. The musicians playing on these tunes have been friends for years (decades!?!?) but all play in different bands and had never all played together. The basic idea was to get these great improvisers in the same room together and let them jam on some cool progressions. I handed out a chart, we'd talk about it for a couple of minutes, and then record it. Next. Except for B Flat Chulent Blues. No chart for a blues jam, Craig just said "B flat", counted it off and jumped in.

Check out the video, The Till Is Gone here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l2jNbPDpGY

It's a live studio jam featuring Mark Dixon, Mike Gillan, Craig Hall, Bob, Nell, Duke Sharp, Eddie T and Rick Winking at Basecamp Recording, Bozeman, Montana. Video by Tom Murphy.

Bozeman All Stars, Contrafactually Yours

Bass: Craig Hall and Eddie Tsuru (Eddie T) 

Drums, congas, bongos and hand percussion: Mark Dixon (aka Bongo) Mike Gillan and John Regan.

Guitar: Lib Caldwell, Craig Hall, Jim Lewis, Duke Sharp and Rick Winking

Mandolin: Tom Murphy and Duke Sharp

Banjo and Ukulele: Duke Sharp

Violin: Mike Parsons

Keyboard: Chris Cundy and Bob Nell

When you download this CD for $10.99, I split $10 between two outstanding local non-profit groups.

 

$5 goes to Greater Yellowstone Coalition. The Greater Yellowstone Coalition is the foremost conservation organization protecting Yellowstone National Park and the lands surrounding it, dedicated to keeping the entire ecosystem--nearly 20 million acres--intact, wild and free.

http://www.greateryellowstone.org/about/who-we-are.php

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Yellowstone-Coalition/61304819713

$5 goes to Hand Me Down Some Silver

Hand Me Down Some Silver was created by Jake and Jenny Fleming to provide young musicians the education, tools and opportunities to more fully experience the life-enriching benefit of music, as well as explore the many aspects of music, expanding and ensuring the life of our wealthy legacy of music in the Gallatin Valley and beyond.

http://www.handmedownsomesilver.org/about.html

I keep 99 cents. Well, I don't exactly get to keep them, but they do pause here briefly. 

Large thanks to all of these people for their contributions to this music: 

Jim Averitt   http://www.jimaveritt.com/

Fred Baker   http://www.montanamusicians.com/profile/FredBaker

Lib Caldwell

Chris Cundy 

Chris Cunningham

Mark Dixon  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001434612323&ref=ts

Kyler Ernst   http://kylerernst.com/home.html

Mike Gillan   http://www.montanamusicians.com/profile/MichaelPatrickGillan

Craig Hall   http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000207833669&ref=ts

Jim Lewis   http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1294062817&ref=ts

Rob Matson   http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001161954257

Tom Murphy   http://www.facebook.com/mandotom

Bob Nell   http://www.bobnell.com/

Mike Parsons   http://www.twograsscrew.com/

John Regan    http://www.twang.org/Twangers.htm

Eddie Tsuru (Eddie T)   http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1037131684&ref=ts 

Rick Winking   http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=43807542&ref=ts

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