Friday, June 04, 2004
June 1: Graham Colton Band - drive
Graham Colton is this guy who grew up in Oklahoma City, went to either Heritage Hall or Casady (I've heard both), then moved to Dallas to go to SMU, started singing songs in coffeehouses, dropped out of SMU, started a band, and got signed by Universal. His debut CD came out last week.
And man, somebody threw some money at this band. The thing is produced by Brendan O'Brien, who did Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, STP, Rage against the Machine, Aerosmith, and about 20 other kick-ass bands. O'Brien also did the Black Crowes and Train, which is more the genre Colton is in. The lead singer of Semisonic co-wrote the lead single, "Don't Give Up On Me," and Kevin Griffin from Better than Ezra co-wrote six other songs. (in fact, Matt and I encountered Graham at Orange Peel last year when he came out to sing harmonies on BTE's "At the Stars.")
And what do you get for all that cash? A pretty good CD, but a pretty good CD that would have been popular about six years ago when the Wallflowers were still big. I don't know where on radio this thing could get airplay in 2004. And that's sad. But if you like the Counting Crows or the Wallflowers, by all means check this out. If you started reading this thing because of punk month, I would advise staying away.
And man, somebody threw some money at this band. The thing is produced by Brendan O'Brien, who did Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, STP, Rage against the Machine, Aerosmith, and about 20 other kick-ass bands. O'Brien also did the Black Crowes and Train, which is more the genre Colton is in. The lead singer of Semisonic co-wrote the lead single, "Don't Give Up On Me," and Kevin Griffin from Better than Ezra co-wrote six other songs. (in fact, Matt and I encountered Graham at Orange Peel last year when he came out to sing harmonies on BTE's "At the Stars.")
And what do you get for all that cash? A pretty good CD, but a pretty good CD that would have been popular about six years ago when the Wallflowers were still big. I don't know where on radio this thing could get airplay in 2004. And that's sad. But if you like the Counting Crows or the Wallflowers, by all means check this out. If you started reading this thing because of punk month, I would advise staying away.
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