Back to New Orleans, Gently
IT was a Friday afternoon in late October, and the narrow lanes of the French Quarter were quiet. Fresh paint — pale green, robin’s egg blue, canary yellow — adorned the low, tidy Creole cottages, and the wrought-iron railings of town-house balconies shone blackly in the sunlight. The streets were free of litter, the air unpolluted by the musky odor of all-night parties. But as I wandered the beautiful Quarter, one question stuck in my mind: Where was everybody?
Tin Men New York Mini-Tour
The Tin Men will be playing the great state of New York in June.
Go check out the Tour page for all the details. New York Summer Tour Info
FIRST ANNUAL CHAZFEST COMES TO THE NINTH WARD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alex McMurray
info@alexmcmurray.com
www.chazfestival.com
FIRST ANNUAL CHAZFEST COMES TO THE NINTH WARD
In response to overwhelming demand to hear some of New Orleans finest musical talent in a festival setting, the first ever Chazfest will be held on Thursday, May 4 at The Truck Farm-- 3020 St. Claude Avenue in Americas own Ninth Ward. The fun begins at 12 noon and carries on all day until 10:00. Along with a veritable whos who of bands that wont be playing at the other music festival taking place in New Orleans at the beginning of May (as well as a couple that ARE!) there will be food served up hot and wet by The Joint, as well as Chef Yvette Yates (of Rio Mar). Weve even got port-o-lets.
Heres some of the acts that will be featured:
MORNING 40...
Introducing the First Annual - Chaz Festival
Between that 'other festival's' two weekends - Thursday 4-May-06 at "The Truck Farm"
Come on out and get yer Chaz On!
All you need to know right - here
NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS JOIN JAZZ AT BARD FOR A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA
Concert Friday October 14th 2005
All-star musical lineup includes the Tin Men, Coco Robicheaux, and other special guests
Friday 14-Oct-2005
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.-Jazz at Bard presents a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on Friday, October 14, featuring New Orleans musicians the Tin Men, Coco Robicheaux, and special guests. The suggested donation is $20. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. at Bard College’s Olin Hall.
Concerned about friends in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, Bard alumna Raissa St. Pierre ’87 was only too eager to help Tom Thayer organize a concert of New Orleans bands. Thayer, from Tivoli, New York, owns the club DBA in New Orleans, which is a mainstay of the music scene on Frenchman Street on the edge of the French Quarter. “Tom had a...
Tin Men -East Coast Shows added!
Go check out all the details on the Tin men - 'Shows' Page.
Come on out so we can Confuse and Enlighten you.
Tin Men - Freaks For Industry reviewed in Offbeat
"Only in New Orleans could an album featuring jazz guitar, washboard, and tuba—and those instruments only, save for an occasional short-order cook’s “order up!” bell—be most notable for its songwriting."
read more on OffBeat... or locally here...
www.tinmenmusic.com
Hey folks. Welcome to the new Tin Men Web Site - www.tinmenmusic.com.
The Tin Men now have thier own site! (no more red-headed step child band, no sir-iee). We will still be sharing information with Washboard Chaz's site, and Alex's new site, but we feel that the Tin Men are standing on thier own now. The coolest part will be that there will finally be song clips up for the Tin Men cds.
Also we’re working on the photos page for all you aficionados out there. If you have a picture to post on the site, send it in to info@tinmenmusic.com.
Bear in mind that the site is under a bit of construction. Thanks for your patience but drop a line anytime with complaints/comments etc.
I also have under construction new web sites for my other band 007 and my solo stuff.
check out the beta...
Tin Men - Freaks for Industry review - Off Beat Magazine
Only in New Orleans could an album featuring jazz guitar, washboard, and tuba—and those instruments only, save for an occasional short-order cook’s “order up!” bell—be most notable for its songwriting
Tin Men - Freaks For Industry reviewed in Best Of New Orleans - Gambit Weekly
"The album, though, features the band at its irrepressible best. Recorded over four days last September and October, it explores New Orleans' musical forms in original songs or covers that touch on jazz, blues, R&B and rock. The Tin Men cover Danny Barker's "Palm Court Strut," the Dirty Dozen's "Blackbird Special," and McMurray's "The Ballad of Cap'n Sandy," which tells of the darkly funny drinking life of the character McMurray played while working in a Japanese theme park for six months. That sense of humor and the band's unique instrumentation unify Freaks for Industry. "
Tin Men - Freaks for Industry
OPENING ACT By Alex Rawls
CD Release Party
The Big Top, 1638 Clio St
Freaks for Industry, the self-released second album from New Orleans' Tin Men, seems improbable. The trio of Alex McMurray on guitar, Matt Perrine on sousaphone and "Washboard" Chaz Leary on washboard was an unusual band configuration from the outset, but McMurray's move to New York City last October after falling in love with a New Yorker sounded like the band's death knell.
The album, though, features the band at its irrepressible best. Recorded over four days last September and October, it explores New Orleans' musical forms in original songs or covers that touch on jazz, blues, R&B and rock. The Tin Men cover Danny Barker's "Palm Court Strut," the Dirty Dozen's "Blackbird Special," and McMurray's "The Ballad of Cap'n Sandy," which tells...
Sea Shanties
An evening of mayhem, rum and song has been scheduled for Saturday, April 21 at the Saturn Bar, located at 3067 St. Claude Ave in glamorous Bywater USA. Come and see, for their first public appearance, The Valparaiso Men's Chorus as they perform your seafaring favorites! Thrill to the robust and ribald maritime sounds of yore! The action begins at 10:30.
And for the first time ever available ANYWHERE!
THE CD!
THE VALPARAISO MEN'S CHORUS--GUANO AND NITRATES!
Check out The Valparaiso Men's Chorus MySpace
Tin space
Tin Men now have thier very own MySpace page!
Check it out at www.myspace.com/tinmenmusic
Tin Men Rosy's Jazz Hall
I felt pride for New Orleans as Tin Men dropped city references in songs like "Location, Location" and "Uptown Girl." On "Uptown Girl," vocalist/guitarist Alex McMurray spelled out subtle differences between those below Claiborne and those above it. Differences only a local can fully appreciate. This talent is probably one of the reasons everyone I've talked to about Tin Men have expressed nothing but love.
Sousaphone guy Matt Perrine and washboardist Chaz Leary rounded out the band at a full Rosy's Jazz Hall for Scat Magazine's monthly magazine release party Thursday night.
The band was in top form. They have an eclectic sound, but it's always something you can dance to, as many people proved Thursday night. They did R&B, jazz, blues, and rock n'roll love songs, but everything was...