This is The Nordic Sea -- Leatherbag's first release. Randy sent it to me after connecting with me while he was the Program Director of his university's radio station and playing some of my songs from The Voyage Out. Randy's music touched me deeply from the moment I met him, and it still does. I think The Nordic Sea is a real gem -- maybe his best work. I don't have his permission to publish it on the web, but sorry, it needs to be out there.

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Norman, OK

The Nordic Sea

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This is The Nordic Sea -- Leatherbag's first release. Randy sent it to me after connecting with me while he was the Music Director of his university's radio station and playing some of my songs from The Voyage Out. Randy's music touched me deeply from the moment I met him, and it still does. I think The Nordic Sea is a real gem -- maybe his best work. I don't have his permission to publish it on the web, but sorry, it needs to be out there.

Kansas City

This is the 4-song demo of Raccoon, the band that preceded Dr. Dog. Raccoon was active was circa 1998 into 2002-ish, with Dr. Dog acting as a kind of side-project to this band. The line-up was very similar to Dr. Dog, headed by Scott McMicken and Toby Leaman, with bassist Andrew Jones. The main personnel difference was that Rory played second guitar in Raccoon but didn't participate in Dr. Dog.

There used to be a link to all of Raccoon's releases, but it seems that the link is no longer active, so this might be the only media of the songs. There is, however, a local-access TV performance of them here: https://youtu.be/3Fuqu9-E2ME?t=43

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Michael Nace was the guitarist and singer in 90s math rock band Drill For Absentee. After a brief stint playing guitar with West  Chester band Wise and Foolish Builders, he began a solo project in 2001 with the release of his debut album The Voyage Out. He followed up with Measured In Leagues Of Joy in 2002, followed by Your Meekness Gives Me Hope in 2004. US tours included opening for Sebadoh through parts of the American south. In 2005, he released The Good Work of the Dead, as part of his American folk music side project, The Nace Family. Since 2006, he had stopped recording and touring professionally, but confines to write and demo songs at home. He is happily married with three children.

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