Track 23(of 23) from the album 'Hand in My Head' (2005)

The Bottle Miracle

Here is the infamous 'lost' single A-side from the NBC. Originally one of the songs from the terrific 'Celebrity Cavalcade of Spectacular Variety Show' live radio show from 2005, it was later re-made in studio with a stellar cast:  GIL ASHLEY on baritone sax,  BILLY STONE on dobro, MICHAEL GEIMER on acoustic six-string,  and  ROB WORTMAN on turntables (each of those Bing Crosby drops isn't a sample, but an actual drop-in from an lp) and backwards electric guitar solos  , with all of the rest by me (Drew Dobbs).    An old NBC favorite.       Enjoy!
The art shown is from the 2-cd set that was barely released of the original show,     still available by the way...drop me a line.

Honeysuckle Vine

Track 06  of  06 / Neighborhood Bass Coalition live at the Element Lounge in San Francisco, July 23rd, 2006. The players that night: Intoxicated Dave (David Gardner), Rob Wortman, Mr. Hate (Russ Kent), Drew Dobbs.

Seka Song

Track 05  of  06 / Neighborhood Bass Coalition live at the Element Lounge in San Francisco, July 23rd, 2006. The players that night: Intoxicated Dave (David Gardner), Rob Wortman, Mr. Hate (Russ Kent), Drew Dobbs.

50,000 Tons

Track 04  of  06 / Neighborhood Bass Coalition live at the Element Lounge in San Francisco, July 23rd, 2006. The players that night: Intoxicated Dave (David Gardner), Rob Wortman, Mr. Hate (Russ Kent), Drew Dobbs.

Score

Track 03  of  06 / Neighborhood Bass Coalition live at the Element Lounge in San Francisco, July 23rd, 2006. The players that night: Intoxicated Dave (David Gardner), Rob Wortman, Mr. Hate (Russ Kent), Drew Dobbs.

Empire Of The Dead

Track 02  of  06 / Neighborhood Bass Coalition live at the Element Lounge in San Francisco, July 23rd, 2006. The players that night: Intoxicated Dave (David Gardner), Rob Wortman, Mr. Hate (Russ Kent), Drew Dobbs.

Return Of The Real

Track 01  of  06 / Neighborhood Bass Coalition live at the Element Lounge in San Francisco, July 23rd, 2006. The players that night: Intoxicated Dave (David Gardner), Rob Wortman, Mr. Hate (Russ Kent), Drew Dobbs.

Element

This song would have been the 'B' side to the 'Honeysuckle Vine' single (Honeysuckle Vine appears elsewhere on this SoundCloud page). This mix is a slightly edited version of the live performance ( from the show titled "The Celebrity Cavalcade of Spectacular Variety Show")of the song from the Shirley & Spinoza online radio show, originally performed in December of 2005, and the entire show is still archived there. The players are Rob Wortman on turntables with FX, and Drew Dobbs (me) on programming and live mix. The whole (2 hour) show is wonderful and highly recommended (  http://compound-eye.org/archive/nbc-the-celebrity-cavalcade-of-spectacular-variety-show/  ).

Gutbucket

This song, like many others, came about as a result of something that happened during a particular freestyle DJ set where I combined the instrumental backing to 'Eleanor Rigby' with elements of Bernard Herrmann's 'Psycho' score, as they were conveniently in the same key and roughly the same tempo. Later I re-did that idea in studio, and then the new piece itself was re-worked again and again over the years, as well as being played as a live song many times by the NBC. This is the FINAL and most recent incarnation of this weird piece,  edited to this form in 2011.  All programming and samples are by me, Drew Dobbs. I thought it was appropriate to combine George Martin with Bernard Herrmann as I know that Mr. Martin greatly admired Herrmann's work.

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