The Barsh Report - February 2014
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The granddaddy of all Hallmark Holidays has arrived here yet again
I hope you all get to spend it with your version of a perfect ten
And for those of you without a flame, a lone rooster or hen
Ain’t nothin wrong with some whiskey and a binge-watch of Mad Men
My Valentines day will be spent at West Hollywood’s House of Blues
At a private gala put on by Gene Simmons, one of music’s most infamous Jews
Brenna Whitaker’s band is the entertainment for the event, with a set to shake your bones
We’ll be performing with a number of stars, including Natasha Bedingfield, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and the legendary Tom Jones.
I’ve been in the studio with Brenna producing some songs, for which I’m becoming sonically smitten
And tomorrow’s event will be the live premier of “Sugar Daddy,” the brand new song we’ve written
In other songwriting news, 2 projects I wrote on are continuing to cruise:
Aloe Blacc’s “The Man” keeps working its way into peoples’ hearts
It is currently the #17 song in America on the Billboard Hot 100 charts
And it’s been in the top 10 on all of iTunes for weeks, peaking at #2
Staying busy in the studio writing more is all this makes me wanna do.
Robin McKelle and the Flytones new album “Heart of Memphis” was released last month overseas
For now it’s only available Europe and the UK, like Peugeot cars and mushy peas
Robin traveled to Memphis to record the album, which proved to be a worthwhile undertaking
The UK’s Independent calls it “A secret soul classic in the making.”
Palter Ego was featured in BMI’s Indie Spotlight in January, which made us proud like Daft Punk’s mothers
A special shout out goes to Liesl Diesel ( http://liesldieselphoto.com ) who took this photo and a great batch of others
The great trumpet player Dontae Winslow, who is currently featured on tour with Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z
Just dropped his brand new album which I played on, called “Enter The Dynasty”
It features Chick Corea, Questlove, Dennis Chambers, and many others, a serious cast pound for pound
The track “2304 West North Ave” is the first acoustic jazz song i’ve played on to be released in a couple years, and I really dig the raw sound
This coming tuesday, I reunite with a great guitar stylist Jeff Parker
I played on his record “The Relatives” almost 10 years ago, when my beard hair was much darker
Jeff augments the regular tuesday night duo of me and Kyle Crane
So come by to Salt’s Cure if you’re LA-based, the tunes will be tastefully insane
Okay I’m off to get this V-day rolling
Have fun tonight, whether you’re drinking, dancing or bowling!
Love,
Barsh
posted by Sam Barsh @ 3:30 PM
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