Carleton County natives release debut album; embark on Maritime tour
Published Thursday July 2nd, 2009
Telfer's debut full-length album, Born This Morning, is full of swaggering guitar chords and strutting lyrics and should be the next big step in the band's career progression.
The band's commitment to fun, honest lyrics and funky chord progressions has been turning concert-goers into fans - especially during several high-energy performances at last year's Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival.
The winners of the 2008 Harvest Galaxie Rising Stars showcase released Born This Morning in time for its current Maritime tour.
Telfer kicked off Canada Day in Fredericton with a CD-release show at The Capital Bar on Tuesday evening. Now they'll perform shows in Charlottetown, Sydney, New Glasgow and Moncton over the next week.
Singer and guitarist Tommy Green Jr., guitarist Bobby McIsaac, and drummer Matt Piper grew up in the beauty of Carleton County.
The band's sound is completed by Saint John native Jon Goud - who plays the bass, keys and provides backing vocals.
Green Jr. said the key to the band's success is making sure they leave room for creativity.
"We have fun onstage with our musicality - we like playing good music," he said.
"When we're writing songs and arranging songs and shows, we leave a lot of room for improvisation and to talk to each other musically. I think we've set up a pretty good blueprint for each song on the album, but we manage to leave a little room to flex during the live performances."
Goud took out a loan to start up the band's new record label CinderFunk Promotions and fund the new album.
He said that's forced the band to think seriously about its future.
"We said, 'Let's put our money where our mouth is and let's actually put the best music we can into this recording,'" he said.
"We holed ourselves up like monks for three or four months in a jam space, not really gigging a lot, and just spending hours and hours on music and conversations, tearing our hair out to make this music the best we can. And it's exciting to see the positivity coming back."
Telfer will return to Fredericton for a show at The Capital Bar on Aug. 8 and for a performance at this year's Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival.
The new album is available at Tony's Music Box Ltd. and through the band's website at: www.telfermusic.com.
Country legend Charley Pride makes his way to Woodstock in July
Fans of country music icon Charley Pride are gearing up for a July 13 concert at the Carleton Civic Centre in Woodstock.
Pride has been touring across the globe since the 1960s singing songs like Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone?, Kiss An Angel Good Morning, and All I Have To Offer You (Is Me).
He's had 36 singles hit the top of the charts, has sold more than 70 million albums, and won countless accolades from the recording industry.
But Pride said maintaining his popularity for more than 50 years is his biggest accomplishment.
He said he puts a lot of time and energy into providing the best show possible to his many fans.
"To be honest, I think we've got a better show now than we've ever had in our lives," he said.
"We don't ever stop (honing the show). We hone it every night and we strive for perfection."
Pride has always gone the distance to please his fans. Earlier this year, the Mississippi native flew from Texas to Alberta to reimburse a Canadian woman who inadvertently paid more than $1,200 for two concert tickets through an online ticket reseller. He said it was the right thing to do.
There have been some rumblings about the possibility of a feature film on Pride's life and he said that's forced him to consider the good times he's had.
He said he's been fortunate to share friendships with country legends like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Jones and Marty Robbins.
"It was special times. I've played with all of them, I've worked with all of them, and we used to have times together in Nashville," he said.
"That's when you used to get to see one another. You'd shoot the breeze. We still do that now and again, but not as much as we used to."
The show is expected to start at 7:30 p.m.
Adam Bowie is a staff reporter at The Daily Gleaner. If you have a community event happening, write to him at bowie.adam@dailygleaner.com.
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