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Official Site: www.myspace.com/thedeadprophets
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Message to TDP fans
Hey TDP fans:
Exciting news!! The band just released their new CD "The Dead Prophets: Bonus Edition" with the band's picks for their 10 favorite performances/recordings, including 4 from the original studio demo EP, 4 live bootleg tracks, and 2 bonus solo tracks from the band's frontperson. The CD is getting nice reviews:
"Absolutely brilliant!" Melody Syre, Assoc. Editor, Buddy Magazine
"The Dead Prophets are here. Clark, Isbell, and Morgan bring Dallas to life with their unexpected brand of music. This trio of cross-influenced musicians brings retro feel with new ideas to create a blend of innovative tunes that exemplify the braggadocios-ness that is Texas music. At times the music can be 'in-your-face" and at times a little more psychedelic. Since some of the music has an early Doors feel, why not hear them perform "Roadhouse Blues." Yup, it's here. The disc contains 2 reprisals of the song "Camille," contrasting the band's punk roots to the grunge driven original. This release explodes with artistry at every turn as the multi-dimensional arrangements speak volumes about how rock music has evolved. Each song sounds like an old song and like a new song, giving rise to a level of listening comfort not always present in today's rock bands. Hats off to the DPs, as they have been able to capture fans across demographic lines. This Bonus Edition is the definitive DP collection. You should own it. Get it now." MyTexasMusic.com
The band's newly re-mastered and re-issued debut CD featuring 10 killer songs at:
http://www.mytexasmusic.com/deadprophets
or:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/deadprophets2
For booking or more info, e-mail: thedeadprophets@hotmail.com -or- roxybeast@hotmail.com
And, for other links to cool music & writings by TDP band members:
Mike: http://www.myspace.com/intodown
Beth: http://www.myspace.com/bethisbell
Carol: http://www.myspace.com/txdrummergirl |
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Released: 2008
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Texas' best psychedelic rock band! If you hate the endless stream of crappy bands we're subjected to on radio and local stages these days, ... if you like bands that dominate their instruments, ... if you like great songwriting and killer arrangements, ... if you like smoking live performances that leave audiences spellbound, ... come join our psychedelic scene!
This Dallas, Texas, based band has played most all of the bigger venues in the DFW area, tours regionally, and has tracks spinning on college radio stations across America, both through the band and their various solo projects. The band would like to bring their hypnotic classic rock jam band sound to a wider audience in Europe and the rest of America.
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Shortly after the turn of the century, in a land far away, as rock was evolving and the cauldron was stirring, a legendary Texas trio was creating the direction of rock that is, was, & will forever be …............... welcome to the foundation of, the neo-classic rock movement.
"The Dead Prophets are here. Mike Clark, Beth Isbell and Ms. Morgan, bring Dallas to life with their unexpected brand of music. This trio of cross-influenced musicians brings retro feel with new ideas to create a blend of innovative tunes that exemplify the braggadocios-ness that is Texas music. The band's music explodes with artistry at every turn as the multi-dimensional arrangements speak volumes about how rock music has evolved. Each song sounds like an old song and like a new song. Hats off to the DPs!!!" My Texas Music.com
"Absolutely brilliant!" Melody Syre, Ass. Ed., Buddy Magazine.
This band is a true cult classic! Psychedelic rock fused with Texas blues & punk influences result in a tasty blend of the new and the familiar & a new direction for rock!! What separates this band from the pack is great songwriting, killer guitar work, and dynamic live performances. This Dallas, Texas, based band has played most all of the bigger venues in the DFW area, tours regionally, headlines festivals, and has songs on college and community radio stations all across America, both through the band and their members' various solo projects. The band would like to bring their hypnotic psychedelic classic rock jam band sound to a wider audience in North America and all across Europe.
Lead guitarist Big Mike Clark may be one of the best guitarists to emerge since the height of the great 70s rock band movement. You can hear the influences, nuances, and technical prowess of David Gilmour, Peter Green, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton (during the Mayall and Cream era), and even legendary surf rocker Dick Dale, in every note he plays. Clark cut his teeth learning the blues styles of Otis Rush, T- Bone Walker, Pee Wee Crayton, Gatemouth Brown, B.B. King, Magic Sam, Hound Dog Taylor, Hollywood Fats, and many other great blues guitarists. In the late 60s, he incorporated rock into his playing and his band at the time eventually opened for The Doors & The Byrds. It was when he opened for the 13th Floor Elevators in the 70s that his guitar playing found a different direction and a completely different gear – their psychedelic sound and show changed the way he looked at creating music. "I wanted to interject a bit of the mysterious in my guitar playing; to get out there somewhere and musically find my way back, like Jimi Hendrix did during some of his live shows. To convey the moods and feelings of another world. Today, people will hear a combination of English and American blues styles combined with my interpretation of the mystery of the psychedelic. I attempt to create an experience. My goal is to get out of the way. Let the guitar become transparent. Just be an expression of what seems to want to be heard at that moment. The psychedelic music the band and I create has the goal of expanding the mind musically. My desire is that the listener join me and the band inside the experience."
Lead vocalist, acoustic guitarist, and chief songwriter Beth Isbell may be one of the most interesting front-persons since the late Jim Morrison. In fact, The Dead Prophets have already received comparisons in the press to The Doors. Beth's sound has been described by A&R pros as a strong guitarist having "a great David Bowie-esque quality voice" performing songs eerily reminiscent of early Tom Waits and Neil Young resulting in some truly compelling dark, haunting, and grungy original psychedelic acoustic rock. Isbell often gets compared to Lou Reed and David Bowie due to her transgender status, and while they are influences, she describes herself as a hippie chick who is "sort of like Neil Young with breasts!" Her lyrics convey "a true passion for altruism" that challenge listeners to examine the evils of modern society, as well as their own belief-systems. "I try to deliver my soul to the audience in every song," and audiences dig her authenticity.
Drummer & percussionist Ms. Morgan is a rudimentalist who enjoys creating musical puzzles. She trained under Dr. Judy Mathis, before becoming exposed to a bigger world. Her style is heavily influenced by John Bonham & other legendary blues-rock drummers. Morgan actually played behind the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughn at a Texas blues jam. Together with Andy Van Hausen on bass, this hypnotic rhythm section lays down some powerful driving beats that propel Isbell and Clark's psychedelia to an even higher level.
New Release--The Dead Prophets: Bonus Edition (Mar. '08): The Dead Prophets have chosen their 8 best recorded performances and gathered them here. This CD opens and closes with two killer instrumentals featuring the amazing fingers of Mike Clark on lead guitar and two polar opposite punk vs. grunge versions of Camille (the little filthy skank), showcasing the versatility of the Prophet's main songwriter, transgender guitarist and vocalist Beth Isbell. With Ms. Morgan on drums laying down some monster grooves, this Dallas-based classic rock jam band just rocks! Pure Texas psychedelic blues-rock at it's best! If you like The Doors, the tracks sandwiched in-between the opening and closing musical parfaits will certainly satisfy your appetite. Given an initial leap of faith, even the included bootleg tape recordings of TDP's live performances quickly draw you into the band's mesmerizing manage of musical poetry. The Bonus Edition includes two bonus tracks, the grunge version of Camille, by Isbell's earlier Popesoldier project, and the rockin' American Love Song, the anti-American Idol. This CD captures some truly great classic TDP performances showcasing their magic and pure firepower. Get it now!
Electronic Press Kit (EPK): http://www.sonicbids.com/thedeadprophets
The Band's Myspace Site: http://www.myspace.com/thedeadprophets
CD Sales (hard copies): http://www.mytexasmusic.com/deadprophets
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/deadprophets2
Booking & Information: roxybeast@hotmail.com -or- thedeadprophets@hotmail.com
**Oh, and we won the Dallas battle of the bands at the Hard Rock Cafe. Not that such things matter ...
Instrumentation
Beth Isbell - Vocals & Guitar
http://www.myspace.com/bethisbell
(just released 2 new solo acoustic CDs, including some killer live solo versions of several Dead Prophets songs)
Big Mike Clark - Lead Guitar
http://www.myspace.com/intodown
(just released intodown "Brave New World", featuring some amazing psychedelic rock guitar instrumentals)
Ms. Morgan - Drums
http://www.myspace.com/txdrummergirl
and Andy Van Hausen - Bass (for live shows)
Discography
The Dead Prophets: Bonus Edition (2008).
http://www.myspace.com/thedeadprophets
(Several songs from this CD - "Mountain King", "Camille", "Cobainity", on college & indie radio playlists, AND this CD was recently picked up for radio, club, and industry promotion, and digital distribution, in Europe).
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| Friday, March 28th, 2008
Message to TDP fans
Hey TDP fans:
Exciting news!! The band just released their new CD "The Dead Prophets: Bonus Edition" with the band's picks for their 10 favorite performances/recordings, including 4 from the original studio demo EP, 4 live bootleg tracks, and 2 bonus solo tracks from the band's frontperson. The CD is getting nice reviews:
"Absolutely brilliant!" Melody Syre, Assoc. Editor, Buddy Magazine
"The Dead Prophets are here. Clark, Isbell, and Morgan bring Dallas to life with their unexpected brand of music. This trio of cross-influenced musicians brings retro feel with new ideas to create a blend of innovative tunes that exemplify the braggadocios-ness that is Texas music. At times the music can be 'in-your-face" and at times a little more psychedelic. Since some of the music has an early Doors feel, why not hear them perform "Roadhouse Blues." Yup, it's here. The disc contains 2 reprisals of the song "Camille," contrasting the band's punk roots to the grunge driven original. This release explodes with artistry at every turn as the multi-dimensional arrangements speak volumes about how rock music has evolved. Each song sounds like an old song and like a new song, giving rise to a level of listening comfort not always present in today's rock bands. Hats off to the DPs, as they have been able to capture fans across demographic lines. This Bonus Edition is the definitive DP collection. You should own it. Get it now." MyTexasMusic.com
The band's newly re-mastered and re-issued debut CD featuring 10 killer songs at:
http://www.mytexasmusic.com/deadprophets
or:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/deadprophets2
For booking or more info, e-mail: thedeadprophets@hotmail.com -or- roxybeast@hotmail.com
And, for other links to cool music & writings by TDP band members:
Mike: http://www.myspace.com/intodown
Beth: http://www.myspace.com/bethisbell
Carol: http://www.myspace.com/txdrummergirl
Posted By Dead Prophets @ 9:15 AM |
| Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Dead Prophets Original Song Lyrics
All I Can Do
©2004 B. Isbell
Confusion sets over the valley,
Watching the snow take the fall,
I feel so alone in this darkness,
Alone, but absorbing it all.
Lord, I want to fly, fly so high,
Chasing the wind and riding the sky,
I want to fly, fly so high,
For you, it's all I can do, it's all I can do.
Next day at dawn and I'm still hungry,
All my traps failed again,
Lord I guess I've got to go fishin',
For whatever this old world sends.
Lord, I want to fly, fly so high,
Chasing the wind and riding the sky,
I want to fly, fly so high,
For you, it's all I can do.
Lord, I want to fly,
Chasing the wind right through the sky,
I want to fly, fly so high,
For you, it's all I can do,
Lord, it's all I can do.
American Love Song
©2006 B. Isbell
I don't want to be un-American, but I don't want to be an American Idol (2x)
Politicians like to have their fun,
O.P.M. and lots of guns,
Sell us peace, but buy us war,
And I can't take it anymore,
I don't want to be un-American, but I don't want to be an American Idol (2x)
[And Simon the Cowell he don't like all that country now (2x)]
If you don't like my colors,
then you don't like yourself,
If you don't like my friend's color,
then you don't like yourself.
And I don't want to be un-American, but I don't want to be an American Idol,
Yeah, I don't want to be un-American, but I don't want to be an American Idol.
You want your weed to die,
I want my weed to live (2x)
Four thousand soldiers dead,
How many more must die?
Camille
(aka The Little Filthy Skank)
©2003 B. Isbell
I know a girl who's as sweet as sweet can be,
She plays drums in a band for Johnny T,
She's a filthy skank, but that's alright with me,
But Johnny don't give that girl just what she needs,
Oh no, ... I hear her say, Oh no, ... he doesn't satisfy me
I know a boy named Bradley with a B,
He drinks beer and watches my TV,
He like to date a girl who calls herself Miss T,
but she doesn't give that Bradley what he needs,
Oh no, ... I hear him say, Oh no, ... she doesn't satisfy me
I know a Joe who tickles all the keys,
He sees in color but me he cannot see,
the little filthy skank like to bring the Joe the weed,
but she couldn't even give a blind man what he needs,
Oh no, ... I hear him say, Oh no, ... she doesn't satisfy me
Mom, I got to give that girl just what she needs (3x)
She got to satisfy me
C • A • M • I • L • L • E (2x)
Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, ... Oh, NO
Cobainity
©2003 B. Isbell
Why are you always haunting me?
I sit still and drink your tea, and read your leaves.
Why are you always haunting me?
I'm not the only one who can see you, or be with you.
Grist, in your brain, Cobainity,
Kruel, love in pain, Cobainity.
Why are you still haunting me?
Inhuman fame is never free, die for me.
All the Love you ever need,
Is Courting her own destiny, die for she … Die!
How can you just up and leave us?
Where is your insanity, astrally?
How can you write but never read?
Words become your enemies, to be,
Grist, in your brain, Cobainity,
Kruel, love's insane, Cobainity.
And all you leave behind is the tea (3x)
Cobain-i-tea.
Misunderstood
©2002 B. Isbell
Little Josie, she was so misunderstood,
And all her life her Papa told her she was no damn good,
So at 17 she packed her things and decided to retreat,
She said "if I can't find love at home, I'll have to find it in the streets,"
Yeah, mmmm, yeah,
But the streets are cold and there's no time for cryin',
And Little Josie had to make her way by cheatin', stealin' and lyin',
Until she was caught lyin', in her own damn blood,
Little Josie, she was so misunderstood.
Carlotta was a looker, yeah she was on fire,
She could have any man that she desired,
But Carlotta had this secret ever since she was 5,
She said, "One day I'll have my revenge Papa, and a damn good alibi."
Yeah, that was her plan,
as she explained to the waitress and I working late at Dirty Dan's.
She told us, "I'll bring him to his knees,
Gon'na make that bastard beg for mercy, and when he starts screamin' 'Please'
Like he should,
Gon'na shoot that bastard down, 'cuz I'm so misunderstood."
And when I said, "No Papa, you're hurting me, (BANG!),
I guess you so misunderstood."
My Soul Is Flying
©2003 B. Isbell
My soul is flying, destination unknown,
My soul is flying, I know I've got to move on,
Time to pack up all these sorrows and find these blues a new home.
When my spirit is soaring, my feet just won't touch the ground,
Lord, when my spirit's soaring, and my feet just won't come down,
That's when these blues come calling and tear my whole world tumblin' down.
When my soul is crying, all I ever feel is pain,
Lord, when my soul is crying, all I ever feel is pain,
The blues stole my heart and ripped that self-respect out my brain.
My soul is flying, to a heaven unknown,
Lord, my soul is flying, it's got dreams all it's own,
Lord, please end my suffering and find these blues a new home.
Sid's Lament
(aka The Lament of Sid Vicious)
©2003 B. Isbell
I hear confusion in your sorrow,
Echoes relentless through your head,
I see young goddesses there weeping,
As they roll out your desperate bed.
Can you hear my screams above the traffic,
Cryin' out for you and yours to bleed?
I see reflection in your faces,
Desperate souls, Vicious acts of greed.
I see victory standing on the corner,
As good people hunt that bitch down,
Psychotic ramblings of a mad, mad man,
But they're tucked behind a Vicious sound,
Can't you hear that Vicious sound?
I feel the pleasure of tomorrow,
While tomorrow feels my pain,
I sense a frightened little swallow,
And she's crushed, between two human hands,
Yeah, she's crushed between two human hands.
Posted By Dead Prophets @ 11:38 AM |
| Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Interview with Big Mike Clark
Interview with Michael Clark, lead guitarist of The Dead Prophets, by Andrew Logan, freelance journalist.
Andrew: I saw your show last night and I thought the jam pieces were incredible at times. So, I guess a good place to start is to tell me a bit about your musical influences.
Michael: Well, I'm glad you came out to see what we're up to! In terms of musical influences, I'd have to say that Peter Green, Eric Clapton of the Mayall and Cream era, and Jimi Hendrix are influences. But, so are many of the blues guys like Otis Rush, T- Bone, PeeWee Crayton, Gatemouth Brown, B.B. King, Magic Sam, Hound Dog Taylor and many other great players. Dick Dale is an influence. So is David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. And, Hollywood Fats for sure.
Andrew: So you blend these styles into your playing?
Michael: I don't really know. It all goes into the psyche somehow and comes out the way it does. I don't consciously try to do anything but play what seems to be emotionally wanting to be heard.
Andrew: So your sort of a conduit?
Michael: Exactly. My goal is to get out of the way. Let the guitar become transparent. Just be an expression of what seems to want to be heard at that moment. That's my goal, anyway.
Andrew: But many players I have spoken with seem to really admire your library of guitar licks.
Michael: Ha! I appreciate that, but I don't think I have any licks per se. I mean, I guess I do within a certain context. But, I don't think of guitar playing in terms of licks.
Andrew: How do you look at it?
Michael: In terms of phrasing. In terms of pure expression. Telling a story. A story that's not so much my story. It's the story that's being given to me at that moment.
Andrew: By whom?
Michael: I don't really know. The spirit guides I guess.
Andrew: Does this relate to your interest in psychedelic music?
Michael: Psychedelic music plays a role. Maybe an important role. At least if we look at some forms of psychedelic music as having the goal of expanding the mind musically. Sort of putting Huxley or Leary or certain philosophical constructs to music.
Andrew: So psychedelic music is a big influence.
Michael: Well, not all of it. Not very much of it, actually. I would say mainly the 13th Floor Elevators. They changed the way I looked at music probably as much as Hendrix did.
Andrew: How?
Michael: When I saw them for the first time, I was in a band that played Beatles, Stones, Animals stuff. We opened for the Elevators. We were all dressed alike in our Beatle boots, matching jeans, silk shirts. We did our set and then the Elevators played. I was transported into another place. I knew I could never go back to how I was maybe an hour before. So, I joined the psychedelic music scene. I got into "The Psychedelic Sounds Of" very deeply. I'm still there, today!
Andrew: And you bring that into your playing today?
Michael: I attempt to. It's my interpretation, of course. But, it's in my blood. Maybe I should say it's in my mind! Or in my cells! Ha!
Andrew: Do you like any of the current guitar players?
Michael: Sure. Jim Thomas of the Mermen is fantastic. The fellow who plays with Radiohead is cool. I like some of the Nine Inch Nails stuff in terms of what they do with the guitar. The guy who played with Portisehead was very tasteful.
Andrew: What is intodown all about? What does it mean?
Michael: It is a state of mind, a feeling, a place of origination. "Down" is sort of that mind state that is below the radar. Somewhere melancholy. Pensive. It is where the mystery lives. It is that in-between place of here and there. The rabbit hole. I invite people to join me there. intodown.
Andrew: So it's a state of being?
Michael: Perhaps a state of non-being. It's a trance state of sorts where you step outside yourself into another world or dimension. I give control over to something else. I get out of the way. I release my grip on things. It's like jumping into river with a slow - well sometimes slow - moving current. Just go with it. No questions. No answers. No right or wrong. It's go with it and try to stay in it without trying too hard. Trying too hard will take you out of it.
Andrew: So that's where some of the great guitar playing comes from?
Michael: Yes. But, please know that I don't take ownership of it. It's being given to me. It's up to me to be a good translator. To be able to play on the guitar what is coming through me. My job is to build sufficient facility on the guitar to perform an adequate translation. My task is facility. The more facility, the more I am given to express or translate.
Andrew: Well, I really look forward to hearing the CD! And thank you for your time!
Michael: Thank you for your interest! I've enjoyed speaking with you.
The Dead Prophets also encourage you to check out Mike's solo project intodown: http://www.myspace.com/intodown
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