New songs from A Rueful Noise, The Plurals, Cavalcade, Jeremy Porter (alternate mix of “Colorado Christmas“) and the debut recording of The Wild Honey spinoff Dead Honey Collective – all this and more on the 18th annual Bermuda Snohawk compilation. Cheers!
Jeremy Porter’s rendition of “Colorado Christmas” (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is out now! Tasty steel, mandolin, and harmony vocal backing c/o The Wild Honey Collective too! The song is streaming everywhere but, as always, get it on bandcamp first!
Jeremy has a quick solo run in OH/WV/KY to close out the year:
GTG Fest 2024 (+ Punks Vs. Pokes!) – 10/18 & 10/19 at The Avenue Cafe
Fri 10/18 – Narc Out the Reds, No Skull, Leisure – Lansing, MI, Hardigrade, Brother Wolf, Willy Fotang, the LoLo Show
Sat 10/19 – PUNKS VS POKES w/ The Wild Honey Collective, Flatfoot, Small Parks, The Plurals, Deer & Elk (Full Band), Nunya
Let the good times roll!
Posted in GTG Activity, GTG Fest, Lansing, Narc Out the Reds, No Skull, Small Parks, The Hunky Newcomers, The Plurals, The Stick Arounds, The Wild Honey Collective
Tagged Country, DIY, Flatfoot, Fucking Awesome, Fun, GTG Fest, GTG Fest 2024, GTG Records, Lansing, Michigan Music, party, Punk, Punks Vs Pokes, The Avenue Cafe, The Plurals, Wild Honey Collective, Wow
Pre-Order the new Jeremy Porter LP and get an exclusive bonus acoustic EP!
From the brand spankin’ new jeremyportermusic.com official site:
GTG Records announces the release of Dynamite Alley, the new solo album from Jeremy Porter – the Detroit-based singer/songwriter and front-man for Jeremy Porter and the Tucos. The album is his first solo release since 2019’s 1987 EP and his first full-length solo album since Party of One (Mag Wheel Records, 2010). The album, named after a 1980 episode of the motorcycle cop-dramedy “CHiPs” (s03e23), with a nod to Rod Stewart’s second solo album Gasoline Alley, includes ten songs ranging from sparse acoustic numbers to cowpunk-rocking classics and country-rock tear-jerkers.
The album took a year and a half from the first sessions to release, after some direction changes and a busy touring schedule with The Tucos. “There were periods of great productivity, and there were periods where it sat for weeks on end. Sometimes life happens and you gotta dodge curveballs, but we got there in the end.” Porter says.
Dynamite Alley features a multitude of contributions from friends David Below (Jennifer Westwood, India Green) on drums, Jake Riley (The Tucos, Big Shoals, Matt Woods Band, The Social Workers) on upright bass, Fritz Van Kosky (The Regulars, Pete Moss & The Fungis) on electric bass and beats, Nick Raeon on banjo, Jay Gonzales (Drive-By Truckers) on piano, Wurlitzer, and organ, Doug McKeon (GC5, Bedroom Legends, Magpies) vocals, acoustic guitar, and mandolin, Chris Yohn (Boys From the County Hell) on violin/fiddle, Noreen Porter on castanets, Harry Brish on accordion, Gabriel Doman (The Tucos, The Hotwalls) on bongos, Rachel Goldsmith on cello, and Liz Fornal (The Orbitsuns on harmony/backup vocals. GTG Records label-mates, touring partners, and collaborators The Wild Honey Collective are featured prominently with Tommy McCord on mandolin, Danielle Gyger on harmonies, and Adam Aymor on pedal steel guitar.
“It’s an all-star cast! Everyone brought their A-game and elevated it way beyond anything I had planned.” Jeremy boasts. “It wasn’t always easy to wrangle everyone, but they were all very generous with their time and talent, and again, we got there in the end.”
The album was recorded primarily by Gabriel Doman (JP & The Tucos drummer/producer) at his Pharmhouse Studio in Dearborn, MI and Porter’s studio The Basement in Plymouth, MI. Tim Patalan (Sponge, The Fags) mixed it at The Loft in Saline, MI, and Dan Coutant (War on Women, Jawbox, The Sword) mastered it at SunRoom Studios in Windsor, NY.
The album will be released on limited-edition 180g vinyl, CD, and digitally on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms. Jeremy will spend the fall touring behind Dynamite Alley in a solo-acoustic setting across the midwestern and western US and Canada.
The first video from Dynamite Alley is “Big Spender,” filmed and directed by Noreen Porter in southeastern Michigan in July, 2024. The video includes several of the key players on the album and a super-cool 1998 Chevy Silverado called “The Bobcat.”
The Wild Honey Collective Volume 3 is now streaming everywhere. LP/CD available too!
“This is an album that can provide a smile.” – Rock The Joint UK
“A collection of enjoyable songs and is just solid good music. The band combines a high level of enthusiasm with some dreamy playing.” – Americana Highways
See you at the release shows! Grand Rapids 5/31 and Lansing 6/2!
Pre-Order is live for The Wild Honey Collective Volume 3, via GTG Records bandcamp. Vinyl, CD, and digital out 5/31/2024, stream “These Old Shoes” now! The band is on the road plenty this spring and we’ll be hosting release shows on May 31 at Speciation in Grand Rapids and June 2 at The Avenue in Lansing. See you there!
We’re back east soon!
4/26 – New Hope PA @ John And Peter’s
4/27 – Trenton NJ @ Millhill Basement
4/28 – Mt Holly NJ @ Stratosphere Brewing Company
4/29 – Allston MA @ Silhouette Lounge
4/30 – Brattleboro VT @ House Show
5/1 – Seabrook NH @ Red’s Kitchen & Tavern Seabrook, Nh
5/3 – Ellsworth ME @ Fogtown Brewing Company
5/4 – Portland ME @ Blue
5/5 – Syracuse NY @ House Show
We’ve got Tommy/Dani/Adam/Dan/Joel for this run, watch out! First couple dates are with Alpha Rabbit too!
Poster by Peter Richards.
Posted in The Wild Honey Collective, Tour
Tagged Alpha Rabbit, Americana Tour, Brattleboro Music, Cosmic American Music, Country Rock, East Coast Tour, Folk Rock, GTG Records, John and Peter's, Lansing, Maine Music, Michigan Music, Mill Hill Basement, New Hope PA, New Jersey Music, Stargrazer, The Wild Honey Collective, Tour, Vermont Music, Ween
Check out the new Wilderhoney EP via Bandcamp:
6 Tommy Plural arrangements, produced/mixed by Adam Aymor.
Tommy says:
Wilderhoney? Well, it’s within The Wild Honey Collective, but it’s also just Wilderhoney (wil- as in wilderness, wilderpeople, far out) – basically if the show is built around Adam and I shooting each other knowing looks and changing things on the fly then it’s Wilderhoney. We recorded 6 songs while jamming with Joel this fall and here it is! We’ll play most of it tonight at Moriarty’s / A Wild Honey Evening at Moriarty’s (1/26).
6 songs: traditionals, an original, a Jeremy Porter song, an Easy Rider The Byrds classic, and a Sonic Youth song that always deserved a Neil Young treatment. Wilderhoney Tommy/Adam/Joel trio with various vocal assists from Dani and A Rueful Noisers Nicholas and Jennifer. Check it out!
In the meantime, the full Wild Honey lineup of Tommy-Dani-Timmy-Dan-Adam-Joel is inching closer to completing the Volume 3 LP for a summer release. To get us through these slow winter moments the band has shot some videos, live-in-the-studio style, shot and edited by Dan Jaquint. Here’s “Don’t Close Your Eyes” – way more country rockin’ than the string band take found on Volume 2, but that’s what 2+ years of constant gigging will do to ya:
Posted in A Rueful Noise, GTG Activity, Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, Lansing, The Wild Honey Collective, Tommy Plural
Tagged A Rueful Noise, Cosmic American Music, Country Rock, DIY, Don't Close Your Eyes, Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, Folk Music, Folk Rock, GTG Records, Jeremy Porter, John Henry, Lansing, Michigan Music, Sonic Youth, The Byrds, The Diamond Sea, The Plurals, The Wild Honey Collective, Wasn't Born To Follow, Wilderhoney, Wow
Happy Holidays and, You’re Welcome!
Snowhawk 2023 is live for streaming and free download! We did it again! 18 seasonal songs of all walks to help you stumble to the finish line of 2023! A Rueful Noise, The Wild Honey Collective, Cavalcade, The Plurals, Jeremy Porter, Harborcoat, The Hunky Newcomers, Tim Hoh Jr. and all the related all stars! Artwork by Craig Horky, as always.
Posted in A Rueful Noise, Bermuda Snohawk, Cavalcade, GTG Activity, GTG Records, Harborcoat, Honah Lee, Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, Lansing, The Hunky Newcomers, The Plurals, The Stick Arounds, The Wild Honey Collective
Tagged Americana, Bermuda Mohawk, Bermuda Snohawk 2023, Bermuda Snowhawk, Craig Horky, DIY Record Label, GTG Records, Holiday Music, Indie Rock, Lansing, Punk
Get into the wintery mood with last year’s Bermuda Snowhawk!
The 2023 edition will be shoved in some sort of stocking around the 21st!
December has the following happenings, uh, happening:
12/9 – The Wild Honey Collective @ Horrocks Farm Market (Lansing, MI) 2 PM Show!
12/9 – A Rueful Noise @ Displaced Manor (Lansing)
12/10 – Wilderhoney (Trio) @ Stober’s (Lansing)
12/14 – Wilderhoney (Duo) @ Horrocks (Lansing) 5 PM Show
12/15 – No Skull @ Mac’s (Lansing)
12/15 – Erotic Novels @ Crossroads (Garwood, NJ)
12/22 – Narc Out The Reds @ Mulligan’s (Grand Rapids, MI)
12/22 – Wilderhoney (Duo) @ Peanut Barrel (East Lansing)
12/28 – The Wild Honey Collective @ Horrocks Market (Grand Rapids) 6 PM Show
12/29 – The Wild Honey Collective @ Confluxcity Brewing (Portland, MI)
12/31 – GTG NYE Party Band @ The Avenue (Lansing)’
Plenty of Wild Honey+Wilderhoney in there, per usual, which will continue to be a regular occurence in 2024 with a full-length and at least 2 collaborative EPs heading for release (plus tours, festivals etc etc). No Skull vinyl is a thing that exists so a release of their full-length will be announced very soon, and A Rueful Noise, Jeremy Porter, and Narc Out The Reds are all in advanced studio stages themselves. Keep ’em comin!
Posted in A Rueful Noise, Bermuda Snohawk, Erotic Novels, GTG Activity, Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, Lansing, Narc Out the Reds, No Skull, The Wild Honey Collective, Tommy Plural
Tagged Bermuda Snohawk, Bermuda Snowhawk, Country Music, Fucking Awesome, GTG Records, Horrocks Farm Market, Lansing, Punk Rock, The Avenue Cafe, The Wild Honey Collective
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