Definitely Schrägged by Lionel Lodge

Some players came once and never again (usually due to an indiscretion on Lionel’s part), some came once and kept coming back to get a little more schrägged out. Over the weeks the group slowly gathered, kinda like dust under the bed. By the end of the first six months of sessions they had accumulated the players that are on “Definitely Schrägged”, like minded, schrägged folks who enjoyed the distraction of ambling through the songs.

In December 2006 they spent one day in the studio and recorded the main part of the band. Markus, the tuba player, couldn’t be there as he was sick (hard to play a tuba with a head cold) so it was the remaining five left to stink it out that day. In the following weeks they added the tuba and some extra guest players who were not part of the core session group but who had joined in at the sessions when they could and who definitely churned the engine of the music.

The sessions came to a floundering end when some music critic of a neighbour to Café Schräg started calling the police and complaining they were too loud (them? never!). They tired to be quieter but the piano didn’t have a volume knob on it (most acoustic pianos don’t) so they could only wallow so low (without getting morally damaged). The Cafe was fined a couple times, they tried playing without the tuba and without the cajon but the police still came. So they, sadly, had to end the sessions. All satisfying escapes must come to an end they say.

"The weekly sessions at Schräg will be missed

but at least we have this CD to remind us of what was."

Schräg – Not square, slightly bent.

Lionel Lodge – lead vocals, guitars, percussion

Gernot Feldner – piano, backing vocals, harmonica

Franz Haselsteiner – accordion

Peter Beinhofer – accordion

Markus Weissenbach – tuba

Dave “Da Poller” Koller – cajon, cymbals, udo, percussion

Stephan „Stoney“ Steiner – violin, nycke harpa

Pedro Duarte – flute

soulHsistas – backing vocals

Meena Cryle, Mary Lamaro, Anja Wise

Arranged by the players

Artwork by Sheila Ehm

Band photos by Rainer Volgger

Cover concept by my milkman

Cover concept realisation by Karin Hasieber, Frido Richter and my milkman

Cover photo by Frido Richter

Booklet page photos by Karin Hasieber and my milkman

Recorded at Bizzyman Studio, Vienna

Recorded by Rens Newland

Mixed by Lionel and Gernot on the 13a bus

Masted by Robert Eder at Artis Studio, Vienna

Additional recording – recorded by Lionel Lodge

Violin, nyckel harpa, fl ute, cymbals, percussion, electric guitars,

harmonica and Gernot’s backing vocals recorded at Gernot’s hovel

soulHsistas recorded in Meena’s living room

Tuba recorded in Markus’s basement

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