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7 tracks | 22 minutes
Released Jul 2006
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Pop sensibility, country lean. Basic ingredients: two or three guitars, bass, drums. A dollop of piano and a pinch of pedal steel. Add harmonica and three part harmonies to taste. Stir well. Serve warm with a cold beer. Enjoy with friends.
Bio / Background
After years as a band member, sideman, session player, producer, and engineer, Jay Sherman-Godfrey has moved front and center with Twoscore, his solo debut. The EP’s seven songs reflect his wide-ranging musical experience and influences – from the jangly, Califonia country of the late Byrds to the classic power-pop of Badfinger. He refers to his style as having a “pop sensibility, country lean," an approach epitomized by his dramatic waltz-time reading of the Beach Boys' classic Girl Don't Tell Me, the centerpiece of the disc.
Sherman-Godfrey is perhaps best known for producing and playing guitar on Laura Cantrell’s debut CD, Not The Tremblin’ Kind, and its follow-up, When The Roses Bloom Again. Each has received widespread critical acclaim, personal support and regular airplay from legendary BBC DJ John Peel, and a four-star review from Rolling Stone. More recently, he and Ms. Cantrell collaborated on the song Bees from her 2005 Matador release, Humming By The Flowered Vine.
↓ more ↓In addition to Ms. Cantrell, Sherman-Godfrey has had the pleasure of working with They Might Be Giants, Amy Rigby, Michael Moore, Eric Ambel, Michael Shelley, Tandy, and Mojo Nixon, among others.
In the early 80s, Sherman-Godfrey co-founded the seminal NYC country rock band World Famous Blue Jays with singer and songwriting partner Jeremy Tepper. The Blue Jays soon became fixtures on the downtown NYC live music scene, headlining clubs and appearing in support of national touring acts.
After the Blue Jays stopped performing regularly in the mid-90s, Sherman-Godfrey played in Amy Rigby's band, appearing on her critically acclaimed debut, Diary of a Mod Housewife, with They Might Be Giants on the albums John Henry and Factory Showroom, and on several albums as a member of Tandy and Michael Shelley's band.
He is joined on Twoscore by Phoebe Summersquash (Small Factory, Dave Derby, Sarah Silverman) on drums, Chris Erikson (Matt Keating, Florence Dore) on guitars, and Jeremy Chatzky (Losers Lounge, Laura Cantrell, Bruce Springsteen) on bass. Jon Graboff (Ryan Adams, Amy Rigby, Laura Cantrell) adds pedal steel, and The Buddy Project studio proprietor Kieran Kelly played drums on a song. Twoscore was self-produced and self recorded, both in studio and around various houses. It was mixed by Tony Maimone at Studio G, Brooklyn, and mastered by Dave McNair at Unity Mastering NYC.
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