Wanted:
1/2 of a Duet!
Classified Ad:
with long-time record label attachment seeks versatile match
for a duet (maybe more) to perform, record, tour.
Already there: Vocals with acoustic and electric guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, Anglo concertina, keyboards, woodwinds, bones, harmonica…that's me...
...need someone to do the same, with similar and/or different instruments and vocals, to balance and complement...that's you...
Style synthesis: country, blues/ragtime, Appalachian, historical pop, minstrel, maritime, old time, Celtic, Mideastern, modern pop and rock, more.
Match it, add to it, embellish it, to generate a unique live and recording act, where “all is one when we are two.”
Location: North Shore, Long Island, NY
Contact: johntownley811@gmail.com
Influences:
Early: Rev. Gary Davis, Charles Dibdin, the 1940 hymnal...
Contemporary: Holy Modal Rounders, Beatles, Steeleye Span...
Intentions: For starters, need to quickly arrange and record at least demo versions
of a dozen or so original songs already published by MCA and EMI, similar to what's here.
...then on to a host of other possibilities...
Help me!: ultimately, to make a small combo sound that’s unusual, tight and sounds large.
Qualities: striking, unsettling, transporting, uplifting, compelling, instructive, but above all affecting, not just entertaining.
The audience should leave different than upon arrival, changed, not just amused.
I’m doing this under orders (so to speak), not to impress or palliate, because my muse told me to.
If your muse agrees, we’re in gear, so if you’ve got similar/complementary material of your own, would love to hear it.
Previously recorded examples (mostly duets, plus) by style, click links to hear complete cuts:
Country: Titanic, Down The Road
Blues, ragtime: The Rain Don’t Fall On Me No More, Doin’ A Stretch, Sailing Down The Cheseapeake Bay
Appalachian: I Won’t Be Sad Again, Redeemer, Old Virginia Lowlands
Historical pop/parlor: To Anacrean In Heaven , Tom Bowling, Tobacco
Maritime: Marco Polo, Row On, Maggie’s Toast
Old-Time/Minstrel: Rose of Alabama, Boatman Dance
Celtic: Mabel’s Umbrage, Exiles
Folk/Pop: Cold Day, Home Is Where The Heart Is, The Next Time Round
Pop: Only You, The Dolphins, The Anchor’s Aweigh
Discography:
The Family Of Apostolic, Vanguard Records
O Glory: The Rev. Gary Davis Apostolic Studio Sessions, Adelphi Records
Just Another Day, Vanguard Records
Songs of 1776, and Songs Of The Civil War, National Geographic Society
The Top Hits Of 1776, Adelphi Records
The Flying Cloud, Adelphi Records
The Best Of The Magicians, Sony/Sundazed Records
Maritime:
The X Seamen's Institute Sings Sea Songs At South Street Seaport, Folkways Records
Heart Of Oak! (X Seamen's Institute), Folkways Records
Songs Of The Tall Ships (The Starboard List), Adelphi Records
Sea Songs Seattle (festival album), Folkways Records
Cruising Round Yarmouth (The Starboard List), Adelphi Records
Newport Tall Ships Shanty Festival, Folkways Records
Sea Song Favorites (X Seamen's Institute), Folkways Records
A Chesapeake Sailor's Companion (The Press Gang), Mariner Records
"The Old Bells (Stare Dzwony)" At The Albert Dock, Maritime Culture Foundation, Poland
Sailor! (John Townley), Maritime Music International
From The Baltic To The Bahamas (Townley/Siurawski), Maritime Culture Fndn.,
The Warsaw Mermaid (Townley/Siurawski), Maritime Culture Foundation, Poland
A Chesapeake Sailor's Companion (The Press Gang), Adelphi Records CD reissue
Classic Maritime Music (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
More about my music, original recording studio and Zappa, other music projects:
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