Calling All Cars - Music

Sean Hayes Born Sean Padrick Hayes On August 27 1969 In New York City Is An American Singer-Songwriter. He Began Playing Traditional American And Irish Music With A Band Called The Boys Of Bluehill. Much Like The Man Himself Hayes' Musical Sensibilities Defy Easy Categorization. Just Because There's A Banjo Featured In A Track Don't Expect It To Sound Appalachian -- And Certainly Don't Expect That Recurring Tuba To Have Anything To Do With Sousa And His Severely Metered Marches. With His New Album "Big Black Hole And The Little Baby Star" The North Carolina-Bred San Francisco-Rooted Artist Continues To Embrace The Multifarious Channeling Billie Holiday In Her More Melancholy Moments Fucked Me Right Up Or Hitting The Pavement With Broken-Hearted Wild Eyed Friends Who Take Strength In Numbers Calling All Cars . With Subject Matter That Ranges From Polka Dot Panties To Innocent Death Row Inmates It's Best To Keep An Ear Cocked To Sort Out Hayes' Lyrics. A Masterful Songwriter And Fingerpicker The Singer Plays Guitar Mandolin And Banjo On The Album. Etienne De Rocher Mans The Piano Bass Keyboards And Backup Harmony Vocals And Ches Smith Supplies Percussion. Ara Anderson Who's Added His Horns To Tom Waits' And Jolie Holland's Albums Adds Some Powerful Oomph On Trumpet And Tuba. Hayes Says That The Process For Getting This Fourth Record Together Has Been "totally Organic - - It Has To Do With Time And How The Sound Changes Because Of It As Well As With The People You Play With." A Little Over A Year Ago While Playing A Warehouse Show For Local Arts And Culture Mag Kitchen Sink Hayes Bumped Into Fellow Musician De Rocher. It Was A Fortuitous Meeting. De Rocher Invited Hayes To Record A Few Songs At His Garage Studio And Hayes Eventually Recorded The Whole Of Big Black Hole There. Thanks In Part To De Rocher's Production The Album's Sound Is A Departure From His Previous Discs. Now Hayes Sounds A Little Less Folky A Little More Languid And Groovy As If He Loosened The Knot On His Hobo Tie After Tossing Back A Few Don Julios -- A Better Approximation Of His Live Shows.. - Elka Karl read less