David Vandervelde Interview / Schubas New Years Video

A cool interview with David Vandervelde surfaced this week. I encourage you to check it out by clicking here: David Vandervelde Interview

David was featured as part of our latest Where the Moon Came From release “Psychedelic Saturday”.

Download that sucker here: Psychedelic Saturday Download

Dave tells a great story about one of our friends, Jay Bennett. It made me think of the day when we were helping Jay move the studio (Pieholden) from Chicago to downstate Illinois.

We all arrived pretty early that day, Jay showed up a little later. Soon we all began deliberating about how to accomplish such a monumental task. There was literally tons and tons of gear and instruments crammed into every corner of the loft space.

After we had all paced around smoking cigarettes and throwing out ideas for nearly three hours, Jay exclaimed that he had the plan. The “Two-Pile Plan” to be exact. Everything in the studio would be put into one of two piles. Pile #1 would go to Champaign and pile #2…. would be tossed out the window into the dumpster below.

This plan was both hilarious and an effective. We put our our cigarettes and started hauling some of the best (and by best I mean heaviest) analog recoding equipment down three flights of stairs.

Later that day, due to a faulty freight elevator, we all narrowly escaped being trapped in the dankest, darkest, creepiest basement in the Midwest. A whole other story indeed.

The muscles in my lower back still seize up when I think about that day, but it was one of the best of my life.

Here is a recent video of Bobby Bare Jr and Dave at Schubas on New Years Eve.

Quite a good time, with Dan Duffy working the tap! This video also features the infamous Mr. Jimmy that David speaks about in this interview. Mr. Jimmy is playing keys, percussion (on a beer bottle) and singing.

We are all excited to hear what these dudes are working on down in Nashville. I’m sure I’ll have a post about it sometime soon.