Many of the people who will look at this blog have already heard The Farm Team, the latest band featuring Andy Malkus and Jesse Morrison, formerly of the Tremors and Brand New Broken Homes.
The Farm Team is a new direction for them - folk songs performed in the old-timey style. Andy's high lonesome voice is perfect for this kind of music, and Jesse's gruffer baritone makes an excellent counterpoint. They haven't written any original songs yet (I'm not sure they plan to), but their selections so far demonstrate a broad musical knowledge and impeccable taste.
If you live in St. Louis, try to see them live. You won't regret it. If you don't, you'll have to make do with these demos, which I recorded in my living room before I moved. I'm sure they won't mind me posting them here.
The first is a DQE song called Married Girl. The instrumental break is reminiscent of the old BNBH style - Andy's part is a complex, rhythmically jerky construction that resolves into Jesse's strongly melodic mandolin part. Good stuff.
Next up is the traditional A Fool Such As I, most famously covered by Elvis. I suspect that Andy enjoys arranging songs more than writing them. In fact, the second tape we ever made under the BNBH name, Let's Spend This Christmas With The Brand New Broken Homes, featured his reworkings of Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues" and the Carter Family's "The Poor Orphan Child". Jesse was always the harmony expert, and he does a great job here.
I have a few more Farm Team songs available upon request, and if we're lucky they'll get recording again soon.
The Farm Team is a new direction for them - folk songs performed in the old-timey style. Andy's high lonesome voice is perfect for this kind of music, and Jesse's gruffer baritone makes an excellent counterpoint. They haven't written any original songs yet (I'm not sure they plan to), but their selections so far demonstrate a broad musical knowledge and impeccable taste.
If you live in St. Louis, try to see them live. You won't regret it. If you don't, you'll have to make do with these demos, which I recorded in my living room before I moved. I'm sure they won't mind me posting them here.
The first is a DQE song called Married Girl. The instrumental break is reminiscent of the old BNBH style - Andy's part is a complex, rhythmically jerky construction that resolves into Jesse's strongly melodic mandolin part. Good stuff.
Next up is the traditional A Fool Such As I, most famously covered by Elvis. I suspect that Andy enjoys arranging songs more than writing them. In fact, the second tape we ever made under the BNBH name, Let's Spend This Christmas With The Brand New Broken Homes, featured his reworkings of Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues" and the Carter Family's "The Poor Orphan Child". Jesse was always the harmony expert, and he does a great job here.
I have a few more Farm Team songs available upon request, and if we're lucky they'll get recording again soon.
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Do The Farm Team have a website or anyway of knowing when and where they will be playing? An e-mail list? I would like to see them play out.
Thanks!
-JB
I'll ask Andy to set up an email list or something.
We don't (have a website or list), but we need to get working on getting more shows and some measure of promotion. We are accepting positions for band managers, though. It's currently an unpaid position.
Our next show is June 18th at 10 at Pop's Blue Moon, to which I've never been.
--am
Uh, the show's on Friday night--June 17th.--am
Hey - a DQE member here. What a surprise! Can we please, please hear the demo?
Thanks
Dugan
Are you guys still playing together? If so, where and when?
DQE just played our 20th anniversary show! Grace Braun is more active under her own name, playing folk stuff, but DQE has some stuff lined up, all in Atlanta right now.
Dugan
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