BTB is the Baker Thomas Band debut full length studio record.
This recording features ton of musicians including the core band of course, Hugh McGowan, Noah Maltsberger, Jake Bush, Jim Larkin, Jeff Gaynor, Tim Lewandowski, Dietrich Strause, Tom Bianchi and many more!
released March 25, 2011
The bonus photos in this purchased package are by: Outdoor "Reunion" picture - Mike Spencer. Middle East Downstairs Stage shot: Caroline Alden.
Track credits
HEY HEY BABY
Jim Larkin - Drums, Hugh McGowan - Electric Guitar, Jake Bush - Accordion, Noah Maltsberger - Electric Guitar, Steve Latt - Mandocaster, Jeff Gaynor - Keyboard, Tim Lewandowski - Trombone, Dietrich Strause - Trumpet, Tom Bianchi - Electric Bass Guitar/Vocals/Additional Percussion
EASIER THAN THIS
Jim Larkin - Drums, Hugh McGowan - Electric Guitar, Steve Latt - Violin, Jeff Gaynor - Acoustic Piano, Jake Bush - Accordion, Tim Lewandowski - Trombone, Dietrich Strause - Trumpet, Ryan Fitzsimmons - Background Vocals, Greg Klyma - Mandolin, Alan Goodrich - All Percussion except... Jesse Pagano - Washboard, Pen Whistle, Tom Bianchi - Electric Bass Guitar/Vocals
GOT IT ALL
Jim Larkin - Drums, Noah Maltsberger - Electric Guitar, Jake Bush - Accordion, Jeff Gaynor - Keyboard, Hugh McGowan - Electric Guitar, Steve Latt - Violin, Tim Lewandowski - Trombone, Dietrich Strause - Trumpet/Background Vocals, Alan Goodrich - Congas, Tom Bianchi - Electric Bass Guitar/Vocals
YOU AND ME AGAIN
SHRIMP (Big Ugly Music Productions) - Drums, Sonny Barbato - Accordion, Steve Latt - Mandolin, Tom Bianchi - Acoustic Bass Guitar/Vocals
WHERE YOU GONNA BE?
Jim Larkin - Drums, Steve Latt - Violin, Jeff Gaynor - Piano, Danielle Miraglia - Acoustic Guitar/Background Vocals, Greg Klyma - Mandolin, Tom Bianchi - Electric Bass Guitar/Vocals/Harmonica
TRAIN FACE
Jim Larkin - Drums, Tim Lewandowski - Trombone, Dietrich Strause - Trumpet, Steve Latt - Mandocaster, Jake Bush - Accordion, Jeff Gaynor - Acoustic Piano, Greg Klyma - Electric Guitar, Mandolin. THE TRAIN FACE SINGERS ARE: Patrick Coman, Chris Hutchison-Jones, Sara Gaynor, Jerome Mace, Alan Goodrich, James Houlahan, Andrea Newland, Cecily Connor, Neal DeYoung, Tom "Captain Easychord" Despres, Brooke "B Fein" Feingerg, Ali NIkseresht, Tim Lewandowski, April DiMartino, Danielle Miraglia, Huxley and Sawyer Lawson. (...and their faces are beautiful and not train-like at all!), Tom Bianchi - Electric Bass Guitar/Vocals/Electric Guitar/Additional Percussion
ARMOR
Jim Larkin - Drums, Noah Maltsberger - Electric Guitar, Hugh McGowan - Electric Guitar, Jeff Gaynor - Acoustic Piano, Alan Goodrich - Congas/Percussion, Tom Bianchi - Electric Bass Guitar/Vocals
FRUIT FLY
Jim Larkin - Drums, Steve Latt - Violin, Tim Lewandowski - Trombone, Dietrich Strause - Trumpet, Jeff Gaynor - Piano, Jake Bush - Accordion, Greg Klyma - Mandolin, Alan Goodrich - Bongos, Jesse Pagano - Washboard. THE NA-NA SINGERS ARE: Patrick Coman, Chris Hutchison-Jones, Sara Gaynor, Jerome Mace, Alan Goodrich, James Houlahan, Andrea Newland, Cecily Connor, Neal DeYoung, Tom "Captain Easychord" Despres, Brooke "B Fein" Feingerg, Ali NIkseresht, Tim Lewandowski, April DiMartino, Danielle Miraglia, Huxley and Sawyer Lawson. Tom Bianchi - Electric Bass Guitar/Electric Guitar/Additional Percussion.
ANOTHER ROUND
Tom Bianchi - Electric Bass Guitar/Vocals
TAKE ME AWAY
Jim Larkin - Drums, Jeff Gaynor - Keyboard, Steve Latt - Mandocaster, Jake Bush - Accordion, Tim Lewandowski - Trombone, Dietrich Strause - Trumpet, Hugh McGowan - Electric Guitar, Danielle Miraglia and Ryan Fitzsimmons - Background Vocals, Greg Klyma - Acoustic Guitars, Tom Bianchi - Electric and Acoustic Bass Guitars/Vocals/Additional Percussion
LAST CALL AT DAWN
*Arranged by Dietrich Strause and Tim Lewandowski. Dieter played piano, Tim played trombone and I hit record. And I will never play the recorded story of the beer, basement and bee bee gun for anyone, ever... so sayith the Baker.
All songs written arranged and produced by Tom Bianchi (C) 2011 24 Hour Recordings. *unless otherwise noted
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Aside from drum parts on You And Me Again by Shrimp (Recorded at his studio in Vermont.
www.shrimptunes.com) and all Mandocaster parts by Steve Latt (recorded at his home in New Hampshire), all sounds on this album were recorded at "24 HouR RecordingS"... which is Tom's apartment in Somerville, or more so the 2nd floor apartment in the wonderful home of Tish Jarosewicz.
Photograph by David Maccaferri
www.presenceinphotography.com
All graphic design on this package by (YOUR INFO HERE... or however you would like to say that... include weblinks if you'd like of course.)
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The Baker Thomas Band would like to thank all of our family and friends and especially the following list of folks for being so supportive of us since this band threw itself together in March of 2009. So many wonderful people have inspired us to make great music and have a great time:
The residents that put up with all the ruckus. Tish Jarosewicz, Danielle "Thumb Of Doom" Miraglia, Christene "Texas" Fair and Joe "The Cook" Rose for all their support and tolerance of the constant banging on instruments.
The great engineers who helped with tremendous advice during the production of this record including Ryan Cecil, Jonathan Byrd, John Elliot, Joe Stewart, Joe Kay, Todd Russell, Dan Cardinal, Matt Malikowski, Tom Dube, Pam Craven and Dietrich Strause and anyone else who picked up the phone even though they knew it was probably a desperate "Uhhh... how do I..." Protools call.
All the folks who pre-ordered the disc and helped make it happen!!! We couldn't have done it without you... seriously... we didn't have the money until you bought the disc.
The good (families) staff of Lizard Lounge and TOAD in Cambridge and The Burren in Somerville as well as many other venues for providing stages and wonderful places to perform music, as well as cheap booze and food for the musicians. We like that part a bunch.
All of the great bands and peers we've shared stages with especially the Brothers McCann, who invited us along to their Harpers Ferry show as well as REUNION! Seriously, nobody brings it like these guys. Seriously
No Place Special. You know why... unless you don't. In which case, get your ass to No Place Special.
The NA-NA and TRAIN FACE SINGERS!!! Who gave up a Sunday afternoon to sing, drink, eat cake make rock and roll history, listen to Sawyer's joke about bull's balls and of course, laugh.
Dana McNally (who seriously came through for us very last minute with tremendous work and images that will stick with our band forever!) and David Maccaferri (who has shot some great pictures of us!) for their contribution to this package as well as Jamie Meditz, Todd Lehman and any other photographers I may have missed who have contributed so much to the cause! Thank you for documenting it! (...and leaving the embarrassing after party photos out of your Facebook posts, pretty much.)
Alex Hoxha and Laura Burke for their wonderful support and help with the creation of our website! We're online! We must be pros!
Tom and Maryann Bianchi, Jim and Caroline O'Hara and Danielle Miraglia. This production would not be possible without them and their support. This is a big one.
Huxley and Sawyer Lawson. They drove 4 & 1/2 hours to spend winter vacation with Dad only to be forced into the rigid child labor of singing, "Na-na-na-na-na" and "Traaaain Face" over and over, only to be paid in ice cream.
If we forgot anyone specifically, we apologize and we hope this next paragraph covers it!
A special thank you goes out to all of the wonderful people who have come to shows and jumped on the good time train that is the BTB, as well as the amazing musicians who have jumped on the stage to share some tunes with us on any given night. The spontaneous collaborative effort is how this band began and it is an aspect of what we do that we will always keep. We do not have fans. We have friends, peers and family.
www.bakerthomasband.com
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PROGRAM ONE
1. Hey Hey Baby - 2:56
2. Easier Than This - 4:12
3. Got It All - 5:24
4. You And Me Again - 3:53
5. Where You Gonna Be? - 4:05
PROGRAM TWO
6. Train Face - 5:12
7. Armor - 6:00
8. Fruit Fly - 4:13
9. Another Round - 4:18
10. Take Me Away - 6:11
All songs written by Tom Bianchi - (C) 2011 24 Hour Music
www.bakerthomasband.com