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Stephen Budd
7+ albums
poprockUS rockUS Pop
about
The Basic Scoop... Stephen is a singer/songwriter from Tucson who writes music that is part folk, part indie, and plays in two ways: solo acoustic artist ala coffeehouse and also band leader, with a band, Treehouse Fire (see treehousefire.com). He also writes electric guitar-based music and records it in his garage, but mixes it in a nice studio. Those recordings will be released soon, probably Fall '08, but first... The long awaited new cd, GATHERING SKY...... set to be released in April '08. ** Includes 14 songs written over the course of the last decade and recorded in a dusty basement in the winter in Detroit (burrrrrr!) and also Ann Arbor, Toledo, Madison and Tucson at full blown recording studios. These are songs that Stephen performs solo when he plays coffeehouses and clubs and also when he performs with his group, Treehouse FIre. (Listen to a live performance from Tucson Folk Fest@ www. treehousefire.com) Guests on the cd included John Convertino and Joey Burns from Calexico, on several songs, including the single (if there really is such a thing anymore) "Brand New Man". They also played on "Southwest of Here" as did Eric Peterson of Minneapolis (violin). On many of the other tracks, Shanti Foster played fiddle and Todd Hammes played percussion and/or drums. Many of the original drum tracks were recorded with Ron Pangborn (Matthew Sweet, Was Not Was), in his basement ADAT studio back in Detroit. In fact, one song, the title track, "End of the World
