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Brian Woodbury is a mad genius putting offbeat humor and
great post-jazz into a winning package. Two new releases
on ReR/Some Phil (http://www.rerusa.com
and
http://www.somephil.com) give testament to
Woodbury's unique vision. Consider on Variety Orchestra
the mostly instrumental "Threnody for Kennedy and
Connally" which regales the listener as a large jazz
ensemble does everything but laments as it races through
a condensed history of jazz. Toward the end, a set of
female voices comes in like the Andrew Sisters to
brightly sum up the assassination and Connally's
bullet-catching in a few, smart bars. Woodbury does a
lot of comedy music writing for TV and theatre and the
very talented Variety Orchestra lets him stretch into
other directions. This ensemble includes such names as
Marc Feldman (violin; Dave Douglas), Frank London
(trumpet; Klezmatics) andJonathan Feinberg (drums; They
Might Be Giants), to name a few! … I've always felt
vocalist Chris Rael (Church of Betty) sounds like he
should be in |
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TMBG. Rael is one of the
many artists to pay tribute to Woodbury by covering a
song on The Brian Woodbury Songbook. Others that appear
on this fun and funny collection of songs are Oren
Bloedow (Elysian Fields), Jill Sobule and Terre Roche
(The Roches). The strongest track on the album, through,
is "(Write it on a Little Yellow) Post-It" sung by David
Yazbek (Rockapella, Broadway's The Full Monty). A fairly
consistent studio band gives the songs a
factory-delivered, contrived bubblegum feel while the
talented and superlative interpretations of these great
songs make the tracks transcendent. Here my interview
with Brian on both releases.
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The Brian
Woodbury Songbook |
The Brian Woodbury Songbook (December 1, 2000)
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Songs on this album
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Have You Seen My Serene? (Chris Rael/Brian Woodbury
Songbook) |
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2.
Unspoken Love (Sean Altman, Keith Fluitt/Brian
Woodbury Songbook) |
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3.
Another Thing Goin' (Jill Sobule/Brian Woodbury
Songbook) |
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4.
Hippies Rise (Suzy Williams/Brian Woodbury Songbook)
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Explain the Rain (Terre Roche/Brian Woodbury
Songbook) |
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6.
Don't Be Afraid of the Stupid (Deb
Hiett-Borgia/Brian Woodbury Songbook)
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Depending on You (Lee Munn-Arvinger/Brian Woodbury
Songbook) |
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Little Tiny Boats (Carmen Borgia, Elma Mayer/Brian
Woodbury Songbook) |
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(Write It On a Little Yellow) Post-It (David
Yazbek/Brian Woodbury Songbook) |
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10.
Someone Who Died (Dudley Suanders/Brian Woodbury
Songbook) |
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She's Looking for Him (Oren Bloedow/Brian Woodbury
Songbook) |
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12.
My Africa (Joe Moe/Brian Woodbury Songbook)
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13.
Let's Do Everything (Brian Woodbury/Brian Woodbury
Songbook) |
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Santa Monica (Paul Perry/Brian Woodbury Songbook)
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Peaceful River (Brian Dewan, Elma Mayer/Brian
Woodbury Songbook) |
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Twice As Lonely (Nancy Howell/Brian Woodbury
Songbook) |
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17.
Steal This Song (Bill Burnett, Stephanie
Courtney/Brian Woodbury Songbook)
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Variety
Orchestra |
Variety Orchestra (1997)
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Songs on this album
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Take the J Train |
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Mom |
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Garbanzo Beans |
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4.
Venice, Italy |
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jesus Christ Alrighty |
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6.
Long May She Wave |
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7.
Threnody for Kennedy and connally
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Shenandowah/Innsbruck |
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Brian
Woodbury And His Popular Music Group |
Brian Woodbury And His Popular Music Group (1992)
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1. Your Roots Are Phony |
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2. They Told You So 3. The
Oranges |
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4. I Burn the Flag |
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5. Flavor Packet |
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6. Beat Around the Bush |
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7. Quit Your Job |
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8. One in a Million |
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9. I've Still Got My Balls |
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10. Lazy Fair |
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11. Everything's New in the
Sun |
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12. Get Wise |
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13. The Yuppie Tot Is Not |
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14. Better Than You in All
Ways |
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15. Dreamstate in California |
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16. Why'd You Have to Go? |
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17. Food Fight |
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18. Ecology Now |
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19. Because the Night Is
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All White
People Look Alike |
All White People Look Alike (1987)
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Songs on this album
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All White People Look Alike |
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2. I
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3.
Recitative ("I can tell the time of day...")
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4.
I'm Just the Kind of Guy that I Like
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5.
Breath of Air |
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Aria ("The Birds Don't Owe") |
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7.
I've Got a Right to Sing the Colorful music
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Yearning |
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9.
The Work Ethic |
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10.
Our Sin |
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11.
Who Says? |
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