Mellowdramatic Wallflowers:

My second (and longest running) band. Eclectic, catchy pop rock, on an odd assortment of instruments. Shortly after I left, they were joined by John Russell and changed the name to "Admiral Twin".

• Jarrod Gollihare: Drums, rythmic what-nots, acoustic guitar & vocals
• Mark Carr: Bass, keys, acoustic guitar & vocals
• Brad Becker: Guitar, clarinet, saxaphone, tsu-te flute, song flute, accordian, keyboards & vocals
• Me: Guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, assorted percussive snack items & vocals

• Continental Breakfast:
  1994. Recorded and mixed by the band, in the band house, on a rented Mackie 1604, pair of Alesis Adats and an odd assortment of mics.

 

• Play All

1. Rarely, Sometimes Maybe Never (Francen - me)
2. That Sneeze (Becker)
3. Rhetoric (Becker)
4. A Boy Who Would be a Tree (Carr)
5. Tell Me About the Things You Do (Gollihare)
6. The Honeymoon is Over (Carr)
7. I Said "That's what I Said" (Francen - me)
8. Bridges that Cross Over Dry Land (Gollihare)
9. June 27th (Becker)
10. No Algebra (Gollihare)
11. Half-light Considered (Carr)
12. Throw (Carr/Becker)
13. Everyman (Becker)
14. See a Little, Be a Little (Carr)
15. A Story She Sang (Francen - me)
16. Lost in the Words (Gollihare)

• Daffadowndilly:
  1992. Recorded & mixed at a studio I'd rather leave un-mentioned. Was never happy with the production on this album, but I still love the songs.

• Play All

1. Sitting Spinning (Carr)
2. Spelunking Through the Chaos (Carr)
3. The Darker Side of Love (Becker/MW)
4. Spy Der Spider (Carr/MW)
5. Wandering Backwards (Gollihare)
6. Kingdom of the Damned (Becker)
7. Pop Singer (Gollihare)
8. Candleboy (Gollihare)
9. Children Song (Carr)
10. Striped Man (Becker)
11. A Wizard I Knew (Carr/Gollihare)
12. The Dance of Clever St. Willie (MW)

• The Ep's:
  93 & 95. Cassette-only releases. The first 6 tracks were recorded and mixed by Steve Ripley at the Church Studio, around 93. The music of the last 4 tracks was recorded by the band on a borrowed Alesis Adat & my Mackie SR24X4 mixer in the office of a lawn care company, mixed down to 2 tracks and vocals added on my Fostex reel-to-reel at my house, around 95.

• Play All

1. Dancing on the Sun (Gollihare)
2. I Don't Know All I Know (Carr)
3. Forgotten Things (Becker)
4. Wrong Word Spoken (MW)
5. Buried Flowers (Becker)
6. Such a Saint (Gollihare)
7. Fiji Fandango (Carr)
8. Down (Becker)
9. She Might Leave Me Drowning (Gollihare)
10. Leonard's Placid Mind (The Disturbance) (Francen - me)

• Unreleased Oddities:
  93 & 95. Ripped from cassette. The first 8 tracks are leftovers from the Steve Ripley/Church Studio sessions, around 93. The last track, "Down-er", is a goofy remix of "Down" that I did as a joke/experiment. I used the vocals from the original recording, replaced all the music with drastically altered key changes/instrumentation and replaced the drums with somewhat carnival/marching band style percussion. It's kind of the "russian polka" version.

 

• Play All

1. Serendipity (Gollihare)
2. Engineer (Francen - me/Carr)
3. Lydia's Treehouse (Gollihare)
4. This is a Trip (MW)
5. Tale of Badishka's Mother (MW)
6. Only Heart (Becker)
7. Dying Log (Carr)
8. Repitition (Carr)
9. Down-er (Becker/remix - Francen - me)

Mellowdramatic Wallflowers songs are all © "Mellowdramatic Wallflowers".

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