You could hear the crack of the bat hitting the baseball at Fenway, flowers, and trees blooming, Bostonians wandering the city and Alice In Chains playing at the House Of Blues.īut that’s not what this review is about. Walking Papers is a blues-rock band formed by Jeff Angell and Barrett Martin, two long-serving veterans of. I was at the show to see Walking Papers a blues, classic rock mashup with collectively more years involved in the music scene than my own age. Walking Papers is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, USA, formed in 2012. Walking Papers is an American Rock Band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2012 by Jeff Angell and Barrett Martin, with the addition of Benjamin Anderson and Duff McKagan, and touring with Tristan Hart Pierce. Walking Papers, voiced by Jeff Angell warmed up the crowd in Boston. With each song, he took the crowd through an emotional story of life. From walking through crowd, rhythmically dancing and some mic tricks, Angell kept the fans engaged throughout the show. Walking Papers is a blues-rock band formed by Jeff Angell and Barrett Martin, two long-serving veterans of the Seattle music scene. Walking Papers, a Seattle super group featuring keyboardist Ben Anderson and vocalist/guitarist Jeff Angell (the Missionary Position), drummer Barrett. Live Rating: 70 based on 6 critic concert. Guitar solos by Pierce followed each smooth but hard hitting rock chorus that audience members appreciate. Find the latest Walking Papers concert reviews, ratings, tour details and news. Switching it up for soft rock piano ballads played by Benjamin Anderson supported by a thick deep bass tone played by Duff that would carry the beat, Walking Papers got the crowd moving and singing along.
Below you can check out some interview questions answered by Jeff Angell, the voice of Walking Papers.Ĭoncert Crap: Describe your sound using three words. Jeff Angell: Cinematic, Sinister, Provocative.īarrett saw me singing in my band the Missionary Position at this club Dante’s in Portland and he approached me about wanting to start a new project with a singer-songwriter as a break from his continuing instrumental endeavors. He adds a bass drum on beat 2 in measure one (left over from the snare in the intro), plays in two-measure mini-phrases dictated by an infectious bass drum pattern, articulates with snare sixteenths on the e and ah, and sets up and hits offbeat crashes like a big band drummer (measures seven and eight).We asked Duff, Ben and Mike McCready to play on a few songs each and when we released it things started to grow so we decided to take it out on the road and Duff and Ben decided to join us.ĬC: How did you come up with your band name? He had some extra studio time and I had some extra songs, so we rehearsed a staggering total of 6 times and went into the studio, just the two of us and Jack Endino, and laid down the foundation of what would become Walking Papers debut album. Transcription by Andy Ziker “Hard To Look Away”īarrett Martin conjures up Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix) on “Hard To Look Away,” using a number of subtle devices to draw in the listener. They will also be playing select headline dates as well as the WNOR Lunatic Luau. I think we captured a pretty good sound with this particular record.” QUICK LICKS WALKING PAPERS Join ALICE IN CHAINS Tour Headline Dates Announced March 26, 2018, 4 years ago news hard rock walking papers alice in chains Seattle’s Walking Papers will be hitting the road this spring with Alice In Chains, beginning April 28th in Boston. “Rock and roll has been around for a long time, so if you’re going to make a rock record you really to have to do it well, otherwise it can sound dated and disposable, and can lose the inherent excitement that rock and roll has.
Positioning like this covers the left-to-right configuration in the sound “stage,” but it’s really more front-and-back, which Martin says can add depth to the sound of the drums on a record.Īttention to sonic detail like this is supremely important in drawing out the life-blood in a rock drum recording, says Martin. I used Sennheiser 421s on the toms.”įor overhead mikes, Martin went back to the old Glyn Johns system, placing one ribbon mike in front of the rack tom and snare, and another one to the right behind the floor tom. The 58 is two finger-widths off the head, and the 441 a little bit lower than that, so they’re not right on the drum there’s a bit of space and air in there. The band was formed by singer/guitarist Jeff Angell of The Missionary Position. “I used an AKG D112 on the kick and a Shure Beta 58 on top of the snare, but then I’d use a Sennheiser 441 on the bottom of the snare. Walking Papers is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2012. WP2’s drum sound owes a tip o’ the hat to Martin’s longtime producing mentor Jack Endino, from whom he gleaned much of the basics of studio drum recording.
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