The band's CD features Susan Zielke's moody vocals and Tom Nelson's edgy guitars. It moves to a trip-hop beat with Brooks' drumming and deejay Malcom Michiles' scratching. The latter musicians are members of Citizen King, whose career is scheduled to go into overdrive anytime now. Replacements for them are already being worked in. In addition, jazz player Josh Werner plays stand-up bass.
New age is nowhere audible.
I'm playing a Wurlitzer electric piano and the guitar is rooted in the Meters, but we also have a very '90s thing going on with the scratching, using records from all over. The bottom line for me is melody, the song, staying within a structure people can recognize but putting it in a new context. Comet 9 is the next ladder, leaning against a wall Buffett has yet to climb. It's a dilemma, but I'm sick of being pigeonholed. Meanwhile, as plans for Spirit Dance are being drawn up, the phones are ringing about Comet 9.