I’m now the proud owner of the Blues and Lasers EP, five songs of rock and roll dirty goodness. I wrote a bit about the band earlier but for those of you who don’t know the EP credits the following:
Scott Tournet - vocals, guitar (left speaker), lasers, harmonica, moog, percussion
Benny Yurco - guitar (right speaker), rhodes, lasers
Bryan Dondero - bass, moog, theramin, lasers
Matt Burr - drums
Steve Sharon - drums, background vocals, lasers
Additional musicians include Jen Crowell, Aya Inoue and Grace Potter. I know what you’re thinking, “What the hell, couldn’t Matt play lasers too?”. Sadly, we don’t have the answer to that question but here’s a stream of W.N.W.G.D. that we think you’ll enjoy.
W.N.W.G.D. (Blues and Lasers)
The EP is available for purchase at GPN shows. We’ll find out where else you can get it in a bit.
Blues and Lasers came together out of the debris of the Scott Tournet Band. Scott, Steve Sharon, and Bryan Dondero had been playing music from Scott’s first two solo albums (Next To Canada, Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle) whenever Scott and Bryan had time off of tour with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. While Scott’s gigs were slowly getting better, he wasn’t entirely satisfied with the sound. “I wanted something heavier, bluesier, and riskier” states Tournet. “I wanted the force of Led Zeppelin, the groove of swampy Delta Blues, and the guitars of the late 60’s and early 70’s. I wanted to start writing music that lent itself to Saturday night as opposed to Sunday morning. Before when I would go into song writing mode, it would be an acoustic in front of a fireplace or something like that. This time it was more like a bottle of whiskey, my tele, and a fender amp with the reverb turned up.” Listening to the force of Sharon and Matt Burr (drummer for the Nocturnals) connecting with Dondero who then branches off into the twin lead guitar attack of Benny Yurco (Turkey Boullion Mafia) and Tournet, you get the feeling that he got what he was asking for…
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owllover 07.29.08 at 11:54 am
I bought the CD @ the STL gig and haven’t taken it out of my CD player yet. I LOVE IT. and Scott is right on in describing the vibe of the CD. can’t wait to see them @ Waterfront!!!
now, we need to figure out a name for the B and L street team….
c. tournet 07.29.08 at 12:08 pm
hurrah! And, Bravo!
Lots of great sounds and beats and patterns - a rock n’ roll testosterone tapestry!!
Danado 07.29.08 at 1:22 pm
I purchased the CD at the St. Louis show and it turned out just the he intended in my opinion. ROCK-N-ROLL and may I add, fun to dance to music. Just wanted more……………
Saygracenow 07.29.08 at 2:46 pm
Looking forward to catching the show at the waterfront. Oh what a nice day it’s going to be!
snowbird 07.29.08 at 4:03 pm
Loved what I’ve heard of the new tunes on myspace - so Scott and Company - you can be sure I’ll be buying the CD at Waterfront!
Kired 07.30.08 at 4:14 pm
I have two words to say about this: Gimme Gimme!