Two Man Gentlemen Band on WNYC Soundcheck

THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND stopped by Soundcheck on WNYC on Tuesday August 31 to play "Chocolate Milk," "Franklin Pierce" and "A Gentle Stomp" from ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta! and to talk business with Jon Schaefer. Listen here: 

LIFEGUARDS 7-inch Pre-Order Coming Next Week

Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard are the

LIFEGUARDS.
Product Head

7-inch vinyl (SBR44/EJRC075)
A. Product Head (3:55)
B. Naught Windsor (3:10)

Product Head 7" out October 5.

"Product Head" comes from the forthcoming follow-up to 2003's Mist King Urth which is called Waving at the Astronauts and is coming out in February. That was 1971. This is 1979.

Produced by Doug Gillard and Travis Harrison
Made at Serious Business Music, NYC.
Pre-order starting 09/07/10. 7" comes with free download. brought to you by Serious Business in association with Ernest Jenning Record Co.

Serious Business proudly unveils ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!, the 6th and finest album from
THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND

¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta! (SBR45)
1. A Gentle Stomp
2. Chocolate Milk (DOWNLOAD MP3)
3. Me, I Get High on Reefer
4. Put it in My Ear (When You Make that Music)
5. Going Into Business
6. I Already Have a Dance Partner
7. Andy Bean's Bounce
8. Franklin Pierce
9. There's Somthing In My Trousers
10. I Like to Party with Girls
11. The Leisure Class
12. Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta
13. Wine, Oh Wine!
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THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND - ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta! by seriousbusiness

The Two Man Gentlemen Band's hot, raucous, old-time Vaudevillian sound has made them an underground sensation. They traverse the country incessantly, playing hundreds of shows per year including recent dates with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson.

Their style - musically & visually - incorporates elements of hot jazz, rhythm & blues, tin-pan alley, and western swing and their original songs consistently "prove that making old-fashioned music needn't be polite or predictable" (Time Out New York). They deftly balance lighthearted and often hysterical romps about reefer, wine, boy/girl parties, and chocolate milk with tender ballads of loneliness and fidelity. And with their cautionary, gospel-tinged stomp about the forgotten, alcoholic President Franklin Pierce they once again "take smart songwriting to a whole new level." (Mental Floss) It is a party record, and a dance record, yes. But it's also a musical portrait of the thrills, troubles, and temptations of a life spent barnstorming from coast to coast.

TOUR DATES AND MORE AT THETWOGENTLEMEN.COM

Straight Talk with Andy Bean

"¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta! is out on August 31st. Let us put it in your ear."

This has been Straight Talk with Andy Bean

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THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND - ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta! by seriousbusiness

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Pitchfork Announces Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard's LIFEGUARDS Project Coming to Serious Business.

Read all about it. new solo records, new Boston Spaceships, Mars Classroom, an art show...And then in February comes a record from his Lifeguards project with ex-GBV guitarist Doug Gillard called Waving at the Astronauts on Serious Business and Ernest Jenning Record Co.

OCTOBER - LIFEGUARDS - Product Head 7"
FEBRUARY - LIFEGUARDS - Waving at the Astronauts LP

Bob Pollard: Working harder than you since 1957.

THE PAPARAZZI and THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND Stop By BreakThruRadio's Live Studio Show (Recorded at Serious Business Music).

NYC based internet radio institution BreakThru Radio recently welcomed two of our bands onto their long running BTR Live Studio show. Both of these sessions happened at Serious Business Music Recording Studio (which I recently finally started a Facebook page for) and were presided over by me, Travis.

THE PAPARAZZI Erik Paparazzi assembled Ward White (acoustic guitar / sweet ass harmony vocals) , Craig Smith (drums), Adam Chilenski (bass and vocals) for this very special session. Erik, a noted guitar slinger and bass man, decided to focus on piano for this session, which was a treat because he is the consummate musical bad-ass. He so infrequently assembles a live incarnation of Rococo record, a piano redux of old Paparazzi mainstay "Zanzibar," and a handful of new tunes which will get you salivating for the next Paparazzi record which may not emerge for a while but will be worth the wait. Interspersed throughout Erik talk's to Maia McDonald about Rococo's cover art, the spirit of the Beatles and his time playing with Cat Power and recently with Bambi Kino.
Listen to the Paparazzi's BreakThru Radio Live Studio appearance here.

00:00 BTR Live Studio
00:57 Zanzibar
04:24 Epic Proportions
08:48 Interview
16:06 Late or Later
20:19 Rosebud
22:49 Interview
26:27 And Away We Go
31:19 Interview
36:09 The Rococo
37:53 Wave Wave Away
41:36 Interview
43:43 Any Other Way

THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND
BTR stopped by the studio while Andy Bean and the Councilman were in the midst of recording their 6th and finest LP, the unforgettable mono experience that is ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!
. Hear a sneak preview of the album on this show, along with typically hilarious banter from these kings of retro Vaudevillian olde-time music. Fans of the Gentlemen's furious live shows will be delighted to hear their trademark fast-paced routines in all their glory here.
Listen to the Two Man Gentlemen Band's BreakThru Radio Live Studio appearance here.


00:00 Two Man Gentlemen Band
01:06 Wine, Oh Wine / Franklin Pierce
13:13 Interview
14:07 I Like to Party With Girls
16:33 Interview
20:37 Leisure Class
22:57 Interview
24:45 That Gentle Stomp
31:14 Chocolate Milk
34:18 I Already Have a Dance Partner
36:54 Interview
38:39 William Howard Taft
41:30 My Baby's Off the Market

What's Happenin'? Serious Business Business Update

Hi. This is Travis. I'm going to take a few minutes to inform you what Serious Business Records has been up to so far in 2010. Even if you care, you could find this tedious.

New shit...

THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND: Dos Amigos Una Fiesta The sixth album from the Gentlemen was recorded in glorious mono by me at Serious Business in April 2010. Richard Morris and I mixed it. He mastered it. Jarrod Engel supplied his ample man ears. Andy Bean and the Councilman supplied their finest song-batch yet. The entire record was recorded live to 2" tape with no overdubs. Song titles include "I Like to Party With Girls," "There's Something in My Trousers," "Going Into Business," and of course the sweet ass Grammy magnet "Me, I Get High on Reefer." This will be out officially in the Fall. If you happen to catch the Gentlemen on the road this summer you are likely to find the CD for sale already. Please feel free to pre-order the CD here. It will ship on or before the release date, AUGUST 31, 2010.



Here is a sneak peek of the guys recording the title track at Serious Business.

THE UNSACRED HEARTS: The Honor Bar There is also The Honor Bar which to chief Hearts Joe and Dave and I has been the album we've been working on since late 2006. Mind you we work very sporadically so it isn't like we've been slaving away or anything. It sounds like a slow motion photograph. This record has a warm and cohesive sound which might surprise someone who only knows us from In Defense of Fort Useless (2006) which was gloriously scattered. The Honor Bar can be played in one's home while one is chilling out drinking tea with one's special lady friend. And then there is this little EP called Night Shift at the Hawk Refinery which sports more loud rock and which will undoubtedly reveal itself as a free EP soon. To summarize, we are trying really hard to finish The Honor Bar. For now, enjoy downloading and listening to "I Am Joe."

THE UNSACRED HEARTS - I Am Joe by seriousbusiness

ROCKETSHIP PARK: Cakes & Cookies This record has been gestating slowly since as early as 2006 but most of it has happened in the past year or two. It is safe to describe this record as a little more "up" than its predecessor Off and Away but that alone would be doing it a great disservice. Josh continues to prove himself as a songwriter capable of cutting deep. Josh enlisted performances from the usual suspects: Eric Jackson, Brian Kantor, Annie Nero, Mike Phillips, Dawn Landes, Bryan Devendorf (the National), me, engineer Halsey Quemere. Chances are there'll be a little supplementary EP called Nuts and Bolts that will emerge too and this puppy has a sweet title track with a lead vocal from Lauren Balthrop. Release date? Who knows? It is in bad form to be talking about this stuff right now at all since things change and nothing is 100% official yet. But I'm an emotional guy (50% Sicilian) and I'm excited. We're really close to finishing the mixes which sound very alive and three-dimensional and exciting to my ears and then Jamal Ruhe is probably going to expertly master it for us this summer up at West West Side and then we'll let you know what's up.


BENJI COSSA has a record brewing that is blowing my mind as we work on it and hopefully we will get it done and into your earholes before too long. There are a lot of songs. Over thirty. They are all golden hits. This is the second record Benji and I have worked on together at the Serious Business studio in NYC (the first was Benji Cossa and the Tightens). Here is "Annie Delia" which was originally leaked on our year end sampler in December but has since been altered with more harmonies and some sweet horns.

BENJI COSSA - Annie Delia by seriousbusiness


HIGGINS also has follow-up to Zs in progress which the last time I spoke with Kevin was going to be called Straight As. Again, it is in poor taste to reveal this at such an early stage. He also had an amazing cover idea but you know how these things go and it is early in the game. The band recorded some basic tracks last year with me at Serious Business and some more with our buddy Jamal Ruhe in a big ass upstate NY church. Kevin has been pruning these tracks since then but has been distracted by life, work and love (aren't we all) and none of these tracks have reached the mixing stage so it is safe to say at this point we won't be getting Straight A's for a while. Early 2011 at the soonest. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be excited however. Back in December Higgins visited me for the first Casual Business session. Now we haven't dropped this session on the Internet yet because we're trying to get that project rolling a little bit before we jam all kinds of Serious Business bands up inside of it. But believe me when I say Higgins brought it that day and these recordings of old classix, new hits and a deep old Turtles number will be in your ears for free this summer. Kevin also recorded a version of a new Benji Cossa song called Leaving Hell last year and why haven't I finished mixing that yet? Your ears need this! Jesus, I have so much work to do!


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...and more (... a tease ...): There is another big project underway that will emerge out of the ether this fall/winter and you'll be very pleased to find out what it is. You'll find out when it is the right time.

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...aaaand I can't help myself but to inform you that I am now a new proud daddy and Ruby Roses Harrison is my baby daughter. She was born on July 7, 2010. She rules:


Love,
Travis Harrison

SONG OF THE WEEK: "Pollen Seeking Bees" by SAADI

THE PAPARAZZI: Rococo
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