Rock Indie JamBand
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Label type Indie
Label name Pie Records
Influences Dylan, Beatles, Zep, Floyd, Dead
Sounds like Dylan, Beatles, Zep, Floyd, Dead
Members Andy McCardle - Guitars/Harmonica/Vocals
Marc Spaziani - Bass Guitar/Vocals
Brian Wilkens - Guitar/Vocals/Keyboards
Bob Angiletta - Drums
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Headcase
Released: Oct, 15 2005 embed code
$5.0
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"Did You Say"
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"Sweet Pretty Thing"
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"Anyway"
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"Living Fantasy"
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"Gyroscopic Wobble"
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"Give Me Some Peace"
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"Ever"
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"Culprit"
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Main Information
| Name | Headcase |
| Genre | Rock Indie JamBand |
| Website address | www.headcasemusic.com |
| We Music Store Url | wemusicstore.com/headcasemusic |
| About | HEADCASE is a group of four talented musicians. We share the concerns of many over a lack of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance found in today's world. We've observed that direct efforts to confront these shortcomings politically have met with very little success. However, through our exposure to and experience in performing we have seen the joyful, peaceful, and positive effects that good music has on most people provided circumstances allow for it. We believe that being a part of a positive musical environment is the most significant contribution any of us as individuals can make to the world in which we live. Based on this premise, the four of us have worked together to write original music that will, simply stated, make people happy.
The HEADCASE style of playing is rock. Within that identity we offer a wide array of original music. But we're also well equipped to cover classic rock from Pink Floyd to Bob Dylan. Always we're working to bring joy to any and all who care to listen. HEADCASE was founded in 1997 in the Catskill Mountains, just west of Woodstock. We have played most of the venues found along the Route 28 corridor linking Kingston to Oneonta, New York. The three main counties of the area, Ulster, Sullivan, and Delaware, have been our stomping grounds, but we have played in the Tri-State area as well as in New York City and Boston. We continue to expand our activities to larger venues here in the East. We recently returned from California where we played two shows in Santa Cruz and two shows at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival. |
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CD is great showcase for Headcase By DAVE EDICK Press & Sun-Bulletin “Headcase,” Headcase Headcase in the spring — both bring a breath of fresh air. The band certainly accents the season with an invigorating rock/blues/country potpourri, spiced by wisps of pop, funk and jam-band moments. Headcase has a Roxbury (eastern Delaware County) base in Andy McArdle (vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica). But the members are far-flung in experience. McArdle learned guitar at 7. Bassist/vocalist Marc Spaziani's cousin, Larry Santos, wrote the Four Seasons' first hit, “Candy Girl,” in the 1960s. And Brian Wilkens (lead guitar, vocals) was touring in his early 20s. The band is well-traveled itself, having played from Boston to New York to Santa Cruz. In the Tier, the Delaware County/ Oneonta area has seen a number of its shows. With this 37-minute album recorded at the well-known Pie Studios on Long Island, you know the production is squeaky clean. It's just what's needed for Headcase's strong vocals and musicianship. Spring's spirit radiates over the course of eight songs here, sweetened by breezy inflections of the Beatles, the Allman Brothers Band, The Band and the Grateful Dead. The songwriters: Spaziani, four; McArdle and Wilkens, two each. The only entry not written by the band, “Caledonia Mission,” was penned by The Band (more specifically, Robbie Robertson of The Band). Headcase embellishes the countryrock story of a ’60s border confrontation with Canadian police with attention to instrumental detail and TLC that emotes an obvious deference to its creators. The cover is enhanced by strong vocal phrasing, tasty harmonica and Wilkens' piano prowess. Both of the songs written by Wilkens, “Culprit” and “Sweet Pretty Thing,” pack some of the CD's most passionate moments. “Culprit” opens the album with a funky country/rock shuffle that invokes such seemingly disparate performers as Johnny Winter or Loggins and Messina — all within 3½ minutes. “Sweet Pretty Thing,” with airs of the Dead and New Riders of the Purple Sage, explores “the lives that we lead.” Spaziani's uplifting gems reverberate with The Beatles and Allman Brothers, but he revs up “Living Fantasy” with country funk. The song's steamy groove slides into a bright Allman Brothers-style bridge. Soft Beatles/Eagles-like vocals and harmonies lend wings to “Did You Say” and “Anyway” as they observe life's searches. “Ever,” the closer, is a smartly-dressed homage to the harder-edged Harrison/Lennon guitar work found on “The White Album” and “Abbey Road” and carrying the observation: “Don't let the crowd push you around.” One of McArdle's two songs, “Give Me Some Peace,” is a skillful update of the classic ’60's-protest sound, firing pointblank shots such as “You took away our country; it's time to take it back.” Musically, he evokes the likes of the Byrds and Mason Profit. McArdle's other song, “Gyroscopic Wobble,” reins in a partial jamband reach for life's center at four minutes. Out live, the band in the past month has played in Oneonta and Laurens and at the Blind Tiger Pub in Afton. On July 29, they'll warm the 2006 Harbor Festival in Oswego. But spring, summer, fall or winter — this Headcase is a good thing anytime. 3½ (out of four stars) dedick@pressconnects.com 24 Press & Sun-Bulletin Thursday, June 8, 2006 music scene CD REVIEW www.headcasemusic.com |
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Contact Information
| City | Oneonta |
| State | NY |
| Zip | 13820 |
| Country | United States |
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 | From Blue Feb, 18 2007 Wishing you all the very best...
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 | From Headcase Sep, 15 2006 Hope you all enjoy the music and message!!!
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Feb, 18 2007
Wishing you all the very best...
I recently found out that I'm one of 10 finalists from the music contest on here that is eligible to win $1000 at the end of the month. In order for me to win, I must have the highest amount of votes by members, album sales and overall activity on my profile.
The night of Valentine's Day (music IS my lover) I recorded a few songs and they are now for sale as well. If it's been a while since you've seen my profile, do take a listen. Please check out my myspace profile too- there's a lot more to see, read and hear there (I'm a writer and videographer as well).
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thank you for your time and consideration.
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