Edwin Milam - synth cello
Monkey Bidness Music
Movin' On
The Bills (Billy C and Billy D) both wrote tributes to long-time Tennessee politicians. Bill Cole had a personal relationship with Senator Doug Henry, both in and out of the political arena; Bill Davidson's tribute to John Jay Hooker could have been told by any native Nashvillian - this is just Bill's way of telling it ... We're all all right with that ...
Bill Cole's tribute to the late State Senator from Tennessee, Douglas S. Henry III, who passed away in early March, 2017:
Bill Cole - acoustic guitar, whistle, vocal; Jere Ellis - bass, slide guitars
Bill Davidson's tribute to John Jay Hooker, famous Tennessee lawyer and politician
Bill Davidson - drums, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, lead and backing vocals; Jere Ellis - bass, backing vocsl;
John Nichols - backing vocals
Bill Davidson
Bill recorded most of "Not Much," by himself, with John adding organ and local guitar legend Pat Bergeson adding five different harmonicas, to create the "horn" parts.
Pat Bergeson - harmonica horn section, harp solo; Bill Davidson - drums, bass, guitars, vocals;
John Nichols - organ
Jere Ellis
Jere is a Libertarian. If you hadn't learned this by now, this song should convince you. Jere and Bill recorded this while waiting for John to return. Most significantly, the guitar lick that Jere had called "Third Mole From the Sun," finally found a home.
Bill Davidson - drums, backing vocals; Jere Ellis - bass, rhythm and lead guitars, lead and backing vocals;
Jere has, over the years, had a couple of pairs of dogs that gave definition to the name of his studio, "Barking Dawg." Coco and Cutter were two of them that Jere wrote a song about, as much for him and his wife as anybody else. Jere endured much playful grief from all of us at Barking Dog, because of the "super sweet" nature of this tune, but he still loves the memory of those two pooches, and so ...
John Nichols
After the closing of Barking Dawg in 2020, John continued playing music with old friends, Dale and Mark Brown, Amy Harris, Reed Trickett and Dave Mahanes, in a two-guitar rock cover band. After appearing in a benefit show for Habitat for Humanity, they were approached by a Grammy winning producer, who produced these two singles for demo use. First up, a cover of a song by the La's, "There She Goes," (L.A. Mavers MCPS/Wireless/Mechanical Copyright Protection Society, LTD), followed by Tom Petty's "American Girl" (Universal Music Publishing Group).
Both tunes feature Amy Harris on lead vocals.
The band, which cannot settle on an agreed name, last performed as "A Group of Brothers and Friends." It has actually video'ed some of its live charity performances (it only plays charity events - two shows at the old Exit\In and one at the Vinyl Lounnge, both in Nashville) ... Here are some of those performances, including one that includes new member, Dale Jarvis ...