http://www.muzzleofbees.com/2009/01/20/muzzle-of-bees-interview-strand-of-oaks/ Half of it's you, Half is me Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:16:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.muzzleofbees.com/2009/01/20/muzzle-of-bees-interview-strand-of-oaks/comment-page-1/#comment-236992 Tuc Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:32:25 +0000 http://www.muzzleofbees.com/?p=4477#comment-236992 I grew up on punk rock and bad metal and ended up on tour with this guy somehow and backing him as a drummer. Honestly I don't typically listen to singer/songwriter stuff, and when I met Tim our first conversation was about Joe Satriani of all things. Weird? Maybe not. Well, yes, weird. I'm not just saying this because I like him as a pal or anything, but damn, I do find myself wanting to listen to his songs because they are just that good and compassionate and simply put...good! It doesn't matter the genre, it just has to be good, like this! Have a taste. I grew up on punk rock and bad metal and ended up on tour with this guy somehow and backing him as a drummer. Honestly I don’t typically listen to singer/songwriter stuff, and when I met Tim our first conversation was about Joe Satriani of all things. Weird? Maybe not. Well, yes, weird. I’m not just saying this because I like him as a pal or anything, but damn, I do find myself wanting to listen to his songs because they are just that good and compassionate and simply put…good! It doesn’t matter the genre, it just has to be good, like this! Have a taste.

]]> http://www.muzzleofbees.com/2009/01/20/muzzle-of-bees-interview-strand-of-oaks/comment-page-1/#comment-141665 Jason Zeckowski Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:07:13 +0000 http://www.muzzleofbees.com/?p=4477#comment-141665 Hey, I just found this and I'm really humbled and so impressed. I've been out of the area for a long long time now, but, was the vocalist/guitarist for Tricolour Convention back in the mid 90's. There were very few of us who committed to play only our own music in an area that seemed to thrive on unoriginality and stolen expressionism. We had to often times leave the area to do gigs in places where folks would accept that we weren't playing a song they heard on the radio on the way to the show. But it is great to hear now that some folks have stood up and taken the reigns to be real, true and heard. I just listened to Strand of Oaks, and just found a beautiful center and true belonging to the essence of drawing in, finding the self, and expanding it out to the world. John is right, maybe NEPA is finding it's way.... finally. Hey, I just found this and I’m really humbled and so impressed. I’ve been out of the area for a long long time now, but, was the vocalist/guitarist for Tricolour Convention back in the mid 90′s. There were very few of us who committed to play only our own music in an area that seemed to thrive on unoriginality and stolen expressionism. We had to often times leave the area to do gigs in places where folks would accept that we weren’t playing a song they heard on the radio on the way to the show. But it is great to hear now that some folks have stood up and taken the reigns to be real, true and heard. I just listened to Strand of Oaks, and just found a beautiful center and true belonging to the essence of drawing in, finding the self, and expanding it out to the world. John is right, maybe NEPA is finding it’s way…. finally.

]]> http://www.muzzleofbees.com/2009/01/20/muzzle-of-bees-interview-strand-of-oaks/comment-page-1/#comment-132606 John Gibbon Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:32:51 +0000 http://www.muzzleofbees.com/?p=4477#comment-132606 Thank you MoB!!! I'm afraid I've been living under a rock for quite a while... I live in quaint ol' Plains, which is really just up the road from Wilkes-Barre and somehow I missed hearing anything about Tim. Good to see the area get some recognition once again. Oh, gone are the days when original bands like Tricolour Convention, Freight Train and Solution A.D. blazed a trail here, but MoB, you just restored my faith in the originality of this renewed coal town. Thank you MoB!!! I’m afraid I’ve been living under a rock for quite a while… I live in quaint ol’ Plains, which is really just up the road from Wilkes-Barre and somehow I missed hearing anything about Tim. Good to see the area get some recognition once again. Oh, gone are the days when original bands like Tricolour Convention, Freight Train and Solution A.D. blazed a trail here, but MoB, you just restored my faith in the originality of this renewed coal town.

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