I just finished recording Lil’ Alice Spencer and Her Monkey Butlers. It was my first purely engineering project. I loved it, I only had to worry about the sound and didn’t have to juggle that with bass playing duties.
Here is a description of the band from Alice’s website:
Li’l Alice & Her Monkey Butlers perform jazz and blues from the 1920′s & 1930′s, as well as original material. The band is led by singer Alice Spencer with Mark Rubin on tuba (Bad Livers, Klezmer Brass All-Stars), ‘Pops’ Bayless on ukulele and banjo (Shorty Long, Asylum Street Spankers), Joe Cordi on piano (Giant City Sextet), and Ben Saffer on clarinet (Rubinchik’s Yiddish Ensemble, Victrola).
I’ll post clips once we have it mastered.
About John
John is an Nashville based touring/session bassist. He has played live and recorded with such artists as Little Big Town, Matt Nathanson, Brett Dennen, David Garza, Ingrid Michaelson, Patrice Pike, Juliana Hatfiled, Jack Ingram, Mike McClure, Adam Brand, Kate Earl, the Asylum Street Spankers, Blu Sanders and Craig Marshall.
John’s musical journey started in Texas at the prestigious Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, and that was followed by the University of North Texas.
John has also engineered/produced records by Tenlons Fort (symphonic folk/pop), Little Alice Spencer and Her Monkey Butlers (vintage jazz), LAZ D (hip hop) and Craig Marshall (guitar pop).
He is currently touring with Little Big Town in support to their album Reason Why.
