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Jeff Calder

About Me


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Jeff Calder grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He spent his teenage years in Lakeland, Florida, selling clothing after school and trying to convince his friends to let him be in their bands. Upon graduation from the University of Florida in 1973, he pursued a career as a free-lance writer before moving to Atlanta in 1978 to form The Swimming Pool Q's with Bob Elsey. Over the years, his articles have appeared in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, South Atlantic Quarterly, Mix Magazine, and Stomp and Stammer, among other publications. His popular long essay, "Living By Night in the Land of Opportunity: Reflections on Life in a Rock & Roll Band," appeared in Duke University's South Atlantic Quarterly (Fall, 1991). He's also known for his in-depth liner notes for The Deep End and for Matthew Sweet's To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet. His appreciation of Richard & Mimi Farina aired on National Public Radio's All Things Considered in December, 1999.In the 1990s, during the protracted recording of The Swimming Pool Q's Royal Academy of Reality, Calder was a regional A&R scout for Interscope Records and producer Brendan O'Brien's Sony subsidiary, 57/Shotput Records. For Shotput, he produced The Sight-seers disc Funseeking With The Sight-seers, and he was reissue coordinator for Music To Eat (Sony/Columbia/Shotput), the classic avant-garde rock album by Hampton Grease Band, originally released on Columbia Records in 1971. With Royal Academy co-producer Phil Hadaway, he produced an album for Savannah's City of Lindas. Calder also contributes lyrics and music to Supreme Court (Supreme Court Goes Electric; DB Recs; 1992), his group with guitarist Glenn Phillips; their new album, Sun Hex, is forthcoming.

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UPCOMING SHOWS:

The Swimming Pool Q's are celebrating their 30th Anniversary in 2008! UPCOMING SHOWS:

The SPQ's will be playing at the Hummingbird in Macon, Georgia on Friday, June 5th with the Tim Lee 3. Go to www.swimmingpoolqs.com for more details.

553 Amsterdam Avenue in Atlanta

The Supreme Court, featuring Jeff Calder of The Swimming Pool Q's and Atlanta guitarist Glenn Phillips, will be opening for Richard Lloyd & The Sufi-Monkey Trio on Monday, August 4 at Savannah Smiles(314 Williamson St., Savannah, GA 31401 - behind the Bay Street Quality Inn). Showtime for The Court is 8 PM.Advance tickets are available from Tiny Team Concerts.Guitar legend Richard Lloyd was cofounder of TELEVISION with TOM VERLAINE. Supporting Richard in the Sufi Monkeys will be Television drummer BILLY FICCA. This is a rare stop on Richard's first Southeastern tour in more than two decades. He'll be performing songs from his new album The Radiant Monkey (2008), as well as his own versions of old Television tunes.

On Saturday, March 15, St. Patrick's Day Weekend, The SWIMMING POOL Q's and THE GLENN PHILLIPS BAND will be appearing on at Red Light Café in Atlanta, Georgia. Glenn Phillips Band plays at 8:30; The Swimming Pool Q's play at 10:30. Jeff Calder of The Q's will also play keyboards and guitar with Glenn. It will be an all ages, non-smoking event. The Red Light Café is located at 553 Amsterdam Avenue in Atlanta, 403.874.7828

Special Double Bill !!!

A-Bomb Woke Me Up: Video. This video is a "No Big Wheel" production video, "The A-Bomb Woke Me Up". A Frame by Frame video created for the Swimming Pool Q's reissue of "The Deep End" in 2001. Photos by Steve Rucker. Animated by Andy King. Art Direction, Props and Modeling by Lisa King. Props and Modeling by Michael Rucker. Extra, extra special thanks to Stuart Clark (http://www.stuartclark.net/) for investing his time and help in converting this video to a modern format, so that it can be viewed on the net.
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My Blog

The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing the Candler Park 2009 Fall Fest on Saturday, October 10th

The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing the Candler Park 2009 Fall Fest on Saturday, October 10th, at 6:50 p.m. For more information on the festival, please visit www.candlerparkfallfest.org.
Posted by on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:25:00 GMT

TO HEAR MORE GLENN PHILLIPS/JEFF CALDER, go to: http://www.myspace.com/thesupremecourtatlana

The Supreme Court is Glenn Phillips' side project group with vocalist Jeff Calder of the Swimming Pool Q's. They will be playing live at the Red Light Cafe on Friday, Nov. 28th.  TO HEAR MO...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:26:00 GMT