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The Birdz Sessions

The Birdz Sessions

About Me

The Birdz Sessions (BzS) is a Central Massachusetts based collaboration between musicians Richard Kneeland and Larry Vigneault. Richard writes most of the lyrics and plays rhythm guitar. Larry writes most of the music and plays lead guitar, slide, synth, and occasionally bass. Rich writes his lyrics from an autobiographical point of view based on his life experiences. We also engage some excellent local musicians to contribute their talent to the Birdz Sessions. The project was named the Birdz Sessions because Larry's nickname is "Birdz", and we do all of our recording in his studio.
To learn more about the Birdz Sessions, listen to The Birdz Sessions interview with Gary Osbrey from WINY Radio, 1350 AM (recorded on March 22nd, 2006).
Our first CD release High Above Manhattan is comprised of an eclectic mix of blues, rock, pop, and jazz music.
Our CD is now available at CDBaby.com .
You can also hear more of our music on our Soundclick site:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=323451
We hope you enjoy our unique style of music and would love to hear your comments.

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Music:

Member Since: 1/25/2007
Band Website: birdzsessions.com
Band Members: Larry "Birdz" Vigneault: lead guitar/slide guitar/synth
Richard Kneeland: vocals/rhythm guitar/percussion

Other contributors:

Suzanne Buell - background vocals
Rick Calcagni - bass guitar
Joe D'Angelo - guitar
James Evans - drums/percussion/background vocals
Kevin O'Connell - bass guitar, percussion
Eric "Snake" Gulliksen (Orpheus) - synth, background vocals
Morgan Scott - Keyboards
Barbara St. Pierre - vocals
Mark Weissman - saxophone
Bobby "Sticks" Winston - drums/percussion/background vocals
John "Woody" Witti - bass guitar/percussion/background vocals

Influences: Steely Dan, Lee Ritenour, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, Howard Roberts, Larry Carlton, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and a long list of other folks.
Record Label: Birdz Studios
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We’re almost there!

Suzanne Buell provided us with some excellent backing vocals over the weekend.  We plan on mixing the tune on Saturday the 21st so if all goes well, we may be posting the new tune this weekend fo...
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:33:00 PST

Update on Broken Lies

Broken Lies is nearing completion. The singer in my band - Suzanne Buell - is scheduled to lay down some background vocals on June 14th and then it's on to the final mix. We hope to be posting it in t...
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:36:00 PST

More on Broken Lies ...

I put down my guitar tracks today for Broken Lies. We need to get some background vocals done next and then we'll begin working on the final mixdown. I'm hoping we can post it in the next month or so,...
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Sun, 25 May 2008 04:15:00 PST

More Broken Lies ....

Broken Lies is progressing along nicely. Rich laid down the vocal tracks today so all that remains is to lay down the guitar part and background vocals, then we can begin the mix down. Stay tuned!
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:05:00 PST

Broken Lies

We recorded the basic tracks for our newest tune called Broken Lies. Over the next several weeks we will be adding the vocals and other instrument tracks as time allows. This tune has a bit of a regga...
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:07:00 PST

Working on a new BzS tune ...

The Birdz Sessions is working on a new tune called Broken Lies. We're excited about it as it marks a return to the Birdz Sessions roots and renews the collaboration between Rich and I. It will probabl...
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:31:00 PST

Interview with Barbara

Take a visit to our web site http://www.birdzsessions.com and click on the news link. We posted an inspiring interview with one of our favorite contributors, Barbara St. Pierre....
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:29:00 PST

Hypnotic Eyes

We just finished Hypnotic Eyes today.  We might make a few tweaks over the next week, but it's pretty close to what we were looking for.  This is a rock tune written by John "Woody" Witti.&n...
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:13:00 PST

"Paradise" is officially released

Well, it's been a long time coming and a lot of hard work, but we finally finished Paradise.  We hope you enjoy it, we think it's a song that makes you feel good, at least that's how it makes us ...
Posted by The Birdz Sessions on Sun, 06 May 2007 05:23:00 PST