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5-Track

About Me



5 sez:
They say I lived in the woods for twenty-five years and did nothing but play the guitar. I have named myself after a piece of imaginary obsolete analog recording equipment. If you want to believe that story, you can!

In Vermont I played mainly in the band called Bruce .
In Seattle I played the electric guitar with The Bond, Glass Goblins , Snoose Junction , Zoomsquad , Evan & The Modern Human Show and others, the idea being to play as much music as I could, all the time. I played bass in a few bands, too. That was a good seven years.
Now I am in Los Angeles. My girlfriend is here. I am glad to be with her. Mostly, here in L.A., I play the electric guitar, and I sing. (We call that a “solo project” ... ) I help out my friends, when they need an electric guitar player. And I play in a band called Cricket & The 2:19 .
I have recorded and released a bunch of CD-Rs along the way. They range from abstract and noisy improv ("321 Party") to solo-acoustic country-blues ("It's A What?") and rock'n'roll ("Kira") . There will be more of these - I can't seem to help making albums! It isn't enough just to play. I LIKE albums, I grew up listening to albums (I mean, forty minutes to an hour of music in a particular order, all at once) and now I HAVE TO MAKE THEM. I have posted samples of each on my website, www.5-Track.com , on the CDs page.
Anything else?
Oh, yeah: Nothing is etched in stone, don't let the bastards grind you down, and if you lose your happy thoughts you'll fall out of the sky!

video: "5-TRACK: Electric Train Station"
(with guest drummer Simon Thomsen)"
This excerpt includes the songs called "Lummi," "Cosmic Rays,"
and (with Simon) "Morning Train"
You can see the complete show here:
www.5-Track.com/5/5video.php
video: "5-TRACK & GLASS GOBLINS: Unknown Goblins"
This excerpt includes the songs called "I Don't Want To Lose This Moment," "The Meal You Catch Yourself," "Trying To Come Back (but they won't let him)" and "Can't Find The Ocean"
You can see the complete show here:
www.5-Track.com/5/5video.php
video: "5-TRACK: 12-String Expostulation in the Rock of the Eagle"
This excerpt includes the songs called "Blues For Horselover Fat," "Texas,"
"The Clock Song" and "The Video Game Song"
You can see the complete show here:
www.5-Track.com/5/5video.php
video: "The Naturalization Of The Cetacean Nation"
video: "Good English Is 'Fill Her Up'"
...from a postcard by Christian Peet
courtesy of bigamericantrip.blogspot.com
video: Amanda Jo Williams at the Airliner with Feather & 5
"Morning Thunder"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/20/2005
Band Website: http://www.5-track.com
Band Members: 5-Track - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, sing
Influences: Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, electric Miles Davis, Neil Michael Hagerty &/or Howling Hex, Acid Mothers Temple, Neil Young, Babatunde Olatunji, Sonny Sharrock, The Rolling Stones, Thelonious Monk, catcalls and birdsongs, Ghost, O O I O O, Alla Rakha, Comets On Fire, Six Organs Of Admittance, OM, Marlon Brando, Hunter S Thompson, Gabby Pahinui, Ry Cooder, Marc Ribot, Bob Dylan, Royal Trux, Richard Hell &/or The Voidoids, Evan Strauss, Thomas The Cat Nelson, Skip James, Ornette Coleman, Les Rallizes Denudes, Nirvana, Julian Cope &/or The Teardrop Explodes, Fred Neil, Don Van Vliet &/or The Magic Band, The Beatles, High Rise, Variety Pack, John Leighton Beezer, Roky Erickson &/or 13th Floor Elevators, Mudhoney, Tim Buckley, Frank Zappa, Balinese gamelan, Patti Smith, Flower Travellin Band, Master Musicians Of Jajouka, Neon Brown, Christian Peet, Marc Alan Cantlin II, the voices I hear in my head
Sounds Like: check it out and see:

5-Track & GLASS GOBLINS: Kira
(cd-single)
2 studio tracks, a live cut and a bonus live improv for your life

5-Track & ABALONE SANDWICH:
The Naturalization Of The Cetacean Nation
an improvised epic of bio-tolerance featuring
Andrew Woods, Donovan Raymond, Andrew McInnis and 5-Track

It's A What?
acoustic music for your life
you can get it through CD Baby
and itunes

Evan & The Modern Human Show: A Moose Supreme
it's "psychedelic" music

GLASS GOBLINS: Live at Chop Suey
a 35-minute live set of songs and improvisations for electric psych trio
available through CDBABY and ITunes

Record Label: http://www.cosmicprimitive.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

video: Live 5 - Electric Train Station

...with guest drummer Simon Thomsencomplete show is here:http://www.5-Track.com/5/5video.php
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 16:12:00 GMT

VIDEO: acoustic 12-string epiphany

12-String Expostulation in the Rock of the Eagle you can see the entire 25-minute show here: http://www.5-Track.com/5/5video.php
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 13:55:00 GMT

video: GLASS GOBLINS @ the Unknown Theater

Here's a 10-minute you-tube summation of our set: ...if you want to see the whole show, go here and check it out:http://www.vimeo.com/album/85873good luck and enjoy the sounds~5-Track~__i...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:13:00 GMT

new live set online

http://www.archive.org/details/5-Track2009-04-11.WelcomeCafe Recorded live to minidisc at C&D's Welcome Cafe in Redondo Beach, CA, Earth on Saturday night April 11 2009. I enjoyed this one a lot, and t...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:06:00 GMT

BEEZERVIEW by 5-Track

PERFECT SOUND FOREVER has been kind enough to publish my interview with Seattle music legend JOHN LEIGHTON BEEZER. You can read it here:http://www.furious.com/perfect/johnleightonbeezer.htmlr ite on5
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:56:00 GMT

TERRASCOPE review of KIRA cd

Simon Lewis and Stephen Palmer say this about that:"With a funky West-Coast groove, 5-Track and Glass Goblins are a ray of sunshine as they wind their way across the four songs on their EP Kira. So...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:54:00 GMT

[video] 5-TRACK live in Long Beach (short version)

This clip includes the songs "Bees" and "Godless Weather."You can see the complete show at www.5-Track.com/video.html
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:26:00 GMT

New tune w/ John Norwood: "Electric Chair"

I recorded John Norwood the other afternoon, playing his guitar and singing in my hallway. He played a song called "Electric Chair," and I played the electric guitar along with him. You can hear the r...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:59:00 GMT

[video] cricket cricket cricket

Is video from show of past Thursday. Is good, too, what I hear:Ding Dong Ditty - live @ Viento y Agua
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:28:00 GMT

listen here: acoustic set from 2-15-2009

http://www.archive.org/details/5-Track2009-02-15It was an interesting show... the room had a fair number of people in it, but they paid very little attention, no applause or anything... But the sound ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:39:00 GMT