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About Me

Captain Easychord is a singer/songwriter/keyboardist from Somerville who has been playing assorted bars, coffeehouses and art galleries in the Boston area since 2002. For the past 20 years he has also been privately playing as a bassist, keyboardist, songwriter and vocalist for various bands in both his native Merrimack Valley area (as Slight Return, Catalytic Reaction, Tattered Remnants, The Remnants, and currently Rustbucket) and in the Boston area (as Truckin', Big Head, Candleabra and currently Rock), where he's resided since 1994. In addition to performing, he was an on-air host and local music director at WJUL (now WUML) at University of Massachusetts-Lowell, an intern at the indie record company Ryko, and a sales associate and consignment buyer at the now defunct Tower Records. Additionally, he is also an avid record collector, specializing in Beatles (and solo), Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, and Stereolab releases. Captain Easychord plays original material and a few selected covers from his musical heroes. His songs ranges from the pop bounce of "My Blind Shrink" and "Happy Times" to the bluesy-rock of "Concrete Pillow" and "Blackin' Out" to the soothing balladry of "Walk On Air Again" and "Milky Way". The Captain has put out a self-released 3-song CD and is currently working on a full-length release due out in early 2008.
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Member Since: 5/14/2007
Band Website: captaineasychord.com
Band Members: Captain Easychord: Keyboards, songs and vocals. I now have a performing backup band dubbed the "Safety Meeting", comprising of: Max G. on guitars and backing vocals, Steve Bremin on bass and backing vocals, and Hugh McGowan on drums and backing vocals. In between their regular band obligations they will be playing at my current and future club dates.On my studio recordings I have my old rock friends backing me: Tom Brewitt on bass, guitars and backing vocals, Glenn Beauchemin on drums, guitars and backing vocals, and occasionally Dan Maranci on guitars. We also gather more or less weekly for rock jams and recordings at Glen's basement studio "The Rock Room" in Cambridge. On these occasions I also play bass as well as keyboards. Sometimes I even have a go on drums!Additionally I have the star-studded casts of "Shrinkettes", including among others, Hugh McGowan, Tom Bianchi, Danielle Miraglia, Teresa Storch, Max G., Jesse Dee, Laura Lee Imhoff, Elizabeth Porter, Lydia Thornton, Arthur Snow, and Gary Mondello joining me up onstage singing backing vocals for "My Blind Shrink" and "Happy Times"!! And whoever else in the audience watching joins in on the Easychord fun as well!!
Influences: Musical Influences/Pop-Rock-Alt: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Monkees, The Byrds, The Kinks, Bob Dylan & The Band, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Neil Young (with or without Crazy Horse and CSN), Abba, Big Star, Wings, Steely Dan, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, the Clash, Elvis Costello & the Attractions (new wave period), Joe Jackson (new wave period and Night & Day/Body & Soul period), REM, U2, Pixies/Breeders, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Beck, Stereolab, Oasis, Catatonia, Radiohead, White Stripes, 60's "Nuggets" garage/pysch-pop-rock, 70's bubblegum/soft rock, 80's new wave, 90's alt/lounge pop.Musical Influences/Jazz: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Stan Getz, Vince Guaraldi.Musical Influences/Country-Folk-Blues-Early Rock n' Roll: Hank Williams, Sr., Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Leadbelly, BB King, Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry.Songwriting Influences: John Lennon & Paul McCartney (together and separately), George Harrison, Brian Wilson, Syd Barrett, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Hank Williams, Sr., Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, Robbie Robertson, Richard Manual, Alex Chilton & Chris Bell, Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, Roger Greenaway & Roger Cook, Walter Becker & Donald Fagen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Joe Strummer & Mick Jones, Kurt Cobain, Beck, Tim Gane & Laetitia Sadier.
Sounds Like: A refugee from the 1970's pop/rock world.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CAPTAIN EASYCHORD ATTACKED!

It sure has been a really odd year so far. A real time of extremes. Extremely great things happening and concurrently extremely bad things happening to me. The great things have been ...
Posted by Captain Easychord on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:12:00 PST

CAPTAIN EASYCHORD PERFORMANCE/INTERVIEW ON SCAT

I recently performed at the television studios at Somerville Community Access Television (SCAT) for an upcoming series called Somerville Sessions which will showcase local musicians and perf...
Posted by Captain Easychord on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:07:00 PST