SpencerAcuff has stopped playing as a full-time band these days and moved all over the place (though now everyone's moving to Nashville). They still get together and play, here's what they've been up to.
David Spencer is currently recording his solo release "Love Like A Symphony." He released a Christmas record entitled "Peace Came Down" last year with Scott Cash of Starting Tuesday
Will Acuff has just moved to Nashville, and is planning on ongoing recording with Jeff at Arbor Ridge Studios in Chapel Hill
Jeff Crawford is currently recording his first solo release "Something For Everyone." He is also a member of Roman Candle, bobcat/bear, and runs a studio in Chapel Hill named Arbor Ridge Studios
Tommy Perkinson and John Henry Trinko both play for Pico vs Island Trees, now also based out of Nashville. They also play with several singer/songwriters.
After the release of their first studio album Moment Golden in February 2003, SpencerAcuff developed drastically from their acoustic pop/singer songwriter roots established by founders Will Acuff and David Spencer. As two songwriters became a full band with the addition of drummer Tommy Perkinson and bassist Jeff Crawford, they set out over the past year and half to find their sound as a unit.Playing around the East Coast, with stops from Boston to Baton Rouge such as the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem and their home base at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, have honed the band’s sound and rounded the band out with four part harmonies and an older influence of such bands as The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and the Everly Brothers.The result is SpencerAcuff’s second album, summer 2004 in Nashville under the production work of David Henry (Guster, Josh Rouse, REM). The band traveled to Nashville to record the entire album in three months at True Tone Recording, Henry’s home studio. Artists such as Joe Pisapia (Guster) and Thad Cockrell stopped by the studio to lend their talent to the album.Throughout the process, the band aimed to focus on making a sound that bridges modern pop acts such as Coldplay and Guster with an older sound, incorporating a strong vocal element and vintage guitar sounds. The band sought to make a musical product that all ages could enjoy, and it reflects in the crowds that attend their shows.The band was selected in 2004 as one of 25 bands nationwide to promote and test The Bose Corporation’s revolutionary PAC amplification system, a sound system that they play with that has no monitors and no mixing board.The band has opened for acts such as Better Than Ezra, Josh Kelley, Will Hoge, Roman Candle, Thad Cockrell, Weekend Excursion, Virginia Coalition, and the Blue Dogs. The sound has moved away from their acoustic roots to an all electric approach that puts emphasis on the song and the vocal strengths of the band.
