Music:
Member Since: 4/30/2006
Band Website: hobbyhorsecafe.com
Band Members: Annie - vocals, guitar, frame drum, cajon, gong, tibetan bowls, other percussion, watercolor artwork
Phil - guitars (standard, tenor and baritone), mandolin, organ, harpsichord, bass
Hobbyhorse now has a live band with
Larry on bass and
Kelly on drums!
Hobbyhorse's myspace is mantained by
Annie (and
Phil occasionally peeks his head in too.)
FIRE & SNOW:
The Fascinating Story Behind Our Song, “Fire and Snowâ€
Our song "Fire and Snow" is about Moll Dyer, a woman who was burned as a witch in Leonardtown, Maryland back in the late 1600's. According to legend, Moll Dyer was a mysterious woman who lived alone and had knowledge of herbal healing. During a harsh winter, the townspeople became suspicious of her and accused her of being a witch. They came to her door one night and set her house on fire. Moll fled to the nearby woods. She collapsed on a rock, balanced one hand upon it, and raised the other while calling a curse down upon the town. A young boy found her the next day. On the rock was burned an impression of her hand and knee. In 1975 a historian located the site where her house may have been. Not far away was a large 875 pound boulder with what looked like the marks of Moll's hand and knee.
Our song brings to life Moll's last moments when she is trapped between the extreme elements of fire and snow. There is no hope for her to survive, but she expresses her power as she curses the town that treated her so wrongly. Her spirit is strong and lives in this legend, in ghostly sightings and beyond.
HOBBYHORSE MUSIC:
Break In The Clouds (2006)
Buy from Hobbyhorse Café:
digital tracks | full-length CD
1. Lullaby
2. Goddess of Mercy
3. Break in the Clouds
4. Walking Away
5. Emerald Eyes
6. Museum
7. Melasina
8. Phoenixology
9. Angus Og
10. Good Morning Moon
11. Better Road
12. Break in the Clouds (Dance version)
Goddess of Mercy (2006)
Buy EP from Woven Wheat Whispers
The Snow It Melts The Soonest (2006)
Buy EP from Woven Wheat Whispers
HOBBYHORSE CAFÉ:
Hobbyhorse Café is an imaginary café for imaginative people! We feature Hobbyhorse and a continuing lineup of talented and interesting guest musicians, artists and poets Visit the Hobbyhorse Café with the revolutionary
Conscious Choice Pricing system.Music, art and poetry are not ordinary commodities. They are expressions of the Spirit. Yet musicians, artists and poets must be supported so that they have the means to create. What do you want to pay? With Conscious Choice Pricing YOU can decide. Hobbyhorse believes in the power of the imagination.Hobbyhorse believes in the expressions of Music & Art.www.hobbyhorsecafe.com
THE MUSE:
Influences:
Musical Influences: Donovan, It's a Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, Loreena McKennitt, Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega, Glenn Velez, Layne Redmond, Neil Young, Pentangle, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, Buffalo Springfield
Song Topic Influences: World mythology, gods and goddesses, alchemy, tea, Emily Dickinson, love, adventures of the spirit, nature, the moon...
Instruments: guitar, mandolin, tenor guitar, baritone guitar, bass, keyboards, melodica, electric sitar, frame drum, tambourine, bells, Tibetan bowls, cajon, gong...
Sounds Like: Donovan, It's a Beautiful Day, Pentangle, Loreena McKennitt, Pink Floyd
MYSPACE DESIGN:
Type of Label: Indie
