2 posts tagged “pw3”
Here is a PW3 tune that we have been playing for a couple of years. This is a live recording done when we appeared on a KGNU show call The Western Front on January 11th, 2006. PW3 AKA Perry Weissman 3 is currently made up of Rick Benjamin (most famously known for the sublime trombone work on In The Aeroplane Over The Sea), Merisa Bissinger and Dane Terry (core members of the Denver Gamelan orchestra Gamelan Tunas Mekar), and Dan Sjogren. Eric Allen appears on this recording, but his work with The Apples keeps him on semi permanent sabbatical. Craig Gilbert is also a frequent visitor and performs here (while I am thinking about it, this is a review from a recent-ish Dressy Bessy record from Fresh Air. The drummer the reviewer talks about is Craig). Anyway, regarding the tune-- I put the chords togehter, Rick put the melody together, and the arrangment was organically grown by the whole band. It is odd, but we have played versions of this tune in many settings (wakes, weddings) and it always seems appropriate.
Rick-Trombone
Brian-Guitar
Eric-Guitar
Merisa-Drums
Dane-Bass
Craig-Vibes
P.S. Rick put together a video using this tune. It's on the sidebar to the right.
Here is a thumbnail time-line for the bands under consideration here:
1985: The Decembrists -no not those Decembrists.
1986: minus bill
1987: minus bill, The Warlock Pinchers -yes those Warlock Pinchers
1988: Warlock Pinchers, Nerves Like Eels
1989: Nerves Like Eels
1990: Nothing I can remember
1991: Ditto for 91
1992: Autobody Experience
1993: Hop'd
1994: Hop'd
1995: Fletcher -there was another band of this name around at the same time in Boston maybe?
1996: Fletcher, Perry Weissman Three (PW3)
1997: PW3 -> and so on
