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| Dave Alvin's new psych project The Third Mind – coming soon to a Toronto club near you – take on the Butterfield Blues Band's classic "East West". |
THE THIRD MIND is a new band featuring an all-star line-up of players: Dave Alvin (guitar, vocals), Victor Krummenacher (bass, vocals), David Immerglück (guitar, keyboards, vocals), and Michael Jerome (drums, percussion) with special guest Jesse Sykes (guitar, vocals).
Their self-titled debut album – out now – features one original composition and five covers, including Paul Butterfield Blues Band's "East West" and Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda. Get ‘The Third Mind’ album right here
"Many years ago I’d been reading John Szwed’s excellent biography of Miles Davis, “So What”, and was fascinated by his thorough descriptions of how Mr. Davis and his producer, Teo Macero, created some of his classic electric albums like Bitches Brew and Jack Johnson. Basically, Miles would gather great musicians in a studio, pick a key and a groove and then record everything live over several days. Then he and Mr. Macero would edit and shape these improvisations into compositions. Having never recorded like that, I had a fantasy to try it someday if the fates ever allowed." — Dave Alvin
“Dave Alvin loves Mike Bloomfield, and Immy owned one of Bloomfield’s old Telecasters. With Dave wanting to stretch out, Paul Butterfield Band’s "East West" seemed like the perfect song for The Third Mind project to dig in to. It was the first thing we recorded on the first day we were ever all in a room at the same time. It went better than I could have imagined." – Victor Krummenacher
"What was sent to me for mixing sounded amazing but the band was looking for something different on the remix. I took my cue from the guitars and thought that slowing the whole thing down could really instill a whole different body language, make more space for the playing, and create a bigger, more psychedelic tone. I think it worked!!” – Tchad Blake on the Remix of East West.
The Third Mind on tour
Monday, April 6 SAN DIEGO, CA The Casbah
Tuesday, April 7 MORRO BAY, CA The Siren
Wednesday, April 8 SANTA CRUZ, CA Moe’s Alley
Friday, April 10 PORTLAND, OR Mississippi Studios
Saturday, April 11 NORTH VANCOUVER, BC The BlueShore
Sunday, April 12 SEATTLE, WA The Crocodile
Wednesday, April 15 SAN FRANCISCO, CA The Chapel
Thursday, April 16 WINTERS, CA The Palms Playhouse
Friday, April 17 LOS ANGELES, CA The Troubadour
Saturday, April 18 PIONEERTOWN, CA Pappy & Harriet’s
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