Defy Domestication

After receiving critical acclaim for his work with Garry & The Moodswingers, Garry Segal is entering the realm of solo act, well, sort of. Taking Notes, his 2008 solo debut, is a collection of Segal’s original compositions, but he is accompanied on the album (and often in live shows) by the To Dye For Band. The band is a collaboration of friends Segal has amassed over his 25 year playing career, and the collective credentials are astonishing; to name a few: Jeff Pevar from Crosby Stills & Nash and Phil Lesh & Friends, Phil Rosenthal from Seldom Scene, saxophonist Collin Tilton from Van Morrison’s Moondance, and Grammy Award winning dobro player Stacey Phillips. Segal adds vocals and acoustic guitar for all the tracks on the album, along with a bit of his renowned harmonica playing on “Cartwheels” and “Everything’s Jake.”

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MTV Doesn’t Love You

On August 1^st 1981 at 12:15 a.m. death came for the radio star like a Darwinian matter of fate. Smiling with guilt, the transgressor, a new broadcast channel with a 24-hour music format, mockingly launched its station with a confession of the crime, iniquitously playing The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star.” The trailblazing music video, featuring Trevor Horn’s falsetto chiming and a backdrop of the moon mocking itself on the rippling water, was the catalyst for a new dimension in the music experience, MTV.

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