"Tea With Leo" was recorded in London in a mere two days. You can't tell
from all of the musical expertise that's proudly exuberated thru out this CD that
they recorded in that short period of a time. It's so precise you'd think they
ate slept and breathed their songs. Anna Phoebe joins Breadfoot on this short
but sweet CD. Anna is an accomplished violinist who has played her bright pink
Violectra with the likes of George Michaels, LeAnn Rimes and Nitin Sawhney.
Anna's status as of now she is the lead soloist for the double platinum album
selling Trans Siberian Orchestra.
There is quite a lot of banjo, violin, and steel guitar on this LP but they
all compliment each other on so many levels. The second track "Hilary Rose" for
some reason pecks at my heart strings within the first musical notes, it's
almost beautiful the way they combine it all. Breadfoot are more known for their
strumming hillbilly type of flow that you imagine them stomping on a porch
somewhere with a grain of wheat stuck between their teeth and granny on the
rocking chair smiling. Breadfoot have shared the stage with Richard Buckner, and
The Avett Brothers.
Putting together these two have proved that oil and water sometimes do
mix...and mix well. I used to hear banjo's and all I could think of was the
movie "Deliverance", that has now changed and I can finally see the light, and
that all banjo's are not evil! "Tea with Leo" is mesmerizing as it is amazing.
produced by the very talented Leo Abrahams who has traded time with David Holmes
and Brian Eno. A lot of people will be affected by this blooming flowers dainty
but effective radiance, it almost leaves you in a Zen type state of mind.
Track Listing:
1. A Hard Day In Manhattan
2. Hilary Rose
3. Polly Loved Me (I Know)
4. International Esther
5. Kecha
6. Smoking On The Stoop
7. On The Day That I Go
Description: breadfoot was spawn of the east river delta and dragged headlong across the dirty south. he digs strong black coffee and favors redwing boots. hes inclined to take his whiskey neat and his eggs are always sunny side up with tobasco.regarding his music, breadfootll go on to tell ya that he is just a flat picker trying to make the right noises at the right time. he says hes often accused of playing delta style, but then he adds, there are those folks who tell you that my music goes beyond the delta. and recalls to mind the american primitive guitar work of the late, great john fahey.breadfoot live is just as much a soda pop and a game of checkers at the general store, as he is a cold beer on the stoop. a lot of talking. a fair amount of nonsense. and every now and then he might figure to shut up long enough to pick a tune.
Biography: Early 2001 Breadfoot landed hisself in Brooklyn, NY. He started kicking around Manahattan's East Village music scene. Couple of self released recordings and several trips to the UK later he got tangled up with NYC's Paleface and formed Just About to Burn. He played a bunch of shows with JATB and recorded a full length with the band that came out on ArtMonkey Records. After about a year he decided to move on and that's when he got word that the good folks at Holden Records had gotten an earful. Result was the release of the Funhouse Recordings on 31st Jan. 05 in both the UK and Europe. And then right on the heels of the Funhouse release Breadfoot returned to London to record a new album. The new record is titled Tea with Leo and it features the amazing Anna Phoebe on fiddle. The record is scheduled for a fall release and one of the tracks Polly Loved Me (I Know) has been picked up for the documentary 10MPH.
Press
Release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Stephan Meyers
Phone : 347.512.0667
Email : jeeziepeezie@yahoo.com
Tea with Leo now distributed by Morphius
Tea with Leo is now being distributed world-wide by the good folks at Morphius, (www.morphius.com). Which means that Breadfoot’s latest and greatest will be available everywhere on-line from here to Hong Kong. And will eventually end up on the shelves in yer favourite ‘mom and pops’ as well as larger retailers including Barnes & Nobles and Borders.
In other news&.Anna on the Road
Tea with Leo features London based Violinist Anna Phoebe. Anna has just returned to London after several months on the road in the US with the Trans Siberian Orchestra, all the while working to promote her own solo debut titled Gypsy, (available thru her site at www.annaphoebe.com). Come spring Anna will be joining Jethro Tull on the road as Guest Soloist.
Visit the artists sites for more music, pics and live videos;
www.breadfoot.com
www.annaphoebe.com
Distribution for Tea with Leo;
www.morphius.com
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