Chris Caffery - Faces - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Pins and Needles marks an important milestone in Chris Caffery's career and showcases the longtime Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist as a solo artist with a clear vision. Rather than relying on big band names, Caffery presents his own personal, dark, and uncompromising take on heavy metal-raw, emotional, yet meticulously arranged. Overwhelming walls of guitar meet classic metal hooks and dramatic, almost theatrical arcs of tension, as is familiar from the Savatage milieu. Lyrically, the album oscillates between personal catharsis, social criticism, and dark humor, with Caffery handling the guitars, bass, and most of the vocals himself, thereby creating a direct, Inchone-man-showInch feel. Musically, the spectrum ranges from aggressive, thrash-tinged tracks to groovy mid-tempo pieces and epic, multi-part songs with a subtle prog flair. As a result, InchPins and NeedlesInch stands as a statement in it's own right-one that, while clearly rooted in the Savatage/TSO universe, resolutely forges it's own path and remains particularly compelling for fans of classic US power and prog metal. Album Tracks 1. Pins and Needles 2. 66 3. Reach Out and Torment Again 4. Walls 5. Y.G.B.F.K.M 6. Chained 7. Worms 8. The Sign of the Crossed 9. The Time 10. Mettle Eastern 11. In the Midst 12. Quaaludio 13. The Temple 14. Once Upon a Time 15. Pisses Me Off 16. The Time (Alternate)

The guitar wizard's only LP of the 1990's shows him in fine form, covering luminaries like Mose Allison, the Demics and his own original material. Spedding's CV reads like a who's who of rock royalty he has played for Elton John, John Cale, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Pete Townshend, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney, Willie DeVille, Robert Gordon and more. This reissue includes 6 bonus tracks, including a duet with Pretender's Chrissie Hynde, 'Hey Little Girl'. Album Tracks 1. Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots 2. Catch 22 3. New York City 4. Smoke My Cigarette 5. Cafe Days 6. Hey Little Boy (Little Girl) 7. Girl in the Video 8. 99 LBS 9. Pseudo Blues 10. Lousianne 11. Portobello 12. Hostage 13. Parchman Farm 14. Flirt 15. Put It on Hold 16. Save a Life 17. Call of the Wild

Chris Stamey began writing and playing music in Winston-Salem, NC, in the mid 1960s, in the so-called Combo Corner scene, alongside Mitch Easter and Peter Holsapple. In 1976, he self-released Sneakers, one of the very first American InchindieInch records, then relocated to Manhattan in 1977 to play and record with Alex Chilton. He formed The dB's in 1978, with Holsapple, then recorded well-received solo records for A&M and Warners, and toured with Anton Fier's Golden Palominos (with Michael Stipe [R.E.M.], Jack Bruce [Cream], and Bernie Worrell). As a producer, arranger, and mixer, he has worked with over a hundred artists, including Alejandro Escovedo, Kronos Quartet, Flat Duo Jets, Skylar Gudasz, Branford Marsalis, Ryan Adams, Tift Merritt, Le Tigre, Those Pretty Wrongs, The Salt Collective, and Yo La Tengo. From 2010-2018, Stamey was orchestrator and musical director for an international series of concert performances of Big Star's classic album Third, and continues to tour as part of the Big Star Quintet. A Inchsongwriting memoir,Inch A Spy in the House of Loud (Univ. Of Texas Press), was published in 2018. His recent releases include Anything Is Possible (tag 51), with contributions from the Lemon Twigs and members of Brian Wilson's band, as well as The Great Escape, Lovesick Blues, Euphoria, and New Songs for the 20th Century. His newest , Modernism is out May 2026, on Flatiron Recordings. Album Tracks 1. Hey Bulldog (Feat. Jody Stephens) 2. Waterloo Sunset (Feat. the DB's) 3. Shadows Breaking Over My Head 4. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Feat. the Uptown Horns) 5. Neon Rainbow (Feat. Emily Frantz) 6. Of Time and All She Brings to Mind 7. Hernando's Hideaway 8. Where the Fun Is 9. Let's Get Lost 10. At Last 11. There's a Dream Around the Corner 12. Ruby Tuesday (Feat. Pat Sansone, Alex Chilton)