Kirk Lumpkin - Moondog Sessions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Moondog Sessions Story Kirk Lumpkin and David Andrews first performed together in the rock band, DETOUR. Kirk played drums and wrote most of the lyrics and David played bass. While in that band David and Kirk wrote only one song together. When the band broke up Kirk wanted to sing his lyrics himself and David wanted to play his main instrument, the guitar. Kirk and David also believed they could write more songs together and they did. On the strength of those songs they co-founded the rock band, Shadow Government. After at least three distinct editions of Shadow Government they were ready to try something new. Kirk and David saw in MoonDog Studios a place to create their first full-blown album using a greatly expanded palette of sounds and styles. They recruited former band mates and one by one all of the best musicians they knew that they thought could add to their project. It took a quite awhile to get all of the many talented individuals that they wanted into the studio. [In the mean time Kirk and David had helped form a new band, the Wild Buds. All the Wild Buds (Bill Lackey, Mark Randall, Ted Higgins, David Andrews, & Kirk Lumpkin) play on this album, but the Wild Buds are another story and another soon to be released album.] Moondog Sessions has it's own particular magic including some of the dark edginess of Shadow Government, some of the feel good rockin' of the Wild Buds, and an amazing multitude of energies that their collaborators have brought to these songs. David Andrew Bio David Andrews is a guitarist/songwriter currently playing with the Wild Buds (West Coast Mardi Gras music) and is the former co-leader of the rock band Shadow Government. Kirk Lumpkin Bio Around the same time as Kirk was creating the rock band Shadow Government with David Andrews he was also the lyricist/lead vocalist/percussionist in the jazz-rock band, DETOUR (a Bay Guardian 'D