WORTHY: The Weepies

Remember Greg Tannen, who visited the Tree House in March 2005?

His brother, Steve Tannen, is in a band with Deb Talan called The Weepies, and we love their sound.

It's very laid back, folk-pop but with great lyrics. And there's something very interesting about the way Deb sings.

They were both independent artists before meeting in 2002 and starting writing songs together. Now they're on the label Network Records, but their unique sound and songwriting hasn't changed.

They're coming through the Monterey Bay area on Wednesday, May 24th, in Santa Cruz's newest club, The Attic. It's a beautiful club from all accounts, and Juliet and I can't wait to check it out for the first time.

UPDATE: 9 SEP 2006
The Weepies were featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday! Woo hoo!!

Corinne West (wrap-up)

By Greg Pool
Host, TreeHouseConcerts.org

Here's a wrap-up of Corinne West's visit to the Tree House (pictures of that night):

• Corinne hails from Quincy, up in Plumas County, which makes the story she told of that old gandydancer even better.
  
  
• Corinne had just returned from a tour of Georgia. Southern hospitality aside, Corrine was very glad to playing our place, her first show back in California.
  
  
• Corinne's bass player was Joshua Zucker, who brought great rhythm but also some wonderful harmonies.
  
  
• Her guitar player was Jim Lewin, who I've seen play with Tree House artist Sherry Austin. He was a ringer, for sure, and he added some backing vocals as well. Jim's a member of Harmony Grits, the bluegrass band that first inspired Gillian Welch!
  
  
• Corinne's manager, Sara Mertz, turned out to have a Hawaiian connection. She grew up on Oahu and left for the Mainland after high school.
  
  
• Fred Monroe and his finance Sharon came up from Atascadero. They're planning to start up a house concert series in October called Música Del Río. Looks like Corinne might be stopping by their house in the near future!