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Waldorf & Cannon - Rise Up and Omit The Logic (Live In Session For ATL)
Tuesday 4th October, 2016
They say:
"We think Rise Up is a good introduction to our overall sound for anyone who hasn't seen us live yet. We came up with the music first which was influenced a bit by The Velvet Underground and then the 'Rise Up, Wise Up' lyrics popped into my head and stuck.
We then wrote the rest of the lyrics around this idea. We didn't intend to write a protest song as such but it's definitely the way it turned out, all the negative news circulating everyday definitely seeps into your subconscious, there's no avoiding it and you probably shouldn't either. Its a positive response to all the negativity and good fun to rock out live.
The title for Omit The Logic comes from a Richard Pryor documentary of the same name which the lyrics are loosely based on. I thought the concept of the title would be an interesting topic to write about.
The music definitely has a Rage Against The Machine vibe to it which is also aided by the Digitech Whammy pedal that is switched on throughout the entire song, Tom Morello the guitarist from RATM uses the same pedal in a number of their songs.
During the ATL session we used our entire live set up which is quite unique. I play a Farmer Footdrum Kit, which is controlled entirely by your feet, its a compact design that has a real kick drum, snare, hi-hats and tambourine built into it and is controlled by 6 separate pedals.
Playing this then frees up your hands so you can play guitar (or whatever) and sing. In the 3rd track 'End Of The Line', I was playing harmonica too. Cannon plays bass and sings as well and we both use Danelectro guitars, during the performance I was playing a DC59 and Cannon was playing a 58 Longhorn bass. In our opinion they're the best sounding guitars about and most importantly... look cool!!”
We say:
“There were remarkable scenes in Studio 8D, with Waldorf & Cannon creating a hefty racket for just two guys. There was Waldorf playing drums, guitar and harmonica all at the same time, with Cannon managing to control his bandmate’s pedals while playing bass. Impressive stuff - with a gnarly, blue-sy work out the welcomed result."
Waldorf & Cannon are set to release their debut album 'Old Dogs New Tricks' soon, and you can catch them playing Love & Death on 7th October with The Bonnevilles, The Empire on 9th November with Robyn G Shiels and Sandino's with The Urges on 12th November.
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