By Susan Marie
“Sometimes,
everybody’s getting in my mind / Oh Lord, I can’t break through this time /
sometimes, there can be no reason or rhyme / for the things I cannot
rewind.”
“Smoke,”
the first tune on Free Henry’s! new release, “Summers On Neptune,”
embodies everything currently void in the music industry. Poetically,
artistically, and lyrically, “Smoke” is radio ready. “When
you’re there you know / you gotta swim towards the waterline / scrape for the
waterline / swing on a vine to a canopy / it cannot be these senses
around.”
Press play and listen to “Smoke” when defining perfection.
“Summers
on Neptune,” produced and arranged by Free Henry!, is an 11 track
masterpiece recorded at Introspec Studios. Featuring the finest Visual
Art Design of Michael LaDuca, (The Corporate Jesters, Inc), mastering by Audio
Magic Studios (Mike Rorick) in Buffalo, NY, and guest saxophonist, Nate Feder.
The entire CD is 100% USA made down to the recycled paper and plastic.
Photography credits include: Matthew Buckley and Ryan Richards, (Richards
also engineered and mixed), causing this entire release to be created by
Buffalo based business and artists.
Free Henry! Is
made up of Bob Buckley: vocals, lyrics, acoustic guitar, piano / Derek Presti: bass guitar, piano / Alex
Foote:
electric/acoustic guitars, piano and Pat Mannella: drums and percussion.
Free Henry! has begun a revolutionary intensity redefining rock and roll, jazz,
blues and pop. They take what was, create what needs to be, melding that
into their own sound.
“Sailboat
Senses” is intuitive and cohesive. “Spirits are so high, and
we’re walking through the next day / we’re searching for a brighter way to get
a little bit more sunshine / and all of these good people have an open
invitation to this happy conversation.” Bob soars with a spectral vocal range
while Pat is driven with his military-neo rock percussion. Alex just
makes his Fender wail with a groovy wah wah rock pop retro that compliments Derek
on his jazzy back beat bass lines that bring them all full circle.
Listen to a
live one-hour interview with the band on Think Twice Radio.
The 2009 Buffalo Music Awards has
nominated Free Henry! for Best Original Rock Band and Alexander Gavin Foote for
Best Original Guitarist, vote here. Summers On
Neptune”, the 2009 release by Free Henry!, is available now available here. And go here for a free mp3
download of “Sailboat Senses”.
Free Henry
is in constant flux. They have performed with The Guess Who, Rusted Root
and most recently in NYC. They are positive, uplifting, raw honest energy
and continuously seek new places, cities and musicians to perform with and at.
Every tune on “Summers On Neptune” is fantastic. Like every single
song on this CD, each member of Free Henry! holds a gift, a surprise, insight
and God given talent. Free Henry! may stand side by side, but each of
them, like their songs, are complete, a work of art, divine.