Scarecrow Collection: new lineup, tour dates

Scarecrow Collection are back with a new rhythm section. Greg McLoughlin (bass) and Anthony Freda (drums) have joined founding members Gerard Fee (guitars, vocals) and Ed Fritz (keyboards).

The New Jersey jam band will be playing a handful of shows in their home state and one NYC.

Live dates:

• 05/03 Donegal Saloon, Kearny, NJ (w/ Turbine)
• 05/04 Northern Soul, Hoboken, NJ
• 05/15 Pianos, New York City, NY
• 05/21 Van Goghs Ear Cafe, Union, NJ
• 05/31 Urban Nest, Asbury Park, NJ (w/ Basement Generals)
• 06/18 Van Goghs Ear Cafe, Union, NJ

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Scarecrow Collection: 2008/12/21 Bridgeport torrent (foursome debut performance)

Scarecrow Collection is doing some gigs again as a foursome. The first show has been taped:

Scarecrow Collection
2008/12/21
Acoustic Cafe
Bridgeport, CT, USA

1. Hand On The Plow*
2. On His Side%
3. Piece Of Mind
4. Blues In My Head
5. Charles
6. It Aint Necessarly So
7. Inmates
8. Breathe Easy
9. Green To Red

Notes:
* Joey On Keys
% Joey On Guitar

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Scarecrow Collection: last show of the current line-up

Last call for the current line-up of the Scarecrow Collection. The September 6 show at Mexicali Live, Teaneck, NJ is the final one with Nick Setteducato:

Scarecrow Collection is a constantly evolving musical adventure that over the last ten plus years has taken us to many places and shown us many things. Our friendships have grown through mutual respect of each other not only as musicians but as people. We have grown into a family. It is through these connections we have been able to use the collective energy to express ourselves and create a sound that truly is our musical watermark. As we move forward, we come to a new chapter in the band's history that we wanted to address with everyone. This Saturday September 6th will be the final show featuring the current lineup for several months. Nick Setteducato will be leaving the band for an indefinite period of time to work on assignment in New Zealand. We are unsure what the coming months hold for the band and our music, but we are open and optimistic about the future. We understand that this comes sudden and the update may be brief, but we wanted to let everyone know directly as s soon as possible and hopefully see some familiar faces on Saturday. The remaining members of the band still plan to continue to create new music for you, but in what capacity we are unsure at this time. As we know more we'll do our best to update the site on the happenings of the band and our music.

Thanks for the love and support you have shown to us through the years. We can't thank you enough.

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Scarecrow Collection: Blues In My Head (new song)

The Scarecrow Collection have been writing new songs. Here's a taste called Blues In My Head:

MP3: Scarecrow Collection - Blues In My Head

Live dates:

• 07/24 Red Square, Albany, NY
• 07/26 Camp Creek, Mariaville, NY
• 08/23 White Mountain ForestJam, Campton, NH

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Scarecrow Collection: tour dates, Jammys nomination

The first 2008 live dates for the Scarecrow Collection are in.

• 04/24 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
• 05/02 The Field, Bridgeport, CT
• 05/10 Awesometown Festival, Morrisville, PA
• 06/20 Stonehenge Music Festival, Kellysburg, PA
• 07/26 Camp Creek, Mariaville, NY
• 08/23 White Mountain Forest Jam, Campton, NH

They have been nominated for New Groove of the Year at the 7th Jammys Awards.

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Awesometown: Give Us The Festival Lebowski

Yes, it's another festival. It's called Awesometown, two days in May filled with music performed by jambands that have been under the radar of the general public. Until now, that is.

Awesometown is not just an event, it's a way of life. This event will bring together some of the best regional and nationally touring acts to make for a diverse music lineup. 2008 will be the inaguaral year for the event, so we are planning to keep it personal and still enjoyable for all attendees. A little something for everyone...

And all the LEBOWSKI you can handle!!!

Awesometown
05/09-10/2008
Snipes Farm
Morrisville, PA

Confirmed acts:

• Give Us The Money Lebowski
• The Breakfast
• Dr. Fameus feat. Allen Aucoin of the Disco Biscuits
• Juggling Suns
• Scarecrow Collection
• The Brew
• PUSH
• squirrelmaster
• Project222
• Ayatollah Fancy & the Thursday Night Allstars
• Unexplained Bacon
• Roamer
• Turbine
• Mark(Suns) & Nick(SCC)
• Jordan Simms
• Mark Kozielec

» awesometowntimes.com

Scarecrow Collection: Podcast #3 - End of 2007

Scarecrow Collection have upped Episode #3 of their podcasts series, a selection of late 2007 live stuff.

• 00:00 - Stumble and Fall
  11.24.07 Paradise Lounge - Boston, MA
• 05:44 - I Won't Leave You There
  12.28.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ
• 14:06 - Blind
  12.28.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ
• 19:16 - Country Road (James Taylor)
  12.27.07 - Puppet House - Brandford, CT
• 23:21 - Breathe
  12.28.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ
• 30:44 - Old Man (Neil Young)
  12.28.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ
• 34:06 - Put You Down - 12.28.07
  Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ
• 38:03 - Puppet House Jam
  12.27.07 - Puppet House - Brandford, CT
• 42:57 - Shell It Out - 12.27.07
  Puppet House - Brandford, CT

MP3: Download the podcast

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Scarecrow Collection: the Covers podcast

Episode 2 of the Scarecrow Collection live podcasts is filled with covers:

• Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel)
  03.25.06 Red Square - Albany, NY
• Before You Accuse Me (Bo Diddley)
  03.25.06 Red Square - Albany, NY
• Take 5 (Dave Brubek) > In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (The Allman Brothers Band) > Take 5 (outro)
  11.17.06 - Acoustic Cafe - Bridgeport, CT
• Polly (Nirvana)
  04.20.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ
• Quinn the Eskimo (Bob Dylan)
  5.11.06 Red Square - Albany, NY
• Karma Police (Radiohead)
  3.31.06 Velvet Lounge - E. Setauket, NY
• Come Together (The Beatles)
  7.15.05 La Cocina - Pittsfield, MA
• Everbody Knows This is Nowhere (Neil Young)
  7.13.07 - Bellstock - East Jewitt, NY

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(thru: Hidden Track)

Scarecrow Collection: radio frequency disaster

Some albums are well worth waiting for. Scarecrow Collection (SCC) released their second album radio frequency disaster in April, but due to some transatlantic snafus it took forever to reach the desk of Here comes the flood. OK, rant over. There is no stinker/filler track song among the 13 tracks. The album navigates with ease between genres with a few constants: great keyboards and proud vocals. They have been playing live a couple of hundred times and it shows: the songs sound tight but loose, which is lot easier said than done.

SCC made a record that many an aspiring jam band can only dream to pull off on day. No signs of the dreaded "second album" syndrome - radio frequency disaster is a 101 for what a rocking jam band outfit should stand for in 2007. Catch them live now, so that you can bore your kids with stories about how you saw SCC way back when they were still playing in intimate venues.

Scarecrow Collection:
Joe Fee: drums
Gerard Fee: guitar, vocals
Ed Fritz: keys, vocals
Nick Setteducato: guitar, vocals
Mike Sojkowski: bass

radio frequency disaster is released on Harmonized Records.

Tracks:

1. I Won't Leave You There
2. Grateful
3. Act That Way
4. All The Things
5. Faster
6. Put You Down
7. Don't Ever Change
8. Shadows
9. Bottle
10. Shell It Out
11. Sometimes
12. Moon Will Always Rise
13. Muse

Tour dates:

• 07/17 Rock the Kazbah @ Calf Pasture Beach, Norwalk
• 07/18 Nectar's, Burlington, Vermont
• 07/19 Bill's Bar, Boston, Massachusetts
• 07/22 Ridgefield Playhouse (opening for Robert Randolph & the Family Band), Ridgefield, Connecticut
• 07/25 Nectar's, Burlington, Vermont
• 07/26 Bill's Bar, Boston, Massachusetts
• 07/27 Mexicali Blues, Teaneck, New Jersey
• 07/28 Camp Creek, Mariaville, New York
• 08/05 Stone Pony (opening for Tea Leaf Green), Asbury Park, New Jersey
• 08/12 Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, Connecticut
• 08/16 North Star Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 08/17 Rocks Off Boat Cruise, New York, New York
• 08/18 The Main Pub Manchester, Connecticut
• 08/24 Phan Phest 3.0, Mariaville, New York

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(Kudos to SCC manager AJ Keirans who kept making the trips to the post office in order to get the disc across the pond and Ace from Hidden Track who acted as an extra liaison)

Introducing: Give Us the Money Lebowski

They are the ultimate bar band: Give Us the Money Lebowski, a side-project with members of the Scarecrow Collection and lots of guests tearing through the classics and jam band favorites. Music that will make you thirsty and get you drunk. No problem, 'cause the band will keep on playing, no matter how much they had to drink. In their own words:

Lebowski is a quintet of musicians that graduated with a doctorate in the study of "bringing it hard, consistently" in the modern day incarnation of this concept. Weaving a vast array of musical genres into one Technicolor tapestry of spelndiforousness that envelopes its loyal underground following all along the Northeast, Lebowski will not only make you dance, smile and laugh, it will also punch you in the stomach, spit on you and steal your wallet....but in a good way.

Yup, their shows are on archive.org. The Dude abides. "Just take it easy, man".

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» archive.org/details/GiveUstheMoneyLebowski
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(thru: Hidden Track)

Scarecrow Collection: Grateful

The Scarecrow Collection's first single, Grateful, from the new album is available for preview at myspace.com/scarecrowcollection. The new album radio frequency disaster available in stores April 17th. Definitely an album you want to hear.

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Scarecrow Collection 2006 live sampler giveaway winners

The three free Scarecrow Collection 2006 Samplers on shiny CD-r with übercollectible handwritten lettering housed in an almost white envelop have found a new home. The lucky winners: Phil Johnson in LA, Gregor Bauer in Munich, and Doug Hamilton in Poughkeepsie. Keep an eye on your mail box.

All is not lost if you didn't win, ask for some samplers here:

Send an e-mail to info@scarecrowcollection.net with your name and address. We'll send you out a package including our newest sampler, LIVE '06 which features four of the songs that will appear on the new album. We will include one for you and several more for your friends. We ask that if you like it you just pass on the savings to your friends and spread the word to them about the band.

Upcoming live dates:

• 01/20 Mexicali Blues | Teaneck, NJ
• 02/03 Ray Kelly's | Bridgeport, CT
• 02/10 Asgard | Cambridge, Mass

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Scarecrow Collection 2006 live sampler giveaway

Three free Scarecrow Collection 2006 Samplers on shiny CD-r with übercollectible handwritten lettering housed in an almost white envelop are looking for a new home. Eight crispy soundboard recordings with original material and a couple of well played cover tunes. They have just signed a record deal with Harmonized Records and they will release their second studio album april 17, 2007 on that label.

Want a free sampler? Drop me a line with you addy at
herecomesthefloodNOBLOODYSPAM@xs4all.nl (do not include the obvious) with "Free Scarecrow Collection" in the subject line.

This offer closes on december 31 23:59 GMT (+1). Three winners will be picked at random. All is not lost if you don't win, ask for some samplers here:

Send an e-mail to info@scarecrowcollection.net with your name and address. We'll send you out a package including our newest sampler, LIVE '06 which features four of the songs that will appear on the new album. We will include one for you and several more for your friends. We ask that if you like it you just pass on the savings to your friends and spread the word to them about the band.

Tracks:

1. Grateful - 05.13.06
2. Faster - 04.07.06
3. Texas - 04.07.06
4. Before You Accuse Me - 04.07.06
5. Shell It Out - 5.27.06
6. I Won't Leave You There - 04.07.06
7. Ragged Man - 03.25.06
8. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - 03.25.06

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Introducing: Scarecrow Collection

The Scarecrow Collection is a five-piece from New Jersey. They are currently busy working on their second studio album. Like any decent jamband, they have dozens of shows at the Live Music Archive and you can pick up MP3s at their website (alas: 64kbit, but bandwith ain't cheap). Check out their take on 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover.

Built around the idea that ‘songs come first’, this compelling young band has earned the relentless admiration of music fans all over the Northeast. Reaching far outside of their suburban New Jersey roots for influences, Scarecrow Collection has developed a mature approach to both their songwriting and their performances that has caught the eyes and ears of fans and critics alike.

The Scarecrow Collection are:
Ed Fritz - keys / vocals
Mike Sojkowski - bass
Nick Setteducato - guitar / vocals
Joe Fee - drums
Gerard Fee - guitar / vocals

MP3: Scarecrow Collection - Bottle
(Live at the Acoustic Cafe, Bridgeport, CT - 2006/11/17)

Tour dates

• 12/14 La Cocina, Pittsfield, MA
• 12/15 Nectar's, Burlington, VT
• 12/16 Milly's Tavern, Manchester, NH
• 12/30 Red Square, Albany, NY

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