We have so many cool friends:
Chris Cacavas – ex Green on Red, Danny &Dusty, solo artist, and session keyboardist with everyone. He´s also a wonderful friend, one of a kind, a huge inspiration and the producer of the new as yet unreleased Plastic Pals album:
www.chris-cacavas.com
Spring Park Motel – We simply love this London americana band. We had the pleasure of sharing stage with them at The Enterprise in Camden, London 2009 (a Piers and Dave Turning Worm gig). Plus singer/guitarist Dan Atrill is the one who helped us set up this web page. Such a sweet guy and such a great band, Spring Park Motel:
www.springparkmusic.com
Lowlands – Sublime Italian americana from this band, formed and led by British ex-pat Edward Abbiati, a true inspiration and a great friend. This fine music spiced up by the stunning violin virtuoso of Chiara Giacobbe:
www.lowlandsband.com
Steve Wynn – ex The Dream Syndicate, Danny&Dusty, solo artist, etc:
www.stevewynn.net
Tom Stevens – ex The Long Ryders, Danny&Dusty, Magi and a wonderful solo artist and singer/songwriter – and a really great friend and such an inspiration to the band:
www.tomstevens.org
Bucketfull of Brains – since late 1970´s the magazine of rock n´ roll, psych,
garage, punk, country and folk:
www.bucketfullofbrains.blogspot.com
Jay Shogren – singer/songwriter, “Wyoming´s Guy Clark” and session lapsteel player with The Plastic Pals. But not only that. He´s professor of environmental economy at University of Wyoming and was 2008 appointed as the Swedish king´s guest professor in Umeå, Sweden. He´s also a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Hence we refer to him as “The King´s Professor” :
www.myspace.com/jshogren
Marianne Pettersson-Soold – calligrapher/graphic designer and Hawk´s wife:
www.kalligrafi.se
Trent Miller – now here´s a treat to you lot, if you haven´t yet discovered Trent Miller & The Skeleton Jive. Dark cowboy romantic setting to sweet alt-country in the tradition of the late great Townes van Zandt. He´s also a great guy and a fine friend:
www.chris-cacavas.com
Band of Outsiders – finest CBGB´s style rock band from New York City:
www.myspace.com/bandofoutsiders1
The New Christs – awesome Australian garage rock with Rob Younger (Radio Birdman) and James Dickson (Barracudas):
www.myspace.com/theofficialnewchrists
Sid Griffin – The Coal Porters, ex The Long Ryders, Danny&Dusty, Western Electric, writer of numerous biographies on Gram Parsons, Dylan, etc. The Plastic Pals had the huge honour, privlige and pleasure of playing Long Ryders tunes with Sid on a paisley underground in London 2008. A good man he is, uncle Sid:
www.sidgriffin.com
Chuck Prophet – ex Green on Red, ace singer/songwriter, guitarist, producer:
www.chuckprophet.com
Rainer Lolk – sound demon and engineer of new upcoming album:
www.thewhitelodge.de
More links will follow…
