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"The Introducation" or "On Matt Dailey Bands and Other Forms of Ear Tickling"

Something divine drove us together, perhaps the music in our heads.  This beach town furnished enough inspiration, and the Lowy's provided enough grace, hospitality, and wattage to sustain our practices.  However you see it, here we are.

To the right, you'll see the band in Mr. Chewy's recording studio back in the summer of 2004.  It was also the summer of 1943!  At the same time!  What a coincidence!  That's only a partial band, though.  Some of the members were MIA.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANK YOUS

Mrs. Lowy - Thank you for all your unconditional support. you are the band mother whether you like it or not. you took us in from the cold and fed us your food, and by that I mean we continuously ransacked your pantry. we couldn't have done it without you.

Mr. Lowy - Keith, you're the man.

Max and Tracy - Thanks for putting up with all our noise.

The Cohens, Daileys, rest of Lowys, Muirs, and Fitzgeralds - You are our biggest fans, mostly because you have to be, but also because we are good. thanks for all the support, attending all the coffeehouses, selling out the internet cafe, trecking deep within deal test site, etc.

Lindsey Gall - You are the official Matt Dailey Band band-aid.  Also the official photographer.  Also a variety of other offical things.  You've been to more practices then we have.  So it wouldn't be practice without you.

Guest Musicians - Nate Cohen, Matt Lott, Ed Soles, Zach Sicherman, Jesse Chen, Jimmy-Joe McGurl, Mark Pearson, Ben Rindner and the rest. you guys rock, thanks for all the good jams.

*Scheer Anxiety* - For a moment in time the MDB was blessed with the presence of vocalist Rachel Scheer whose soulful singing wowie-zowied the audience.

Samantha Himelman - Such a Himlet.  She is the only person to have ever worn/made a MDB t-shirt, and remains in a class all her own.

Mrs. Mojo Rising / Consultant / Dialectic Materialist - Katy Feniello!

Roadies - Thanks to all of you who have at one time or another either touched or moved something we own.

Dan Skinner - You have every electronic device imaginable and have hooked us up numerous times. Thanks for all you help and support.  However, you have not put any footage that you recorded onto a playable tape or disc.  This is beyond vexing, as it has been 2 years now.  And thanks to Lambis too for the Concert in the Park.

Mike Feniello - We've gone to you many times for advice and you're always their to help us out, thanks. 

Bob Chewey (at www.p-point.com) and Nate Cohen - thanks for the recordings.

Paul Auerbach - The last half of the Matt Dailey Band's 2005 Summer is on film thanks to Paul.  Thanks for being so helpful and especially reliable.  We really dig the videos, and no doubt would love your help again. 

 

 


Thanks again to everyone else who has helped and been there for us. We'll add more to the list as we remember.

 



Adam Lowy

(keyboards/vocals)

(face)

- If it wasn't for his incessant yelling, Mich and Jordan would still be jamming to either "Tweezer" or "Guyute" right now. 

- He gets us the gigs, he gets us through practices. 

- His basement has spewed forth the sickest of jams, not to mention a bevy of spider-crickets (spickets). 

- You don't know what it is like to live until you see him slide down the length of his KORG TRITON LE. 

- To know him is to love him and to love him is to remind him that "Love Shack" is one of the worst ideas for a cover song imaginable.  

- Bless thee, piano-man.



Justin Muir

(rhythm guitar)

(nose[bag])

- He is moderately quiet, except when he talks.

- He no longer has a beard (bad move). 

- He has the most extensive guitar repertoire; you can name just about any song, he'll swear he doesn't know it, then seconds later he'll begin to play it. 

- He keeps the band's songs fine-tuned and in order.  He even took the time to transcribe the alto sax solo in "take five" to guitar. 

- He wants a mandolin. 

- He reinvented rhythm guitar, in our [humble] opinion. 

- He tends to keep it real, and plans to continue in such a manner.



Jordan Cohen

(lead guitar/vocals)

(mouth)

- Scorching lead? hagalil usy? walkaway vegetarian? honda crv?

- He really has the mystique that is essential in lead guitar players, not to mention the skills to back it up.

- He can shred any progression that Adam swears to have invented, yet at the same time be incredibly out of tune.

- He's probably the foremost proponent of "ambient" jams, like our hit single "Hearing Test", which involves a lot of sweet noises that in the end amount to one enlightening moment. 

- He is also a talented artist and has created all of our ticket/flyer art. 

- Many thoughts peruve his head.

- Loves to noodle

- Keys do not apply


Matt Dailey

(drums)

(eyes and ears)

- The band is named after him because he would so often fret over its pretentiousness. 

- It's a fitting name though, since not many drummers can play the mixolydian scale (followed by the dominant seventh) on the floor tom when asked.  

- He used to bang upon a 1967 Ludwig jazz kit, pearloid in tint, and speckled with beer stains.

- He now bangs upon a much newer Pearl kit and enjoys every minute of it.

- If you ask him repeatedly, he will play "When the Levee Breaks", and it is quite good.  

- His hair was once a trademark, and the sideburns of sophomore year weren't really sideburns.

- He appreciates handlebar mustaches, large sideburns, and beards more than most.

- He loves words, especially made-up words, words such as...

- Doosh!



Michael Fitzgerald

(bass)

(snaggletooth)

- A generous and insightful man, he can be described as "quite a character".

- Mich is a master of the English language and all of its idiosyncracies.  He finds humor in olde-timey things.

- He is a mythical beast.

- The band knows that it's really grooving when he puts his leg up on the bass drum.

- He enjoys wearing a good old pair of rock-star jeans.

- There is a Boorewood Tree in his front lawn.

- He can scat.

- Jeebel Meemer

- Oh hey, didn't see you there.



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