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Dirty Logic
The music
I followed what moved me.
Sometimes that meant standing out front. Sometimes it meant finding the harmony that made a song come alive. Sometimes it meant stepping into a sound completely different from the one that came before it.
These songs come from different years and different bands. Some of them don’t sound anything alike.
But I am in every one of them.
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Featured music
A few from
the collection.
A few recordings and performances pulled from different corners of the catalog. Not a definitive list, just a place to begin.
This selection can change as I rediscover old recordings, remember forgotten ones, and find others I want to bring forward.
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Empire Strikes Brass
25 or 6 to 4
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Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Young Soul
Hook and intertwined verses · From the Grammy-winning albumThe listening room
This one
keeps going.
This isn’t a single song or a handful of featured recordings. It’s a growing playlist, and I’ll keep adding to it whenever I find something that belongs here.
Press play and wander around.
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Follow the music wherever it goes.
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Selected recordings & performances
A little from
every direction.
A few songs. A few performances. A few different sides of what I’ve done.
Empire Strikes Brass feat. Datrian Johnson
Changes
Co-lead vocals · Trading verses
Ozzy Osbourne’s song, reimagined through the Charles Bradley version.
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Lovett
Heart Attack
Backing vocals
Filmed during a studio party at Echo Mountain Recording. I also played saxophone on tour with Lovett.
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Karl Denson
Mighty Rebel
Backing vocals
From Brother’s Keeper. Laura Reed and I recorded backing vocals on seven songs at Lenny Kravitz’s studio.
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Free Radio & Saint Disruption with John Medeski
You Haven’t Done Nothin’
Lead vocals · Live performance
Free Radio and Saint Disruption with John Medeski, taking on Stevie Wonder live.
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Raising Caine
Knee Deep
Backing vocals · Official video
A completely different turn: outlaw country with Raising Caine.
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Josh Phillips Folk Festival
Keep People Waiting
Backing vocals
From Get Outside. Still one of my favorites.
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Effigy Seed feat. Debrissa McKinney
Shine
Hook vocals
A sentimental hip-hop song Philo wrote about missing his Papa after he passed.
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Umphrey’s Strikes Brass
No Quarter
Vocals and tenor saxophone · Live performance
Empire Strikes Brass and members of Umphrey’s McGee together at Asheville Music Hall.
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The music is coming
from home now.
New songs are taking shape here. There’s no tour schedule attached to them and no rush to get them out the door.
They’ll be here when they’re ready.
NEW MUSIC COMING SOON