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11 years назад
As friends of all the DeLaughters, Tim was always a natural. I'm friends with his father, but I'm a drummer and trippin' D was right up my alley. But, had kiddo, wife and work and would have loved to play drums for this band - what a great band, and the VICTIM of a terrible (A&R hack) who picked the wrong song to get airplay - ANY other song, but "I Got a Girl", which put them in the 'one-hit-wonder' stack - one song can do that. Why not "Blown Away"? Even Green Tambourine - Former Island Rep to blame for lack of support and basically bailed on them- while the small Dragon Street Records did a fine job on the CD "Bill". Saw many shows, they were high-energy, low-energy coolness - a nice mix of melody and power pop, and Tim has a natural great voice with Polyphonic still. Tim had a way of seeing the big picture of his music (audio-video-visual) and this band was right there with Jane's Addiction, PFerrell, and Jellyfish, while still being able to rock it with smart-er songs. All catchy, You will NOT find a lot of guitar solos, and a solid rhythm section, with Bryan Wakeland on drums, rounded out the sound - as for the show - you had to be there. Very intense, but relaxed vibe and if not for a really, really STUPID choice of songs for airplay (not a bad song, just not representative of the ENTIRETY of the band), Trippin' Daisy got that bubble-gum goo 'label' instead of a truly rocking band with tight, solid sound and a superior front-man who knew his audience - they just got 'tripped up' and I don't think they had much say in it. Island signed them just before Island kinda bailed out and they DEF bailed on this band. Patrick (with Dragon St. Records) and I sat at the show where they signed with Island right after that show at The old Agora, Island's show of power (a band trip to the Super Bowl) and the sky looked greener than green at that moment. But, let one dumb 'suit' who thinks they know more about music than the originator of THE MUSIC, decide on a HIT song? And you are barely able to recover - in this case, they didn't. But, all the pieces were in place - some labels, fly you around, impress you, promise the moon, but then you sign and find out how living in a van, playing a song that most people find goofy, and this can stamp you as a 'campy band' - you have a recipe for breaking a perfectly good guitar. But, I got the chance to see them in their finest form - LIVE - yes, they were part of the Deep Ellum heyday, a major part, but I'm glad Tim formed Poly-Spree and went about his business of kinda showing some record labels "Hey, I can put people in ROBES and have FRENCH HORNS and we will be popular" and, they are, even with the number of players, singers, etc. Tim D is the modern day Minstrel and has always had a natural knack for delivering songs-vocals and MUSIC. But, put him back in a harder edge band? And, that band would succeed, too - he can do that genre very well, IMHO. So, if ya got the original CD "Bill" from Dragon Street, and saw them live, then you got the best of this band. If you came in on the back-end, which was full of hard-times, bad timing, personal tragedy (RIP Wes), then it would be very safe to say "Blame the Label" on the ball bring dropped. However, they are/were an integral part of Dallas band lore and to see them LIVE was to see/hear art and sound ahead of the curve. Glad Tim is having a good go with The Spree. He has paid his dues. And, check out the rest of TP's CDs. They are all good with some great songs. Hi Jerry Suzanne Armand and Adam, The D's! - Crabtree says hello. Any band that can cover Green Tambourine, and do a great job, has my vote. The entire band was great, and Tim just gave them the sound most bands don't have - a frontman who can sing + being a showman.