Ep. 160: Busman’s Holiday “Table Talk Album” and much more (live and unedited)I’ve known Addison and Lewis for around 17 years as I used to book music in West Philadelphia in the 2000’s and booked Busman’s Holiday a bunch of times. I stopped booking in 2009, but had such a good memory of their music, that over the years I’d kept tabs on them and would always listen to their new stuff. We reconnected a few months ago and finally got the opportunity to chat with them. It was good timing as “Table Talk” was just completed. This is one of my favorite albums I’ve heard in years. Their music just gets into your soul and makes you happy and hopeful. The songwriting just brings you into the wonderful places and experiences they write about. They explore folk, jazz, funk, and a lot of the production sounds like it was made in the 60’s and 70’s. It’s a great album to put on loud in your car and sing along to. I highly recommend you buy the vinyl or files as this is a band is highly worth supporting and it’s always hard to make a good buck in music with all the streaming services. I had a great fun chat with them and learned that they are highly influenced by film and also have also been doing comedy improv for years. Well rounded and interesting guys. About Busman’s Holiday Busman’s Holiday is a band of brothers from Bloomington, IN. After nearly two decades, their musical eras have been varied and adventurous. Recently the band has hitched their get-up to a funky rock’n’roll sound. Their sibling vocal harmony, catchy melodies, unexpected musical turns, and simple grooves will lift you higher. With an unparalleled devotion to the craft Busman’s Holiday explores songwriting and making people feel good.Busman's Holiday: Table TalkIt's a live-to-tape studio record, capturing the essence of our full band with horns. Get up close and personal with this new Busman's Holiday classic.https://busmansholiday.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/busmansholidayhttps://open.spotify.com/album/7FBV5LdyvY8cGYv9RVeW7G?si=TMpMWWEjS12TJaMPW09duAFull BioA band of brothers hailing from Bloomington, Indiana, Busman’s Holiday are devoted to exploring the boundless possibilities of the human voice. On their inventive, giddily experimental third album, the aptly titled Good Songs, Lewis Rogers and Addison Rogers sculpt their lines rather than simply sing them, deploying an arsenal of techniques and tricks to deliver lyrics about loneliness and connection and joy and fulfillment. “In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, there was this revolution of people like the Beach Boys and the Beatles using their voices in the strangest ways,” says Lewis (the taller of the pair, with a John Prine style-moustache that gives him the look of a gunslinger). “We’re trying to pick up on that. You can have a million synthesizers, but the human voice can do something wilder and weirder than all that equipment.”Credits Rich WexlerProducer/Interviewer ⁠⁠⁠http://www.vintageannalsarchive.comOtter Castro - Body Episode Editor Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vintageannalsarchiveandpodcast

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