ICHABOD'S GEOGRAPHY
Back in college, I decided I wanted to start a band. One the friends I made, Jimmy Rimmer, liked the idea. So we started practicing together.
Unforunately, Jimmy was in Computer Science had more limited time than I did. I remember calling him almost daily to see if we could practice. I usually got his answering machine. One day, I got bored of saying, "Hey Jimmy, this is Marc. Give me a call." So instead, I said, "Hey Johannes! This is Ichabod. Give me a call."
Several hours later, I got a phone call. "Heyyyy Ichabod!"
"What? Huh?" Then I realized it was Jimmy. He then reminded me about my earlier phone call. Since then, he's been Johannes, and I became Ichabod. Or together. Jo Ichy! (Jo as "Yo"). Okay, that's my little joke.
Actually, Johannes told me a while back that he thought I had said, "Hey Ichabod, this is Johannes." Nevertheless, I'm Ichy and he's Johan.
I performed under the name Ichabod for several years. In 1997, my band Breastfed broke up. I started playing the autoharp. A few months later, I went into the studio with a dozen songs and recorded my first solo CD Geography. Then I quit my job and started playing music full-time... okay not really. In fact, it was a dismal failure. And I learned a good lesson from the experience.
But the CD was a lot of fun nevertheless. I wish I still had my old bio and stuff from that time. Ah well.
Geography Track Listing:
- Parliamo Troppo
- The Lolly Song
- Reflexology
- Lounging in La La Land
- Bella's Highland Jig
- Dying Flame
- A Walk Through the Land of Empty
- Something More
- Irish Ballad
- Monster in My Mirror
- Freight Train
The problem with it, and why I'm not big on re-releasing is that the performance is mediocre. I skip some beats in a few songs. There's some tuning problems. Kinda sucks. Cuz aside from those things, I loved the album.
You can download it for free if you're a member of Song Henge, my online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads.
posted by Marc Gunn @ Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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