Banda: Spin Doctors
Gênero: Alternative Rock, Blues-Rock, Funk-Rock, Jam Band
Disco: Pocket Full Of Kryptonite [20th Anniversary Edition]
Ano: 2011(*)
Faixas:
Disk 1
1. Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Spin Doctors) 4:38
2. What Time Is It? (Spin Doctors) 4:50
3. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong (Spin Doctors) 3:54
4. Forty Of Fifty (Spin Doctors) 4:23
5. Refrigerator Car (Spin Doctors) 4:46
6. More Than She Knows (Schenkman, Lambert, Clark, Fitting) 2:12
7. Two Princes (Spin Doctors) 4:18
8. Off My Line (Schenkman, Bell, Spin Doctors) 3:58
9. How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?) (Spin Doctors) 4:59
10. Shinbone Alley (Spin Doctors)/Hard To Exist (Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Gomes) 12:45
11. Hard To Exist [Single B-Side, 1991] [Bonus Track] (Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Gomes) 4:29
Disk 2
1989 "Can't Say No" Demo
1. Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Spin Doctors) 5:13
2. Can't Say No (Schenkman) 2:19
3. Hard To Exist (Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Gomes) 4:29
4. At This Hour (Spin Doctors) 5:37
5. 40 Or 50 (Spin Doctors) 4:39
6. Big Fat Funky Booty (Spin Doctors) 4:00
1990 "Piece Of Glass" Demo
7. What Time Is It? (Spin Doctors) 4:08
8. How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?) (Spin Doctors) 5:44
9. Hungry Hamed's (Spin Doctors) 4:39
10. House (Spin Doctors) 4:19
11. Two Princes (Spin Doctors) 4:40
12. Refrigerator Car (Spin Doctors) 4:05
13. Rosetta Stone (Spin Doctors) 6:10
14. Freeway Of The Plains (Buscaglia, Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Fogel) 5:48
15. Turn It Upside Down [Live 7.19.1993, Kingswood Music Theatre, Toronto, Canada] (Unknown) 3:35
16. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong [Live 9.25.1990, Bootleg, Continental Divide, NYC, NY, EUA] (Spin Doctors) 5:50
Créditos:
Chris Barron: Vocals
Aaron Comess: Drums, Percussion, Congas, Hammond Organ, Backing Vocals
Eric Schenkman: Guitar, Piano, Vocals
Mark White: Bass
Músicos adicionais:
John Popper: Harmonica, Backing Vocals
John Bush: Congas, Tambourine
Dave Mascucci, Chuck Hancock, Mr. X: Unknown Contribution
(*) Disco lançado originalmente em 1991.
Disco: Homebelly Groove… Live [Bonus Tracks]
Ano: 1992
Faixas:
1. What Time Is It?/Off My Line [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] (12:19)
2. Freeway Of The Plains/Lady Kerosene [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] (10:53)
3. Yo Baby [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] (5:50)
4. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong [Recorded live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, NY, June 12, 1992] (4:42)
5. Shinbone Alley [Recorded live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, NY, June 12, 1992] (8:13)
6. Refrigerator Car [Recorded live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, NY, June 12, 1992] (6:20)
7. Sweet Widow [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] (11:38)
8. Stepped On A Crack [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] (5:13)
9. Yo Mamas A Pajama [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] (4:06)
10. Rosetta Stone [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] (8:07)
11. Big Fat Funky Booty [From EP "Up For Grabs... Live", 1990] [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] [Bonus Tracks] (7:30)
12. At This Hour [From EP "Up For Grabs... Live", 1990] [Recorded live at Wetlands Preserve, NY, September 27, 1990] [Bonus Tracks] (6:47)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Aaron Comess: Drums
Christopher Barron: Vocals
Eric Schenkman: Guitar, Background Vocals
Mark White: Bass
Roger Fox: Flute (faixa 8)
Disco: Turn It Upside Down
Ano: 1994
Faixas:
1. Big Fat Funky Booty (4:15)
2. You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast (3:49)
3. Cleopatra's Cat (4:04)
4. Hungry Hamed's (5:11)
5. Biscuit Head (4:19)
6. Indifference (4:24)
7. Bags Of Dirt (4:48)
8. Mary Jane (3:41)
9. More Than Meets The Ear (3:55)
10. Laraby's Gang (3:39)
11. At This Hour (3:54)
12. Someday All This Will Be Road (4:42)
13. Beasts In The Woods (4:35)
Músicas de autoria da banda, exceto "Indiference", composta por Eric Schenkman e Linda Kelly, "Mary Jane", composta por Chris Barron e Bob Lewis, e "Laraby's Gang", composta por Chris Barron.
Créditos:
Chris Barron: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar (faixa 8)
Aaron Comess: Drums, Percussion, Clavinet (faixa 1), Piano (faixa 8), Hammond Organ (faixas 5, 10)
Eric Schenkman: Guitars, Lead Vocals (faixa 6), Background Vocals (faixa 7), Piano (faixa 9)
Mark White: Bass
Músicos adicionais:
Andrew Comess: Hammond Organ (faixas 2, 8)
Frankie "The Eggman" LaRocha: Percussion
Mark Agostino: Shaker
Disco: You've Got To Believe In Something
Ano: 1996
Faixas:
1. You've Got To Believe In Something (Barron, Comess, Krizan, White) 4:02
2. House (Barron, Comess, Schenkman, White) 3:53
3. Dogs On A Doe (Barron, Comess, Krizan, White) 5:12
4. I Can't Believe You're Still With Her (Barron, Comess, Krizan, White) 3:44
5. She Used To Be Mine (Barron, Comess, Krizan, White, Kiner Jr.) 3:35
6. She's Not You (Barron, Comess, Krizan, White) 5:07
7. To Make Me Blue (Barron, Comess, Krizan, White) 3:33
8. 'Bout A Train (Barron, Comess) 5:25
9. Where Angels Fear To Tread (Barron, Comess, Krizan, White) 4:02
10. If Wishes Were Horses (Barron, Comess, Krizan, White) 4:29
11. Sister Sisyphus (Barron, Comess, White, Richardson, Lawrence) 4:06
12. That's The Way (I Like It) (Casey, Finch) 5:26
Créditos:
Chris Barron: Vocals
Aaron Comess: Drums, Percussion
Anthony Krizan: Guitar, Vocals
Mark White: Bass
Músicos adicionais:
Arnie Lawrence: Saxophone (faixa 11)
Bernie Worrell: Keyboards (faixas 1, 5, 10)
Kevin Bents: Keyboards (faixa 9)
John Bush: Congas (faixa 5)
Frankie LaRocka: Egg Shakers (faixa 9)
Babi Floyd: Background Vocals (faixas 1, 2, 4, 5)
Frank Floyd: Background Vocals (faixas 1, 2, 5)
Robin Clark, Diva Gray: Background Vocals (faixa 1)
Tyra White: Additional Bass
Biz Markie: Voice (faixas 2, 12)
Disco: Here Comes The Bride
Ano: 1999
Faixas:
1. Here Comes The Bride (Barron, Comess) 3:13
2. Vampires In The Sun (Barron, Comess) 2:57
3. Waiting For The Blow (Barron, Comess, Benjamin, Durham, Marcus, Seiler) 3:16
4. The Man (Barron, Comess) 3:50
5. Gone Mad (Barron, Comess) 4:19
6. Wow (Barron, Comess, Neville) 4:14
7. Siren Dress (Barron, Comess) 3:15
8. Gorilla Boy (Barron) 3:11
9. Key To The Kingdom (Barron, Comess) 4:05
10. Fisherman's Delight (Barron, Comess) 4:12
11. The Bigger I Laugh, The Harder I Cry (Barron, Comess) 3:26
12. Dodging Assassins (Barron, Comess) 3:11
13. Diamond (Barron, Comess) 3:47
14. Tomorrow Can Pay The Rent (Barron) 11:01
Créditos:
Chris Barron: Vocals
Aaron Comess: Drums, Bass, Keyboards
Eran Tabib: Guitar
Mark White: Bass
Ivan Neville: Keyboards, Background Vocals
Músicos adicionais:
Joe Bonadio: Tambourine, Hand Drum
Lani Groves, Catherine Russell: Background Vocals
Todd Horton: Trumpet
Arnie Lawrence: Saxophone
Andrew Lippman: Trombone
Judith Talvi: Cello
Disco: Nice Talking To Me
Ano: 2005
Faixas:
1. Nice Talking To Me (Barron, Comess, Schenkman, Wallace, White) 3:59
2. Sugar (Barron, Comess, Schenkman, White) 4:18
3. Margarita ( Barron) 3:01
4. Happily Ever After (Barron, Comess) 3:21
5. I'd Like To Love You (But I Think You Might Be Crazy) (Barron, Comess, Schenkman) 5:03
6. Can't Kick The Habit (Barron, Cohen, Sweggers) 8:17
7. My Problem Now (Barron, Comess, Schenkman) 3:19
8. Genuine (Laing, Schenkman) 5:41
9. Tonight You Could Steal Me Away (Barron, Schenkman) 4:26
10. Safety Pin (Barron, Schenkman) 4:13
Créditos:
Chris Barron: Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Aaron Comess: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Eric Schenkman: Electric Guitar, Lead & Backing Vocals
Mark White: Bass, Backing Vocals
Músico adicional:
Vince Jones: Keyboards
Disco: If The River Was Whiskey
Ano: 2013
Faixas:
1. Some Other Man Instead (4:35)
2. If The River Was Whiskey (3:17)
3. Sweetest Portion (4:02)
4. Traction Blues (3:42)
5. Scotch And Water Blues (5:16)
6. About A Train (6:14)
7. The Drop (4:40)
8. Ben's Looking Out The Window Blues (3:09)
9. So Bad (5:56)
10. What My Love? (2:32)
Músicas de autoria da banda, menos "Some Other Man Instead", composta pela banda, Arne Hovda e Eric Norvald Roe.
Créditos:
Chris Barron: Vocals
Eric Schenkman: Guitar
Aaron Comess: Drums
Mark White: Bass
Disco: Songs From The Road
Ano: 2015(*)
Faixas:
1. What Time Is It? (Spin Doctors) 4:41
2. Traction Blues (Spin Doctors) 3:52
3. Off My Line (Bell, Spin Doctors) 5:20
4. Sweetest Portion (Spin Doctors) 4:42
5. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong (Spin Doctors) 4:38
6. Some Other Man Instead (Spin Doctors, Hovda, Roe) 5:23
7. If The River Was Whiskey (Spin Doctors) 3:46
8. Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Spin Doctors) 6:05
9. About A Train (Spin Doctors) 7:05
10. Two Princes (Spin Doctors) 4:52
11. Lady Kerosene (Spin Doctors) 4:52
12. Scotch & Water Blues (Spin Doctors) 7:13
13. What My Love? (Spin Doctors) 2:29
14. Yo Mamas A Pajama (Spin Doctors) 5:09
Chris Barron: Vocals
Aaron Comess: Drums
Eric Schenkman: Guitar, Vocals
Mark White: Bass
(*) Gravado ao vivo no Harmonie, em Bonn, Alemanha, no dia 17 de outubro de 2013.
Biografia:
A biografia da banda, que segue, em tradução livre do inglês, foi extraída do site Oldies, que, por sua vez, cita, como fonte primária do texto, a Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, de Colin Larkin (sob licença da editora Muze).
Esse quarteto nasceu em 1989 quando Christopher Barron (nascido no dia 5 de fevereiro de 1968, no Havaí; vocais) e Eric Schenkman (nascido no dia 12 de dezembro de 1963, em Massachusetts, EUA; guitarra) encontraram Aaron Comess (nascido no dia 24 abril de 1968, no Arizona, EUA; bateria) na New School Of Jazz, em Nova Iorque. Fechando o lineup com Mark White (nascido no dia 7 de julho de 1962, em Nova Iorque, EUA; baixo), a banda assinou com uma gravadora no ano seguinte. "Pocket Full Of Kryptonite", de 1991, contemplava uma variada e bem trabalhada coleção de canções roqueiras melódicas, temperadas com ritmos funk e letras espirituosas e inteligentes. O disco também exibia a considerável habilidade musical do grupo, tocando uma ampla gama de estilos, dos leves e descontraídos números jazzísticos até o funk mais pesado, recordativo da Red Hot Chili Peppers, tudo com facilidade quase indiferente, embora delimitando uma sonoridade própria.
Sem se abater pelo insucesso inicial do álbum, a Spin Doctors pegou a estrada nos Estados Unidos, excursionando até o ponto da exaustão física e financeira. Depois que uma rádio de Vermont passou a divulgar reiteradamente o disco, outras emissoras a acompanharam, e a popularidade da banda entrou em ascensão. "Pocket Full Of Kryptonite" tornou-se um grande sucesso, gerando um single Top 10 americano com "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", apesar do pequeno alvoroço causado pelo verso de abertura da música: "Tudo ficou mais fácil depois que a sem-vergonha saiu da cidade" (a letra, na verdade, ao invés da alardeada misoginia, destinou-se a satirizar a ex-madrasta de Barron).
"Homebelly Groove", gravado ao vivo, foi lançado para atender à crescente demanda. Àquela altura, a escalada da Spin Doctors começou a ser comparada com a subida da Nirvana, ambas alavancadas pela preferência popular. A Spin Doctors, porém, simplesmente permaneceu na estrada, mantendo sua expressiva reputação em espetáculos, enquanto outro single, "Two Princes", virou hit internacional. Entretanto, a banda sofreu seu primeiro revés no encerramento de 1994, quando a imprensa noticiou que o guitarrista Eric Shenkman cedera seu posto para Anthony Krizan (nascido em Nova Jérsei, EUA). "Turn It Upside Down" não passou de uma pálida sombra do best-seller "Pocket Full Of Kryptonite".
Houve alguns destaques ("Cleopatra's Cat", "Mary Jane" e "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"), e talvez a banda tinha sido pressionada a lançar o disco apressadamente. Após o soberbo debute, o amargo desapontamento, e as vendas ficaram muito aquém dos milhões de cópias comercializadas do primeiro álbum. Tamanho sucesso não serviu pra nada, e o fracasso de "You've Got To Believe In Something" e "Here Comes The Bride" confirmou que a Spin Doctors tornara-se um empreendimento desvantajoso. Questões com gravadoras, mudanças de pessoal e rumores de que Barron estaria com sérios problemas nas cordas vocais apenas prejudicaram ainda mais a banda, que acabou se separando no final da década de 90 (nota minha: segundo a Wikipedia e o AllMusic, a banda retornou em 2001, realizando shows com certa regularidade e inclusive gravando novos discos de músicas inéditas).
