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The Water Street Trilogy pt 1: "Wild as the Wild Dogs"

by The Weber Brothers

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Wild as the Wild Dogs 04:13
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2.
Orders from the Blues 04:52
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3.
Think Again 02:43
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4.
Greatest of the Greatest 04:16
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Wild One(Real Wild Child) 03:09
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6.
Wild Side 03:01
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Lately if These Walls Could Talk 03:03
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8.
When Love Come to Get Ya 04:34
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9.
Blitzkrieg Baby 02:02
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10.
Right This Minute 03:15
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about

In a brief window between lockdowns in the summer of 2021, Peterborough based rock and rollers The Weber Brothers found themselves faced with an oddly familiar situation.

"It was the second summer of the pandemic. So opportunities to play as a band were few and far between," says Sam Weber. "And we had quite a bit of material we hadn't recorded yet."

So the brothers called their friend and producer extraordinaire James Mckenty with an idea; to take a day and record the 5 piece band live off the floor. With Marcus Bowne on drums, Emily Burgess on guitar and Ryan "Rico" Browne as multi-instrumentalist, the group had a back catalogue of some 30 songs ready for the project.

"We had a lot of tunes we'd been doing live for a while. To me, the arrangements were pretty strong, and we'd played them enough to know what we were all doing. So why not take a day and try to bang them out live? It's an approach to recording we hadn't done in years."

McKenty rented a building in Gore's Landing (the same building where he would record Neil Young a few weeks later) and brought his mobile recording setup.

"When you work with someone like James, it's a real relief in that you never have to worry about the technical side. You can just focus on playing the music. And on playing together as a band."

What resulted is quite a feat: 31 songs recorded over the course of a 13 hour day. "Wild As The Wild Dogs", the first installment in a collection called "The Water Street Trilogy" will be released in November. With the subsequent 2 albums to be released at a later date.

"I really like the sounds we were able to get. Not much in the way of studio tricks or overdubbing. It's the sound of a band playing live in a room. It's raw and pretty darn rockin, if I do say so myself," says Sam. "We made that building shake."

The album comes with a dedication to the brothers’ teacher, mentor, and friend, the Legendary Ronnie Hawkins. “This is a rock and roll album, this is the kind of music Ronnie loved, it only seems right to send it out to him wherever he is now, because he‘s the one who really taught us so much about it, what it really is, and how to really do it. His presence is all over this album, and hopefully, we’ve done him and all the lessons he gave us some justice,” adds Ryan, “This for us is a constant goal.”

credits

released November 12, 2022

The Weber Brothers Band

Ryan Weber
Sam Weber
Marcus Browne
Rico Browne
Emily Burgess

Recorded by James McKenty
Produced by James McKenty and The Weber Brothers
Mastering by Sir Andy Pryde
Artwork by Sean Daniels
All songs and original sound recordings by The Weber Brothers except Wild One(Real Wild Child) by
Johnny Greenan Johnny O'Keefe Dave Owens Tony Withers
Used by permission

Ryan Weber plays Hofner basses, K & K Sound pickups, and Gallien-Krueger amplifiers

The Weber Brothers play Rotosound Strings

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