Trigger Hippy (Gorman, Greene & Osborne)

A week late, but got the new album, and been listening to it, and it's really good!
It sound so much like the same band from the previous album, even though half of the members are different - which is a good thing!

 

Def liking the new lineup. Very strong album. Anyone know if they'll be doing any tunes from the 1st album on this tour?

 

I'm interested in anything Joan does. No interest in checking this group out without her.

 

Yes! Amber Woodhouse on Twitter

 

Your loss bro! This album is as good (if not better) than the one with Osborne. And Woodhouse, while obviously not as popular, and is her own singer, has a very similar style/soul as Osborne and is almost as good - for real!

 

Why? It seems Nick Gvorak and Gormon are the driving forces. The new material is really strong. I had doubts after they lost 2 great singers, but they are solid as ever.

 

Their original stuff was pretty good but not compelling and without Joan would have not caught my attention. I would listen to her sing the phone book well into the Xs.

 

I would agree. Maybe no single song as strong as "Rise Up Singing," but overall, the whole album is probably better than the first.

 

So, should this thread title be amended now? Maybe it should be "Trigger Hippy (Steve Gorman and friends)" or something like that?

 

I thought Joan sounded great, but she didn't bring the best songs into that band. The new singer sounds just about as good, and the overall songwriting consistency is much higher on the 2nd record. Bass player Govrik really brought it this time.

 

I agree the songwritng consistency is much higher now. Ed Jurdi is a great talent and, much as I love Joan, to me Amber is the better singer. Plus, she also brings this to the band:

Amber Woodhouse on Twitter

 

I wouldn't go that far, but she certainly can do justice to the Osborne parts on songs from the first album. Ditto Jurdi stepping in for Jackie Greene. I think the new album is very good and they've successfully replaced two major talents better than I expected they would be able to. I hope this lineup can stick together for awhile.

Favorites so far are:

Full Circle And Then Some
Low Down Country Song

Maybe the two most basic tracks, but I guess I'm just drawn to the simple Stones-y type tunes.

I noticed Joan Osborne and Tom Bukovac are credited for writing on a few of the songs. I wonder if these are ones where they recorded songs with her, and then went back and re-did them with Amber and Ed. I'd still love to hear the prior recordings and hope they come out at some point.

 

Heh. I got psyched because I thought “Osborne” was Buzz from Melvins.

Oh well.

 

don't want to get too much into comparing Jackie & Joan to Ed & Amber. I'd just think that Nick and Steve did a great job in finding worthy [edit: successors].

 

So do you only listen to Joan? Otherwise I don't understand why you wouldn't at least give a listen.

 

New video, "The Door"

 

Just been listening to their new album this morning. gets the thumbs up. Nice grooves, good drumming and the mix of vocalists works well.

 

Had a bit of time to listen to this at last and it’s bedding in nicely, there’s some real growers on this album. Agree with previous posters who say what a good job Steve and Nick have done in drafting in two talents like Ed and Amber.

 

Here's a link to their recent show in Chicago. TH is taper-friendly, so enjoy!

Dropbox - Trigger Hippy 11-15-19 Chicago,Il - Simplify your life

 

The Band are Ok with sharing their shows, please click on the link below to their permission....

 

Thanks for the link, it’s a good AUD recording and a great set. There are a couple of other people playing here which really helps with the live sound. I think I caught the name of the guitarist as Sol Littefield who does have a credit on the album but didn’t catch the name of the keyboard player.
There is some nice harmony guitar parts between Ed and Sol and I really love Ambers saxophone playing on The Butchers Daughter. Steve and Nick are tight. I’m starting to love this band.

 

The keyboard player is Jimmy Wallace. The band has actually posted a song from Mark's recording on YouTube:

 

I never heard the 1st album. I bought the new one and was very impressed. The material was consistently good and the singing was excellent. I'll have to go back and check out the 1st one.

 

Thanks

 

They've had a bit of a rotating cast on keys. Jimmy Wallace was there for several shows in the summer/early fall, and then was replaced by Jimmy Rowland. Rowland was unavailable for three recent shows (St. Louis, Memphis, and Louisville) and a guy named Steven Mullen played those shows.