News: 7/27/12: "Kick Off Your Muddy Boots"
The new studio album is getting a little bit closer each day. We've been adding some percussion overdubs and Julie and I will be hitting background vocals on Monday the 30th. After that, it will be back to studying rough mixes, deciding if there is any further sweetening to be done and, if not, on to mix-down and mastering. We think we're going to knock a lot of folks off their feet. Stay Tuned!
News: 7/26/12: Article from Chestnut Hill Local
Steve Ahearn wrote a very flattering article about me and my music for the Chestnut Hill Local's July 26, 2012 edition. Here is a link for your viewing and reading pleasure.
News: 4/12/12: The next studio album
"Kick Off Your Muddy Boots" is coming!
I've been listening to the rough mixes of our new album, "Kick Off Your Muddy Boots," and think we're on to something really special. The hard part (vocals) is yet to come, but I believe that the results will knock a lot of folks out. The key is simple; I have an unbelievably talented band around me and their performances have elevated the songs to heights I could not have imagined. Thanks, from the bottom of my heart, to Julie Myers, Paul Deck and Nick Terramani. Stay tuned!
News: 3/29/12 Radio Appearance
Geoff will be appearing live on WDVR FM in Seargentsville, N.J. with the wonderful Julie Myers, Friday, March 30th around 2:00p.m. EST. You can listen in at 89.7 on the FM dial or connect via the web at: http://www.wdvrfm.org/
News: 3/1/12 Swimming To The Sun
Just released is my second album, a live effort recorded at the Mermaid Inn in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and titled "Swimming To The Sun." It is a thirteen song set featuring three cuts from "Pilgrim's Progress," four covers and six previously unrecorded songs set for appearance on my next studio album, "Kick Off Your Muddy Boots."
It was a kick to record this set in front of an appreciative crowd and a lot of fun to present the songs in a stripped down format of guitar and vocals. This is the way the country blues was meant to sound and I had a blast including classics like "Statesboro Blues," "Police Dog Blues" and "He's In The Jailhouse Now." For good measure, I also included one of my favorite songs from the great Moby Grape, Jerry Miller and Don Stevenson's "8:05."
Lyrics for the six new original tunes can be found on the lyrics page. Rehearsals for "KOYMB" are going great and we hope to be in the studio later this month. Stay tuned!
Beginning in late May of this year, I went back into the studio and re-cut all of the vocal tracks for Pilgrim's Progress, then, under the expert guidance of master engineer / producer Ron DiSilvestro, we remixed and remastered the entire project. The results can be heard on the "Now Playing" page. Have a listen and please feel free to contact me with your opinions on the tunes. Personally, I think that there has been an immense improvement over the original tracks. Enjoy!
News: 2/24/11 Music Player on Site
Well, it took long enough but I've finally got a music player on this site with fourteen of my songs, twelve from "Pilgrim's Progress" and demos of "Delilah" and "Eliza Jane," destined for the next album (working title: "Kick Off Your Muddy Boots"). Hop on over to "Now Playing" and have a listen. I hope you enjoy them and would welcome your feedback.
News: 12/28/10 Album of the Month
"Pilgrim's Progress" has just been named album of the month for Llew Garner's blues show at RadioWarrington (UK) for the month of January 2011. It is a great honor to be chosen and to have the opportunity for a world wide audience to hear my music. Be sure to check out the Blues Show's live internet feed on Tuesdays from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time in the U.S. You can follow this link: RadioWarrington/UK
News: 3/23/10 New Songs at MySpace & IMRadio
Two new songs, just recorded today and set to be featured on the next album (working title: "Kick Off Your Muddy Boots") have been added to my MySpace page and into regular rotation at IMRadio.com (under "Schedule," choose Pennsylvania and Folk). They are "Delilah," a modern retelling of a classic story of obsessive love, and "Eliza Jane," a love song for all women from the men who love and never really understand them.
News: 3/10/10 We're playing in the Netherlands!
The world is getting smaller every minute. One of the tracks from "Pilgrim's Progress," a tune called "Signs and Wonders" was featured on Gerrit Caspers Americana Radio show, "Goodno(i)se" which airs every Thursday evening across Northern Europe. Geoff's song shared airspace with works by John Gorka, The Waybacks and Linda Ronstadt, some pretty good company.
News: 9/26/09 New Release: Pilgrim's Progress
Geoff's latest release is "Pilgrim's Progress," a collection of songs exploring many aspects of life's journey. Recorded with Paul Deck on drums and Monique Canniere on violin, Geoff plays guitar, bass and dobro and contributes all of the vocals. The collection of thirteen songs is a happy mixture of Piedmont Blues, Ragtime and Contemporary Folk with great grooves and thought provoking lyrics. Ask for it at your local Brick and Mortar store or download it today from CD Baby, Itunes, DigStation, Rhapsody and BestBuy.com. On Twilight Tango Records.
Use the Lyrics Page Link to check out the songs and thanks for listening! Would you like to hear some of the tunes (in all their mp3 glory)? Follow this link to my myspace page: www.myspace.com/geoffhansplant