I think I’d noticed Brad Cook’s name in the credits of Bon Iver records, but took more notice when I interviewed BJ Burton for Tape Op#137 and he...
Steve Daubenspeck and Greg Freeman are Ancient Farmers and their new album is called Seventh Heaven.
Greg Freeman was featured in Tape Op #1, and had previously recorded two albums for Tape Op founder Larry Crane when he was in the band Vomit Launch. Greg has been in the instrumental group Pell Mell and MTV stars The Call, and ran Lowdown Studios in San Francisco for years. Steve Daubenspeck is one-time member of SF's Granfaloon Bus and has many varied releases out. Guests include Prairie Prince (The Tubes), John McEntire (Tape Op #23), and Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven). Additional engineering by Chris Von Sneidern and mastering by JJ Golden @ Golden Mastering. -LC
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