Are Cheyenne Friends Snowmen?
RIO DE JANEIRO – Beau Jennings from Cheyenne, with Ryan Lindsay (Starlight Mints) and Josh Jones (The Evangelicals) got together and recorded All My Friends Are Snowmen, under the band name Big Love Hospital. Unfortunately, this song won’t be on Cheyenne’s upcoming release, one of my favorites this year, The Whale.
Big Love Hospital – All My Friends Are Snowmen
The Whale was mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Mastering. “He’s done all sorts of sweet stuff like Fleetwood Mac, Ben Folds, Sufjan, etc.Its been a little more than 2 years in the making. Personally, my favorite thing about this record is that is was written and recorded together as a band, which is a big difference from the first album. There are a few exceptions that were unavoidable in terms of getting a true 4 way input from everyone but i know that heath, Josh, Ben and I are very proud of this album, which we are calling it The Whale.” Said Beau Jennings [vocals, guitar, piano] on their blog on Myspace Music.
The Whale is the result of Cheyenne’s journey from the Midwest to the east coast, from a one man solo project to a true-blue working band, from gentle folk desperation to rock and roll deliverance. Collaborating with Cheyenne, Starlight Mints member and pop wonder Ryan Lindsey, Ex-Fruit Bats pedal steel player Rob Stephenson, Josh Jones of Oklahoma’s Evangelicals, New York City anti-folk singer Jaymay, Oklahoma’s legendary lost songwriter Tim Miser, and veteran drummer James McAllister.The cd will be released on Dec. 11th and the band is having a release party at place called Joe’s Pub on December 8th.
Even with all of the band members having full time jobs, such as an architect, computer tech, writer, etc, the band has played a lot over the summer to support the release of The Land Rush EP and now they are currently in the process of self-booking their spring tour in support of their upcoming CD.
Cheyenne is for sure a band to keep an eye on.
Spring 2008 Tracking THE WHALE Tour:
March 8 – Lexington, KY
March 9 – Springfield, MO
March 10 – Fayetteville, AR
March 11 – Abilene, TX
March 12 – SXSW
March 13 – SXSW
March 14 – SXSW
March 15 – SXSW
March 16 – SXSW
March 24 – Dallas/Denton/Ft. Worth TX
March 25 – Norman, OK
March 26 – Tulsa, OK
March 27 – Lawrence, KS
March 28 – Kansas City, MO
March 29 – Champaign, IL
March 30 – Chicago, IL
March 31 – Chicago, IL
April 1 – Akron, OH
April 2 – Chattanooga, TN
April 3 – Murfreesboro, TN
April 4 – Nashville, TN
April 5 – Raleigh, NC
April 6 – Chapel Hill, NC
April 7 – Washington, D.C.
April 8 – Arlington, VA
April 9 – Philadelphia, PA
April 10 – Cambridge, MA
April 11 – Boston, MA