Brian Naughton

MMN - Ep8 - Brian Naughton - Almost to the Sun

10mo ago

Fun facts from the interview

• David Bowie is Brian's favorite artist, and hearing Changes on the radio at about age 10 made him want to make music.
• He taught himself guitar from Mel Bay books and records, and learned to transpose because his first songbook was all in B flat.
• The Ragged Tiger is a Duran Duran tribute, and Brian sings Simon Le Bon's parts.
• Cracked Actor is a David Bowie tribute focused on the 1970s and early 1980s.
• Crack in the Halo covers Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver and played its first showcase at Ziggy's in Hudson on November 5.
• Shredding Flannel is a 90s cover band with a rotating group of players.
• In Georgia he played bass in a band called Sabbatical, then became singer and songwriter of an original band in Atlanta.
• That band moved to Chicago in August 1991, signed with Cleopatra Records and released its first album in 1993.
• Paul Westerberg once took his band's beer at a practice space and then told them to leave.
• At a Replacements show at Center Stage in Atlanta, Westerberg invited him up to sing Androgynous.
• He returned to music at the Ziggy's jam in January 2023, singing Wicked Garden.
• He has filled in with Seattle Rain.
• Shredding Flannel played Jersey's with Halfway There on November 8 and with Dissonant on December 13.
• He recommended Anthony, the singer of Sir Psycho, and Shad Christensen as future guests.