tag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:/blogs/news?p=2News2023-12-02T02:20:15-05:00Dreadnaughtfalsetag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/73133072023-12-02T02:20:15-05:002023-12-02T02:22:07-05:00Dreadnaught live at The Music Hall Lounge<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/234856/63691f1cc89c6d43c7cf4e5e3a30027b1e9ad1d6/original/dreadnaught-release-highres-63.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_left border_" />Dreadnaught makes its debut at The Music Hall Lounge in Portsmouth NH on Saturday, February 3, 2024. After nearly 20 years of performing on the stage of the historic Hall as house band for the Writers On A New England Stage series, we'll play our first show at the wonderful new Lounge performance space on Congress street. Expect some deep cuts from our catalog, chestnuts from the songbook, and just possibly some new material as well. <br><br>Tickets on sale now at <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.themusichall.org/events/dreadnaught24/" data-link-type="url">www.themusichall.org/events/dreadnaught24</a></p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/68404152021-12-14T06:43:17-05:002023-10-16T10:51:08-04:0025th anniversary album NORTHER BURNER out now<p>Our new silver anniversary album NORTHERN BURNER is here. Acclaimed as an "instrumental tour de force that is distinctly Dreadnaught right from the off" by <a contents="The Progressive Aspect" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2021/12/12/dreadnaught-northern-burner/" target="_blank">The Progressive Aspect</a>, BURNER features our longtime collaborators Duncan Watt, Mac Ritchey, and Jon Wyman in a recording quite unlike anything we've done before.<br><br>We'll play the album in its entirety along with a few other choice cuts on Saturday February 19, 2022 at The Press Room in Portsmouth NH and Saturday March 26, 2022 at The Stone Church in Newmarket NH. Details to follow.<br><br><br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/northern-burner" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/287019240cd6047a8c130d988c6f5488984dc67a/original/northern-burner.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>NORTHER BURNER <br>Released December 14, 2021 <br><a contents="dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/northern-burner&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/northern-burner" target="_blank">dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/northern-burner</a></p>
<p>25 years, millions and millions of notes, and cases and cases and cases of High Life beer later we bring you NORTHERN BURNER, a musical transfiguration spanning the barnyard, outer space, and make believe. </p>
<p>Performed by Dreadnaught: <br>Rick Habib (drums, percussion) <br>Bob Lord (bass guitars) <br>Mac Ritchey (electric oud, percussion) <br>Justin Walton (electric guitars) <br>Duncan Watt (keyboards) <br>Jon Wyman (programming) </p>
<p>Recorded at The Halo in Windham ME <br>Engineered and mastered by Jon Wyman <br>Artwork by Brett Picknell <br>Produced by Bob Lord</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/67633252021-10-01T14:10:09-04:002021-12-14T06:21:43-05:00NORTHERN BURNER out 12.14.21, new single "Pig & Pony" out now<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/8e766c2bfc563b20ddbc99c69d1f6a4e5f03b35b/original/hastings-dreadnaught-2017-highres-color-5.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />25 years, millions and millions of notes, and cases and cases and cases of High Life beer later we bring you NORTHERN BURNER, a musical transfiguration spanning the barnyard, outer space, and make believe. Out December 14, 2021. </p>
<p>Album preview track "Pig & Pony" out now exclusively on Bandcamp:</p>
<p><a contents="https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/pig-pony" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/pig-pony" target="_blank">https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/pig-pony</a></p>
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<p>Performed by Dreadnaught: <br>Rick Habib (drums) <br>Bob Lord (bass guitar) <br>Mac Ritchey (electric oud) <br>Justin Walton (electric guitar) <br>Duncan Watt (keyboards) <br>Jon Wyman (programming) </p>
<p>Recorded at The Halo in Windham ME <br>Engineered and mastered by Jon Wyman <br>Artwork by Brett Picknell<br>Produced by Bob Lord</p>
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<p>NORTHERN BURNER <br>Out December 14, 2021 </p>
<p>1) Pink Light (1:51) <br>2) Pig & Pony (4:34) <br>3) Rum Cake (1:24) <br>4) Monsignor Bananas (8:16) <br>5) Fantasy In Pink Light (2:10) <br>6) Sundown At The Barnyard (5:20) <br>7) Parlor Tricks (3:01) <br>8) Pony & Pig (5:21) <br>9) Throwing In The Towel (2:23)</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/66932892021-07-20T14:03:46-04:002021-07-20T14:03:46-04:00Live & In Living Color (Again)<p>Looking forward to hitting the stage again for the first time in nearly a year, without doubt the longest we've ever gone without a live performance since starting up back in 1996.</p>
<p>Two shows coming up in the near future, one in Hallowell ME on August 10 for the <a contents="Hallowell Arts" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/HallowellArts/" target="_blank">Hallowell Arts</a> "Rock on the River" series and another on September 2 at <a contents="The Music Hall" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.themusichall.org/" target="_blank">The Music Hall</a> in Portsmouth NH with author <a contents="Mona Awad" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mona-awad-grou.squarespace.com/" target="_blank">Mona Awad</a>.</p>
<p>For more information please visit:</p>
<p><a contents="https://hallowell.govoffice.com/index.asp?SEC=9BA7C718-DAB8-4F0C-BDA9-3C275D3DF391&amp;Type=B_EV" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://hallowell.govoffice.com/index.asp?SEC=9BA7C718-DAB8-4F0C-BDA9-3C275D3DF391&Type=B_EV" target="_blank">https://hallowell.govoffice.com/index.asp?SEC=9BA7C718-DAB8-4F0C-BDA9-3C275D3DF391&Type=B_EV</a></p>
<p><a contents="www.themusichall.org/events/mona-awad" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.themusichall.org/events/mona-awad" target="_blank">www.themusichall.org/events/mona-awad</a></p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/66079642021-04-19T05:08:44-04:002021-04-19T05:08:44-04:00New track "Green Room" out now<p><a contents="https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/green-room-theme-from-writers-on-a-new-england-stage" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/green-room-theme-from-writers-on-a-new-england-stage" target="_blank">https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/green-room-theme-from-writers-on-a-new-england-stage</a></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/91c00f52a32bc43b80fbb8d0b3a602d1f12577dc/original/green-room.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />In 2005 I was asked by New Hampshire Public Radio and The Music Hall in Portsmouth NH to become the Music Director for their then-brand new collaboration, the "Writers On A New England Stage" live / broadcast series. It sounded like a blast, and when they asked if I could find a quirky, New England-y, rock-and-roll-y band for it, I laughed and said, Hmmm that's funny, 'cause I got one of those already. </p>
<p>Since then Dreadnaught has been the house band for the series, performing nearly 100 times on the historic stage with luminaries such as Dan Brown, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Judy Blume, John Updike, Patti Smith, Salman Rushdie, and many more. </p>
<p>Our job has been to find, create, and present music drawn from and related to the work of these amazing, influential, best-selling authors who visit us while on book tour. It is a real thrill to see their faces when they realize what we're playing, whether it is a song they themselves wrote, a favorite of one of their characters, or a tune that inspired them as a child. </p>
<p>We're looking forward to getting back on that New England stage sometime soon, but in the meantime here's a treat - a premiere 2021 studio recording of the theme song, which was first composed back in 2005. </p>
<p>Hope you enjoy this short hang in the "Green Room." </p>
<p>- Bob Lord</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/65616232021-03-01T08:06:07-05:002021-03-01T08:06:07-05:00Announcing our 25th anniversary album, NORTHERN BURNER<p>25 years... where, exactly, does the time go?</p>
<p>Into making new music actually, and we're excited to announce our new album NORTHERN BURNER, to be released in Summer 2021.</p>
<p>Featuring Bob, Rick, and Justin along with our pals Duncan Watt, Mac Ritchey, and Jon Wyman performing music with titles like "Rum Cake," "Parlour Tricks," and "The Pig & The Pony," you can expect some very Dreadnaught-y Dreadnaught.</p>
<p>Check this space for more news in the coming weeks.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/63691f1cc89c6d43c7cf4e5e3a30027b1e9ad1d6/original/dreadnaught-release-highres-63.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/63937662020-07-26T13:32:48-04:002021-04-21T13:01:51-04:00Back on stage at The Music Hall on August 15, 2020<p>Your friendly neighborhood Dreadnaught returns to our home field, The Music Hall! Join us for "Live Under The Arch" on Saturday August 15, 2020 in Portsmouth NH. Two shows, 6:00 and 8:00 PM. Tickets coming soon: <a contents="https://www.themusichall.org/series/music/live-under-the-arch" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.themusichall.org/series/music/live-under-the-arch">www.themusichall.org/series/music/live-under-the-arch</a></p>
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<p> </p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/62200682020-02-19T07:29:10-05:002021-04-21T12:33:38-04:00Theme from "The Exchange"<p>In 2007, Dreadnaught recorded the theme song for New Hampshire Public Radio's flagship morning program, "The Exchange." The music has been a staple of NH airwaves and beyond ever since, but we've never actually released the entire track. Haven't had this thing drilled into your amygdala yet? Or have you avoided our lovely state entirely? Either way, here you go:</p>
<p><a contents="https://boblordmusic.bandcamp.com/track/theme-from-the-exchange" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://boblordmusic.bandcamp.com/track/theme-from-the-exchange" target="_blank">https://boblordmusic.bandcamp.com/track/theme-from-the-exchange</a></p>
<p>Produced and composed by Bob Lord </p>
<p>Performed by Dreadnaught <br>Rick Habib (drums, percussion) <br>Bob Lord (bass, keyboards) <br>Justin Walton (guitars) </p>
<p>Engineered by Shaun "Frenchie" Michaud </p>
<p><a contents="www.nhpr.org&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.nhpr.org" target="_blank">www.nhpr.org </a><br><a contents="www.boblordmusic.com&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.boblordmusic.com" target="_blank">www.boblordmusic.com</a><br><br>Released 2007</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/6ccb30414093d7525e65822a4d7a5d5222590b7f/original/dreadnaught-exchange.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/58096432019-06-30T19:43:00-04:002021-04-21T13:12:07-04:00Dreadnaught, She Wrote<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/0486fec78be84c8be74b67f6bea31920dd66f00e/original/dsw-190817-pressroom-final-web2.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.jpg" class="size_s justify_left border_none" alt="" />Yearning to hear a sing-a-long worth "Perfect Strangers" played live? Salivating to experience "Night Court" whilst reading a vintage copy of Pro Wrestling Illustrated? Can't help but dream of having one hand on the Atari and the other around a creme de menthe as "Magnum PI" rages in the background?</p>
<p>Well, us too. Join us on Saturday August 17 at <a contents="The Press Room" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://pressroomnh.com" target="_blank">The Press Room</a> in Portsmouth NH for DREADNAUGHT SHE WROTE, a 1980s party featuring vintage TV theme songs, canapes, and a couple of drinks on us, why the hell not. You're invited, you're <em>all</em> invited... to join.</p>
<p>With special guest Powermoneycake performing THE NIGHTFLY by Donald Fagen in its entirety and a cameo appearance by our old pal, comedian <a contents="Juston McKinney" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://justonmckinney.com/" target="_blank">Juston McKinney</a>.</p>
<p>Ticket purchase information to be announced soon.</p>
<p> </p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/56912342019-03-24T09:10:11-04:002021-04-21T13:12:00-04:00"Sleepwalk" out April 1, 2019<p>As with so many good Italian-American boys of a certain vintage, Santo & Johnny’s “Sleepwalk” was a favorite of ours from a very young age. A fantastical, dreamy, romantic recording with one of the loveliest melodies of mid-century American pop music, the tune stayed atop the Billboard charts for 2 weeks in 1959 and has been a live staple of ours for many years. </p>
<p>As we finish up work on our wild new concerto for violin, we thought we’d get back to basics for a spell. Santo & Johnny’s single “Sleepwalk” performed by Dreadnaught, out April 1, 2019. </p>
<p>Listen: <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7AEdgY50xuQjuGf00nZdhi?si=a7ufz6YuR1eUrSHmHqgDQg" target="_blank">Spotify</a> / <a contents="Amazon" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/Sleepwalk-Dreadnaught/dp/B07PXYB7RZ/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=sleepwalk+dreadnaught&qid=1554147865&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull">Amazon</a> / <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sleepwalk-single/1457475423" target="_blank">iTunes</a></p>
<p>Personnel: <br>Rick Habib (drums) <br>Bob Lord (bass) <br>Justin Walton (guitar) </p>
<p><a contents="www.dreadnaughtrock.com&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.dreadnaughtrock.com">www.dreadnaughtrock.com </a></p>
<p>Produced by Bob Lord <br>Recorded, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Jon Wyman <br>Artwork by Brett Picknell</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/56912282019-03-24T08:52:30-04:002019-03-24T09:09:11-04:00Aging fairly well so far<p>More than 2 decades in and we're still... doing stuff. It was a great honor to win "Best Rock Group" at the 2018 Spotlight Awards, and on the heels of that we sat down and wrote a violin concerto, which we anticipate releasing and performing in 2020. Stay tuned. News at 11.</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/52617902018-05-28T15:07:00-04:002021-02-10T03:56:51-05:002018 Spotlight Awards<p>We're proud to be nominated for Best Album (HARD CHARGIN'), Best Rock Band (Dreadnaught), and Best Song ("Takin' A Ride With The Fat Man (Fatta Fatta Puck Puck)") in the 2018 Spotlight Awards. We’ll play a calm, sedate set on 5/29/18 at the award ceremony at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth NH. Photo by our good pal Nate Hastings. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/a5c1782402471a49502b683c03fa33f219988ca7/original/32243766-165430830965948-5652787186194448384-n.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/50278382018-01-17T07:36:41-05:002021-04-21T12:32:49-04:00"Truly inimitable" - Stereo Embers Review<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/bc3d550c2e43613d4ea66f418f736a679b507d64/medium/sem.png" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>
<p>Reviews of HARD CHARGIN' keep coming even into the new year, and this is as fine an analysis as we've seen yet. "A purposefully – or anyway irresistibly – schizophrenic, three-headed juggernaut that wanders with a precisely calibrated glee across a wildly crumpled rock’n’roll map, Portsmouth NH’s Dreadnaught are a tough nut to descriptively crack, as this tortured opening sentence makes plain," writes Senior Editor Dave Cantrell. "Feeble though it’s perhaps been, I take solace in the fact that a similar failure has likely greeted every effort made prior to the one being presently attempted in the too few lines found here." </p>
<p><a contents="Check out the rest here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.stereoembersmagazine.com/scarfin-dreadnaught-new-album-hard-chargin" target="_blank">Check out the rest here</a>.</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/50278162018-01-17T07:29:42-05:002021-03-01T07:56:58-05:00Havin' A Drink With Dreadnaught - Essay by Geoff Logsdon<p><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/5275801da2c31a491f8edc41ae85bd00c780eef6/medium/progday2012.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></em>Back in 2012, Dreadnaught was <a contents="invited to perform at ProgDa" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.prog-sphere.com/reviews/live-review-progday-2012-greenhouse-effect/" target="_blank">invited to perform at ProgDay</a> in Chapel Hill NC. In the midst of brutal high 90s temperatures at 10 AM on a Sunday morning we took the stage and delivered what we considered to be a spirited, Dreadnaught-y set. Two of the sound engineers, Jay Taylor and Geoff Logsdon, were laughing along with us the whole time, and their feedback and enthusiasm was a big part of what set us off on the path that led to our releases in 2013 (HAVE A DRINK WITH THE DREADNAUGHT), 2015 (GETTIN' TIGHT WITH DREADNAUGHT), and 2017 (HARD CHARGIN'). </p>
<p>This essay by Geoff is a description of his experience hearing us play that day, and alongside some writings of Jay's also provided the material for the tune "Have A Drink With Dreadnaught" from HARD CHARGIN' ("Have A Drink With Dreadnaught" is not on the EP HAVE A DRINK WITH DREADNAUGHT). Seems to us in the band that this tells you just as much about the author as it does the music! - Dreadnaught</p>
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<p><strong>HAVIN' A DRINK WITH DREADNAUGHT by Geoff Logsdon</strong></p>
<p>This has happened to you before. </p>
<p>You feel a familiar, cold, scratchy sensation on the left side of your face... as your consciousness slowly floats to the surface. </p>
<p>Your vision gradually clears... and you find yourself eye-level with the pavement. Once again. </p>
<p>You struggle to your feet, and find yourself enveloped in pea-soup fog. </p>
<p>If you owned a watch, the hands would be frozen. </p>
<p>The blood trickling from your nose and lip is annoying, but not a big deal. </p>
<p>There is a half-full, half-pint bottle of 100-proof Mr. Boston in your coat pocket... which you prudently polish off while pondering your next move. </p>
<p>You hear a cry in the distance. They sound like screams of pain, tinged with a touch of enjoyment. You walk through the fog toward the sound of the screams. </p>
<p>The cries get louder. </p>
<p>You find the source, down an alley, to your left. The fog is gone. Your vision is fuzzy, but you are seeing clearly. </p>
<p>Upside down on a meathook in the alley, is Dennis DeYoung... screeching in Broadway-worthy yowls. With that voice. And... POW! </p>
<p>You see Duane Allman clock Dennis in the balls with a Grand Slam Carlos May model Louisville Slugger. </p>
<p>Why you know this specific, arcane information about the bat Duane is wielding, is unclear.... but you know it, regardless. </p>
<p>Duane sees you, smiles, and shouts, "Where you been, brother? That band I want you to see is gettin' ready to go! Go get a drink!" And POW! Again. And again. </p>
<p>You watch for several moments, blank-faced... then nod, with one of those "hmm" faces. </p>
<p>Relieved that nothing of consequence is occurring in the alley, you stumble a few steps forward... and find yourself in front of a bar, called "The Brain Cell.” </p>
<p>The sign on the door says, "Come on in... you're already here!" </p>
<p>But the cute graphic of a brain behind bars strikes you as oppressive and contradictory. </p>
<p>You'd think whoever was in charge would fix that. Ah, well. </p>
<p>But, Duane said to go in... and he called you "brother," which is pretty damn cool, come to think of it. So in you go. </p>
<p>There is a band, "Obscured By Clowns," finishing their set when you walk inside... 3 guys. All playing calliopes, smoking weed. Playing "The Nile Song.” </p>
<p>Uh… wow, you think... did I miss something? Or did I get here just in time? </p>
<p>You wonder, but not for long. As you stare at the stage through the weed haze, you see three extremely handsome fellows begin to quietly set up their equipment. They look familiar. If not in this life, you have undoubtedly had a run-in with them before. </p>
<p>As if to confirm this intuitive thought, the drummer points a stick at you, winks, smiles, and mimes a "glug" motion. You smile back. </p>
<p>Just then, a bespectacled guy onstage, with 5 shirts on, mutters, "Need my bass.” </p>
<p>A man suddenly appears out of the darkness, from behind the PA speakers. He is dressed in a World War I pilot's uniform. He is here in the bar, alive, moving in real time, but his body is in black-and-white. You recognize him, from old war photos. He has a beautiful bass, except for the compromised varnish on the back. It looks like it's been melted off, somehow. </p>
<p>He hands the bass to the gent onstage who perks up, and says, "Thanks Eddie!" </p>
<p>They seem like interesting fellows. </p>
<p>You turn to the bar to order a drink... but you pause.... you are blocked from the bar by a rolling, massive punch-up. </p>
<p>Peering into the dust cloud, you can pick out John Entwistle, Steve Howe, Chet Atkins, and Janis Joplin. It is a real-life version of an Andy Capp bar brawl, a large ball of chaos from which fists, faces, and feet periodically emerge, from a massive puffy cloud of dirt and dust, of indeterminate origin. </p>
<p>Even though it is taking place right in front of you, they roll by in slow, violent motion. </p>
<p>You notice as they roll by that white X-shaped bandages appear on their injuries... even though the scuffle never ceases. </p>
<p>Just then, with no introduction, the band onstage begins their set. They open with a number called "Roopy, The Son Of Sons," which is very short, and curiously, composed entirely of rests. It is a quiet number. It ends by consensus to rapturous applause... and boom! </p>
<p>The band thunders into a wickedly intense 12-minute version of their unreleased Number One hit, "Who's Got The Pox?" </p>
<p>Hearing the band tear into this number, the Andy Capp combatants instantly decide to reconcile and decide a round of pints is in order. Janis declines the pint and raises a Southern Comfort toast to her punch-up pals for trying to give their best in a fistfight. A laughing Tony Levin, sitting at the bar, picks up the tab. </p>
<p>You finally take a seat at the end of the bar. A lanky fellow in cowboy gear next to you turns around and says "Hey, it's me, Hank! Good to see you, friend! Don't tell Miss Audrey you saw me here!" </p>
<p>If you did know Miss Audrey, whom you don't, you certainly would not rat him out. </p>
<p>Hank turns back to his conversation with Jeff Tweedy, Isaac Asimov, and Tony Iommi. </p>
<p>A socially inept barmaid gives you a look of recognition and brings you a Mason jar of peach moonshine, complete with peach slices. </p>
<p>She stares at you for a moment... and inexplicably tips you 20 bucks. Then you have a slug of the greatest moonshine ever known to man. You have several more glorious slugs. You feel quite at home, now. </p>
<p>Suddenly you notice, at your right, the most beautiful woman you have ever seen, in a minidress, with long, flowing black hair. You are unable to not stare. She smiles at you, and says "Hi, I'm Vida." You are paralyzed, and turn back to your Mason jar. </p>
<p>A deep laugh you recognize makes you glance to your left. At a shadowed table in the corner you see Frank Zappa chatting over coffee with a guy who looks like an Italian gangster. After two seconds, you realize it is Igor Stravinsky, showing Frank his mugshot. </p>
<p>Something moves in Frank's lap... it's a baby polar bear, on his back, wrapped in a poncho, smiling. It's Knut. Frank is cuddling him and scratching his belly. </p>
<p>Finally, your brain goes into "holy shit" mode. Wow, you think, I've never seen anything cuter than that little polar bear. </p>
<p>Just then the cool-looking guitarist onstage announces their next number, "Teddy Eats A Hot Dog," which is as beautiful and intricate as anything you have ever heard. </p>
<p>Duane appears behind you... a tad sweaty... his work done, or just taking a break, perhaps. He claps you on the back and says, "I'm so glad you made it, brother! Isn't this band great? They're called Dreadnaught. You should hang around, and have a drink with Dreadnaught." </p>
<p>He waves to the band, who instantly play 4 bars of "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed," then go back into "Teddy." </p>
<p>Peering through what is left of the weed smoke, Duane spots Charlie Christian at a table digging the band. He takes off to say hello, and talk shop, you imagine. </p>
<p>A bit of fresh air to clear your increasingly clouded head seems to be in order at this point...so you step outside. The fog outside has returned. </p>
<p>You can't see two feet in front of you... but it feels good to walk. </p>
<p>Then, somehow, you know he is coming. You brace yourself. The mop of black hair. The sweatshirt emblazoned with a target. It's him. He is 20 years old. He doesn't see you. The two of you slam into each other, in the fog. </p>
<p>Keith grabs your arms and looks at you with that innocent, genuine smile. He is at his best… healthy, and jovial. </p>
<p>"DEAR BOY!" he exclaims. "My my, well now, this club is a bit difficult to find, eh? But, I'm here, and you're here! Let's have a sip of medicine for old time's sake, yes?" </p>
<p>He produces a half-pint bottle of vodka and takes a pull. As he hands you the bottle, you both hear the strains of "905" coming from the band inside the bar. </p>
<p>"AHH! I musn't miss this!!! John should be inside, yes?" Before you can answer, he bolts past you, down the street toward the bar. </p>
<p>Alone, standing in the fog, you take the Keith-mandated shot from the bottle of vodka, then drop it in your coat pocket. You'll whip it out later, when you, Duane, Keith, John, Charlie, Hank, and everyone, raise a toast, and have a drink with Dreadnaught. </p>
<p>That is the last thing you remember. </p>
<p>This has happened to you before. </p>
<p>You feel a familiar, cold, scratchy sensation on the left side of your face, as your consciousness slowly floats to the surface. </p>
<p>Your vision gradually clears... and you find yourself eye-level with the pavement. Once again.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/49547772017-11-29T14:48:10-05:002020-01-06T03:32:32-05:00HARD CHARGIN' at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth NH on 12/23/17<p>Join us on Saturday December 23 at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth NH for a night of nog and odd meters. We'll perform our new album HARD CHARGIN' in its entirety and whip out a few old chestnuts as well. Joining us for our set will be Duncan Watt (keys, computers, vox) and Mac Ritchey (various and sundries), and our good friends WATTS and The Screen will open the evening.</p>
<p>Doors open at 7 PM and show starts at 8 PM. All ages welcome, some preferred. For more information please visit <a contents="http://www.3sarts.org/performances/performance/Dreadnaught-%22Hard-Charging%22-Album-Release?performanceid=2658." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.3sarts.org/performances/performance/Dreadnaught-%22Hard-Charging%22-Album-Release?performanceid=2658." style="">http://www.3sarts.org/performances/performance/Dreadnaught-%22Hard-Charging%22-Album-Release?performanceid=2658</a></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/234856/b364a2c5ba3767b435e85a1221533e44bd314ab1/original/3s-122317-jpeg.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/47997842017-08-02T02:25:08-04:002021-04-21T13:12:00-04:00New reviews from Relix, Music Connection, DPRP, Derek's Music Blog, and more<p>Happy to see great reviews pouring in from all over for HARD CHARGIN' - check 'em out:</p>
<p>Relix<br>"Who knew that the country’s best “pure” prog-rock combo had been plugging steadily away in Portsmouth, N. H., for the past two decades?"<br><a contents="www.relix.com/reviews/detail/dreadnaught_hard_chargin" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.relix.com/reviews/detail/dreadnaught_hard_chargin" target="_blank">www.relix.com/reviews/detail/dreadnaught_hard_chargin</a></p>
<p>Music Connection<br>"What an interesting and mind-blowing album!"<br><a contents="www.musicconnection.com/music-album-review-dreadnaught-hard-chargin-810" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.musicconnection.com/music-album-review-dreadnaught-hard-chargin-810/" target="_blank">www.musicconnection.com/music-album-review-dreadnaught-hard-chargin-810</a><br><br>DPRP<br>"An irrepressibly eclectic, boundary-stretching effort by one of modern progressive rock’s best-kept secrets."<br><a contents="http://weekendprog.blogspot.gr/2017/07/weekend-146-kingbathmat-dante.html" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://weekendprog.blogspot.gr/2017/07/weekend-146-kingbathmat-dante.html" target="_blank">http://weekendprog.blogspot.gr/2017/07/weekend-146-kingbathmat-dante.html</a><br><br>Derek's Music Blog<br>"A genre-defying opus, that features the high-energy power trio at the peak of their progressive powers."<br><a contents="https://dereksmusicblog.com/2017/07/25/dreadnaught-hard-chargin" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dereksmusicblog.com/2017/07/25/dreadnaught-hard-chargin/" target="_blank">https://dereksmusicblog.com/2017/07/25/dreadnaught-hard-chargin</a></p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/47463472017-06-16T07:08:39-04:002021-02-25T03:25:01-05:00It's Alive! HARD CHARGIN' out now<p>It's not normal music, but when really was it ever? Been 2 decades since that was the case, and it appears our course is set. HARD CHARGIN' is here.<br><br>To purchase/access physical/digital direct, please visit the <a contents="Red Fez estore" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.redfezrecords.com/catalog" target="_blank">Red Fez e-store</a>. Digital is also available via major retailers including <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5G1aennRGkoYWjFZJny3Ms" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hard-chargin/id1235425742">iTunes</a>, <a contents="Amazon" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071HPFG3P" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a contents="Google Play" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Dreadnaught_Hard_Chargin?id=Bd7eflrcdin2azmg7ioqd7blv6i" target="_blank">Google Play</a>, and more.</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/47454762017-06-15T05:33:53-04:002021-04-21T13:12:00-04:00New reviews of HARD CHARGIN' as release day approaches<p>HARD CHARGIN' puts the pedal to the metal with its official release on June 16 and new reviews are hitting the 'net in advance. Pick up your physical copy and/or download at the <a contents="Red Fez estore" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://redfezrecords.com/purchase" target="_blank">Red Fez estore</a> and <a contents="major online retailers" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.google.com/#q=dreadnaught+hard+chargin">major online retailers</a>. </p>
<p>New reviews include: </p>
<p><strong>MLWZ </strong><br><a contents="www.mlwz.pl/recenzje/plyty/18699-dreadnaught-hard-chargin&nbsp;&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.mlwz.pl/recenzje/plyty/18699-dreadnaught-hard-chargin" target="_blank">www.mlwz.pl/recenzje/plyty/18699-dreadnaught-hard-chargin </a><br><em>"Simply astounding." </em></p>
<p><strong>Progressive Music Planet </strong><br><a contents="www.progressivemusicplanet.com/2017/06/06/dreadnaught-hard-chargin&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.progressivemusicplanet.com/2017/06/06/dreadnaught-hard-chargin">www.progressivemusicplanet.com/2017/06/06/dreadnaught-hard-chargin </a><br><em>"Quintessential American prog, like Frank Zappa, Kansas and echolyn all rolled into one very bizarre package." </em></p>
<p><strong>The Bollard </strong><br><a contents="www.thebollard.com/2017/06/07/dreadnaught&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.thebollard.com/2017/06/07/dreadnaught">www.thebollard.com/2017/06/07/dreadnaught </a><br><em>"Time signatures constantly shapeshift. Choruses devolve into babytalk. There are three songs with the title “That’s the Way That You Do It,” and they could not be more disconnected. The first sounds like Marilyn Manson fronting Steely Dan, the second like a drunk Hank Williams impersonator, the third like a sugar-rush TV theme from the 1992 TGIF block."</em></p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/47172462017-05-21T18:11:07-04:002021-01-20T10:11:02-05:00That's The Way That You Do It (Pre-Release Edition) <p><a contents="Avant Music News" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://avantmusicnews.com/" target="_blank">Avant Music News</a> named HARD CHARGIN' a <a contents="Pick of the Week" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://avantmusicnews.com/2017/05/02/amn-picks-of-the-week-vacuum-aeterna-dave-douglas-luca-nasciuti-mumpbeak-dreadnaught/">Pick of the Week</a> in May. </p>
<p><a contents="WSUM" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://wsum.org" target="_blank">WSUM</a>'s <a contents="greenarrowradio" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://wsum.org/show/greenarrowradio/" target="_blank">greenarrowradio</a> program with Mister G has added HARD CHARGIN' to the rotation. Playlists available at <a contents="Spinitron.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=wsum&year=2017&month=May&ptype=b&find=dreadnaught&kind=artist">Spinitron.com</a>. </p>
<p>These people evidently have something of merit somewhere in the piles and piles of notes. Maybe you will too. Pre-order at <a contents="Amazon.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Chargin-Explicit-Dreadnaught/dp/B071HPFG3P/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1495403533&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=dreadnaught+hard+chargin" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>.</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/46990292017-05-06T07:45:24-04:002021-01-26T08:06:05-05:00HARD CHARGIN' to be released June 16It's alive! HARD CHARGIN' will be released by <a contents="Red Fez" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.redfezrecords.com" target="_blank">Red Fez</a> on June 16, 2017, with pre-orders available May 19. Read more at <a contents="rockpaperscissors.biz" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/dispatch/pu/22374" target="_blank">rockpaperscissors.biz</a>. New single "Bo-Leg-Ba" streaming at <a contents="bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/bo-leg-ba" target="_blank">bandcamp</a>. Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/46846042017-04-25T15:06:31-04:002020-12-11T01:00:23-05:00Strictly Non-Commercial: Dreadnaught’s Epic Experimental Prog-Americana <p>Publicity Contact: Ron Kadish <br><a contents="ron@rockpaperscissors.biz" data-link-label="" data-link-type="email" href="mailto:ron@rockpaperscissors.biz">ron@rockpaperscissors.biz</a><br>812-339-1195 X 202 </p>
<p><em>For immediate release </em></p>
<p>When you own a company that records and releases contemporary orchestral and chamber music, composes and produces audio for international television commercials, and collaborates with the likes of Pete Townshend, your own work can be expected to run the gamut. </p>
<p>“Prog-rock listeners freak out when they hear a chicken-pickin’ guitar, pop listeners turn it off when the meter changes every other bar, classical and jazz listeners generally find it too heavy and bombastic. But there’s a little bit of all that in here, so how exactly do you decode this thing?” asks Bob Lord of <strong>Dreadnaught</strong>, who in his capacity as CEO of PARMA Recordings was named one of Musical America’s top 30 national ‘Influencers’ in 2015. “I honestly have no idea. It made sense at the time.” </p>
<p>For over two decades Rick Habib (drums), Justin Walton (guitar), and Lord (bass) have defied being decoded and refused any easy categorization, producing numerous eclectic releases, touring the country, and appearing with artists as wide-ranging as legendary Who bassist John Entwistle, author Dan Brown, NRBQ, and even Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. It is an unusual mix. </p>
<p>A high-energy power trio reveling in quirky twists and turns, fast changes, and extended forms, Dreadnaught has a recorded sound built around deep-focus detail. “As a group, we’re not writing songs in the traditional sense, not trying to get the world to sing along,” explains Habib. “We like to make people want to dial in and pay attention, to make them laugh.” </p>
<p>The band’s new album <strong>HARD CHARGIN’</strong> is destined to do both. The album’s tracks recall Rush or a sillier Fugazi (the first “That’s the Way You Do It”) one moment, and Willie Nelson or a wonderfully befuddled George Jones (the second “That’s the Way You Do It”) the next. Some tracks come out screaming in full Fred Frith-style madness (“Express Delight”), while some coo and groove their beautiful bassy, brassy way into your ear with the playfulness of Frank Zappa or Steely Dan (“Bo-Leg-Ba”). </p>
<p>On HARD CHARGIN’, Dreadnaught’s studio experience and arrangement expertise busts out left and right, each cut an ornate mosaic of timbre and time. Yet the music works differently in a live setting, where it is pared down by condensing the studio arrangements to better suit the trio format. </p>
<p>“We create a lot of sound together on stage, always have,” says Walton. “But we consider live performance to be a completely different artform than the crafting of a musical recording like this album, and while the tunes are the tunes, we like to approach each in its own way.” </p>
<p>Lord is clear that the band is indeed something unto itself in a business capacity as well as a musical one, which is partly why the album is being released on their own Red Fez label. “I have a policy of complete separation of church and state at PARMA,” he says. “The focus is entirely on the artists and projects we produce as a company, not the personal projects of the staff, myself included, no co-mingling allowed. Dreadnaught is its own thing, for its own purposes, and definitely apart from our day jobs even if they are in the music business.” </p>
<p>The prolonged experimentation of Dreadnaught does appear to have a clear purpose and goal however: Pure enjoyment and amusement for fans of oddball, far out, intellectually acute music and it seems for the band itself. </p>
<p>Going far out isn’t a grim, grave venture for this group, and there are no furrowed avant brows or self-aggrandising composerly ways here. HARD CHARGIN’ has adventurous musical fun at its heart, a feeling the band members trace back to their 1970s childhoods. </p>
<p>“We all watched The Electric Company growing up, Warner Brothers cartoons, Saturday morning television, all these musical experiments shown to kids as part of their regular viewing,” reflects Habib. </p>
<p>“We heard ‘Peg’ as kids while shopping at Marshall’s with our mothers too, that did something,” says Walton. </p>
<p>“And Juicy Fruit. The fact is, when you play with the same people for this long you develop a clearly defined, streamlined shared artistic language. We usually communicate with a short series of grunts and eyelash flicks, or possibly some clicking sounds,” jokes Lord. “We’ve been doing this for a while now, let’s put it that way.”</p>Dreadnaughttag:dreadnaughtrock.com,2005:Post/46724772017-04-15T16:27:25-04:002020-12-17T06:54:02-05:00HARD CHARGIN' - New album out June 2017<p><span class="font_regular">Rev your engine and prime the pump - HARD CHARGIN' will be released in June 2017 by <a contents="Red Fez" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.redfezrecords.com" target="_blank">Red Fez</a>. Took forever, but it's worth it. I mean, look at that polar bear! <br><br>Complete track list: </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">1) Have A Drink With Dreadnaught (3:07) <br>2) Gaudy Baubles (3:17) <br>3) That's The Way That You Do It (My Way) (0:58) <br>4) Takin' A Ride With The Fat Man (Fatta Fatta Puck Puck) (8:39) <br>5) Bo-Leg-Ba (1:40) <br>6) Express Delight (7:51) <br>7) That's The Way That You Do It (Your Way) (2:09) <br>8) Gets The Grease (1:21) <br>9) Slave Girls (5:44) <br>10) Mummies Of The Cobbosseecontee (10:41) <br>11) That's The Way That You Do It (Our Way) (1.41) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Dreadnaught is: <br>Rick Habib (drums, percussion, vocals) <br>Bob Lord (bass guitars, keyboards, vocals) <br>Justin Walton (guitars, piano, organ, keyboards, saxophone, vocals) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">With guests: <br>Chris Dow (flute on track 2, 6) <br>Andy Happel (violin on track 9) <br>Jonathan Wyman (“solo” on track 7) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">And special appearance by: <br>A veritable shitload of analog effects pedals (all tracks) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Produced by Dreadnaught </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">All music and lyrics composed and arranged by Dreadnaught, except track 1 (lyrics composed by Dreadnaught, Jay Taylor, and Geoff Logsdon) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">All tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jonathan Wyman at The Halo, except track 4 (recorded and mixed by Chris Chase at 1130ft) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Product design and graphics by Brett Picknell</span></p>Dreadnaught