The Slow Burn: News

We recently underwent a few personnel changes in The Slow Burn.  In May, after many righteous grooves, we parted amicably with our bass player of three years Joe Loftus. 

We were very fortunate to quickly find a replacement in Jess Robinson.

We are also delighted to announce that we have added a new member to the lineup:  Abby Sanford has joined us on lead and backing vocals.  It’s nice to add a little estrogen to the Man Cave!

We have been woodshedding to get our new members up to speed, and we are looking forward to our first outing at the Mantua Pool on July 24th from 6-9. 

We hope you can join us!

Best,
Ted Donat

The Slow Burn is busy setting up some late Spring and Summer gigs, so stay tuned for more info!

Happy New Year all! Hope everybody had a great holiday!

We are excited to announce 3 upcoming gigs! Two at Miller's Tavern in Old Town Fairfax - one on Friday, January 15th and one on Saturday, February 6th, and a return engagement at one of our favorites - Brothers Encore Pub.

For details, please see our calendar page.

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Ted Donat

And so another Summer draws to a close.  Time to put that white back in the closet...

We have a couple of gigs coming up:

• Fat Tuesday’s in Fairfax on Saturday, 9/19
• Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair on Saturday, 11/21

For more info on these gigs, click on our Calendar page (www.theslowburn.com/calendar.html).

Hope to see you!

Best,
Ted Donat

Hope you are doing well!

I wanted to take a moment to remind you about our upcoming shows and to do another Song of the Moment installment.

First, the gigs:

We will be returning to Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair, VA on Saturday, June 6th at 9 PM. We love playing at Brothers. The crowds are great, and the grub is even better!

On June 20th we will be playing at the Mantua Swim & Tennis Club – the local pool. This gig is free for members of the pool. If you are not a member and you would like to come, let me know and we'll see about getting you in as a guest.

For more info on these gigs, please check out our Calendar page: http://www.theslowburn.com/calendar.html.


Song of the Moment:

The first selection is from Tinted Windows, a new “supergroup” composed of four members: Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne (“Stacy’s Mom”), James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins, Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick (you read that right!) and on vocals Taylor Hanson of…Hanson. You may not have taken that group seriously, but believe me, Taylor Hanson can SING! (I’ll cop to the fact that I used to secretly sing along to MMMBop – will you?) The tunes are a throwback to the eighties – pure power pop and very catchy. I am including the song “Dead Serious” from their self-titled debut album. I dare you not to be humming this all day!

http://cid-0a3434d89334a56a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Song%20of%20the%20Moment/2009
For more on Tinted Windows, go to http://www.tintedwindowsmusic.com/
I also recently became aware of the band Kings of Leon, which is made up of the four Followill brothers from Tennessee – Caleb, Jared, Matthew and Nathan. Daddy was a preacher and dragged the four boys from church to church where he would deliver fiery sermons. The boys were forbidden to watch TV or listen to the radio growing up. Whether or not their upbringing influenced the intensity of their performance, I don’t know, but there is no shortage of angst on the track “Use Somebody” from their album "Only By the Night" which I have put up on the share.

http://cid-0a3434d89334a56a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Song%20of%20the%20Moment/2009
Here’s a video of them performing the song live on Leno on May 15th.

For more on Kings of Leon, visit http://www.kingsofleon.com/
These guys are the real deal!



As always, if you like the tunes, please support the artists and buy the mp3's/CD's.

All the best,
Ted Donat

Dear Friends,

It seems like forever since I wrote last, so I thought I would fill you in on some news, and take the occasion to do a Song of the Moment too!

JUNE GIGS

We have a couple of gigs coming up in June we wanted to tell you about.

First we will be returning to Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair, VA on June 6th. We love playing at Brothers. The crowds are great, and the grub is even better!

Also, on June 20th we will be playing at the Mantua Swim & Tennis Club - our local pool. This gig is free for members of the pool. If you are not a member and you would like to come, let me know and we'll see about getting you in as a guest.

For more info on these gigs, please check out our Calendar page: http://www.theslowburn.com/calendar.html.

WEBSITE REFRESH

We recently did a refresh of our website and we'd love to know what you think. You can even see a picture of our bassist Joe Loftus (it only took us two years to get a picture of him up on the site!)

Once you have had a tour, mosy on over to the guestbook and share your thoughts.


SONG(S) OF THE MOMENT

You may have heard of "Pandora". It's a site where you tell it what kind of music you like, and they stream music to you - some stuff you know, and other stuff you don't that they think you might like. One artist I discovered there is Richard X. Heyman. His jangly pop is reminiscent of The Byrds and Matthew Sweet, and his production ethic is akin to Todd Rundgren's - like Todd, he often plays all the instruments himself.

I have uploaded the song "Everywhere She Goes", an infectious pop gem, to the share:

http://cid-0a3434d89334a56a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Song%20of%20the%20Moment/2009
Here is a link to Pandora: http://www.pandora.com/
And here is a link to his website: http://www.richardxheyman.com/

Is Amy Winehouse a train wreck? Sure.

Can she sing? Hells yeah.

Check out her version of "Valerie" from the "I Told You I Was Trouble (Live in London)" DVD, which I have also uploaded to the share.

If you want to see the video (caution, you will be concerned for her health!), go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdM97BtS9R8
Finally, I'm a huge fan of witnessing the creative process - the sausage-making, as I like to call it. I'm including a cut from one of our rehearsals of a great new song of Paul's called "When the World Is Asleep". We were woodshedding on this, and it is quite evident in the recording. Paul is calling out instructions and we are trying to follow. It is by no means a perfect document, but I think it captures very well our working style. I put it on the share. (Paul will almost definitely kill me when he discovers that I have done this, so it was nice knowing you!)

As always, if you like the tunes, please support the artists and buy the mp3's/CD's.

All the best,
Ted Donat

We have a couple of gigs coming up in June - one at Brothers Encore in Montclair, VA on June 6th, and another at the Mantua Swim & Tennis Club on June 20th.  Click here for details:  http://www.theslowburn.com/calendar.html.

Hope you can make it!

Best,
TD

We were finally able to ambush our notoriously camera-shy bass player Joe Loftus and get his picture.  (What is this guy, Amish?)

You can see Giuseppe's loverly mug here:  http://www.theslowburn.com/photos.html.

TSB is hard at work woodshedding some new tunes and lining up some gigs for Spring and Summer, so stay tuned!

-TD

Thanks to everyone who came out and boogied at Bangkok Blues! We are working on lining up some more gigs, so stay tuned!

-TD

We will be playing at Bangkok Blues in Falls Church, VA for the first time ever on Friday, January 30th at 9:30 PM. So come on down and enjoy some Pad Thai with a side of TSB! Click on the CALENDAR link for more info.

We will be playing at Bangkok Blues in Falls Church, VA for the first time ever on Friday, January 30th at 9:30 p.m. So come on down and enjoy some Pad Thai with a side of TSB! Click on the "Calendar" link to the left for details. Now rock on witch yo' bad selves! -TD

Thanks to everyone who came down to Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair on Saturday night! We had a fantastic night complete with some new tunes, much grooving and even a little dancing! We made a few new fans and delighted some old ones. It was a great evening for The Slow Burn and, we hope, for everyone who was listening! Thanks to Tara and Pietro for inviting us back. We look forward to returning to Brothers real soon! Hope you can join us!

Please join us for our third gig at Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair on Saturday, October 18th. Brothers has great Italian food and a very laid back vibe that seems to bring out the best in us.

Here are the particulars:

Brother's Encore Pub
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
5135 Waterway Drive
Montclair, VA 22025
(703) 680-0032
www.encoreandthepub.com Admission: FREE

Hope you can join us!

The Slow Burn is delighted to announce that we will be returning to
IOTA on August 28th after more than a year away! IOTA is a legendary
Arlington venue with great sound. They also have an excellent cafe
right next door, so come for dinner, and then stay and celebrate the
dog days of August in air-conditioned splendor with TSB!

Here are the particulars:
IOTA Club and Cafe
Thursday, August 28th
9 PM
2832 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
www.iotaclubandcafe.com (703) 522-8340
Admission: $10

We will be joined by The Eureka Birds and Sounds of Sirens.

Hope you can join us!

If you should happen to find yourself in the Cape Cod vicinity on August 23rd, the legendary ska/dance band The Irresistibles - with whom I sang lead and scratched out some riddim guitar - are reuniting for one night only on Nantucket at the one and only Muse!

I ran with this ragtag crew of rude boys in the mid-'80's under the alias "Steady Teddy". I left some of my best brain cells on Nantucket back then. I'm going back to see if I can reclaim them!

Here's the info:
The Irresistibles
The Muse
Saturday, August 23rd
9-ish
44 Surfside Drive
Nantucket, MA 02554
(508) 228 6873

Hope to see you!

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

TSB we will be performing in the second DC round of the Emergenza Festival at Jammin' Java on May 16th at 10:30 PM. Tickets are $18 at the door and $12 in advance. We really need all our peeps to come down and support us because groups advance based on audience vote. The final DC round will take place at the 9:30 Club in June. Three of the eight groups performing at Jammin' Java advance to the DC finals.

If you would like to get advance tickets, email me at ted@theslowburn.com.

Throw in an extra $5 and get your choice of a Slow Burn t-shirt or copy of our debut CD "Let's Do It!".

On Saturday, April 5th, me and the boys will be producing the Harmony Sweepstakes Mid-Atlantic Regional at The Birchmere. Then on Saturday, June 28th, we'll be returning to The Austin Grill in Silver Spring. Click on the Calendar link for more info on each of these events.

C ya!

-Teddy D.

Thanks to all of our friends who joined us a The Brass Monkey in Baltimore on Saturday, 2/2! Special shout outs to Tonya and John, and to Heather for bringing friends! And thanks to Hannah and her husband and friend for representing for B-More! We had a great night and hope to return there soon!

We played the Austin Grill in Old Town on Friday and it was undoubtedly the best Slow Burn show ever! We had been doing a lot of rehearsing and learning of new songs, and we were really raring to show off. We arrived at the venue at around 9 and started setting up. The logistics and the PA were a bit tricky, but we finally got started a little after 10. The crowd immediately started grooving to the music. Some of our friends were there, including Tamara, Beth and Ian, but for the most part, it was just the local crowd enjoying the tunes. As our first set wore on, people started to dance, and by about 11, just about everybody was boogeying! We took a short break and hit again at midnight. A real highlight was the singalong for "Last Kiss". Thanks to everyone who helped to make it a special night, including Adam, who sat in on harp on for few tunes, the Texas girls and the staff at the AG! We hope to be back again soon!

"Desire" was recently added for inclusion on mvyradio.com's Local MusiCafe. WMVY is a great rock station out of Martha's Vineyard. I spent three Summers working on Nantucket and playing in a band, and MVY was always on - in the kitchen where I worked, on the transistor radio in my shared house or on my car radio! Here's the link: http://www.mvyradio.com/local_musicafe/index.php?target=recent.

Tonight, DJ Billy Zero played "Drowning" on XMU (XM Radio Channel 43) on the "Radar Report", a show that features up and coming artists. He even said it was "pretty cool"!

In February, "(When We Get Bored) We Get Dangerous" was featured on the same program. Listen to the clip, including the comments of the DJs on our "Music" page.

And check out http://www.radiounsigned.com/index02.html to see our name in lights! Click on the "Archives" tab on the right and then on
the date 09.20.07.

Thanks to Taylor Simmons for promoting us at XM!

Best,
TD

I hope everyone is enjoying the Summer! We are delighted to announce
our first gig with our new bass player Joe Loftus! Please join us at
The Grog & Tankard in Washington, DC on Friday, August 24th at 8 pm
for a rollicking set of mostly original rock 'n' roll. We even have a
few new tunes in the set, so come on down!

For directions, parking and other info on the legendary Grog, head on
over to www.grogandtankard.com. We are the first band, so we will
probably hit right on the money, so you might want to get down around
7:45 and to leave enough time to get a good seat and draw an ice cold
brew.

A few other tidbits: You can now find "Let's Do It!" on iTunes!
Just click on this link
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=218218232 and your iTunes app will open up and automatically navigate you to our
tunes! Feel free to listen, sample and buy the ones you like!

If you are a traditionalist and you want to see your reflection in a
real live CD, we are extending our Late Spring sale! Just click on the "BUY"
link to the left and get "Let's Do It!" for $10.

All the best,
Ted Donat
The Slow Burn

Not ready to commit to buying a full album? Want the "layaway" plan? No problem! Just click on "LINKS" and then click on the iTunes link to download individual songs to your iPod!

Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day! We had some family in town and we trekked out to Annapolis, MD, where we toured around and took a fantastic ride on the gorgeous schooner "Woodwind 2".

Here's a little Annapolis trivia for you: Besides being the capital of Maryland and the home of the US Naval Academy, did you know that Annapolis served as our nation's capital from 1783 to 1784?

Me neither!

But I digress... After an exhausting search process, we are delighted to announce that The Slow Burn has a new bass player! Please join us in welcoming Joe Loftus!

Here's Joe on Joe: "Joe Loftus, a Washington area native, has been playing bass guitar and other various instruments for a number of years. In the '80's Joe played way too many eighth notes with various wave bands. In the '90's Joe played with a schizo meta-physical group called Joe Loftus & Sacred Ground, playing the alternative everything circuit with just the right dash of melodrama. In the '00's Joe has returned to the DC music scene from utter obscurity to lay down some funk for The Slow Burn."

To celebrate our new lineup, and just 'cuz, we are having a late Spring sale on our debut CD "Let's Do It!" We're lowering the price from $15 to $10 (plus S&H) for the month of June, so make your move now! Just click on the "BUY" link to your left.

Look for us to announce some shows in the June/July timeframe.

All the best,
Ted Donat
The Slow Burn

Check out the killer review "Let's Do It!" received from Music-reviewer.com! We received a 9 out of a possible 10! Here's the link: http://www.music-reviewer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=513. I've also included the full text on our "Press" page in case you are feeling lazy. Just move two inches to the left and click... -TD