[DID NOT ATTEND: January 20, 2024] The Salt Collective / Sneakers
I had not heard of The Salt Collective, but I felt like White Eagle Hall really promoted this show. So when I clicked on the link, I read that The Salt Collective is a
Supergroup featuring Matthew Caws (Nada Surf), Mitch Easter (Let’s Active), Chris Stamey & Gene Holder (The dB’s), Lynn Blakey (Tres Chicas), & Rob Ladd (The Connells)
Now, in fairness, Nada Surf is the only band of these that I really know. The rest I am aware of. But I love Matthew Caws and believe he puts a good spin on everything. So I did seriously consider going (especially after listening to the record).
But that was the day we dropped off my son at college, and it just seemed like a good night to stay home.
Sneakers was the band that came before all of these bands:
Before The dB’s and Let’s Active, there was Sneakers! Chris Stamey, an icon of indie pop, and friend Mitch Easter began to explore recording techniques in Winston-Salem, NC, during their youth. In 1976, Chris and his band, Sneakers (including drummer Will Rigby, with appearances from Easter), released a single on Stamey’s own Carnivorous Records. The sessions were engineered by Don Dixon, who would eventually produce bands like R.E.M. (with Easter) and The Smithereens.
They apparently put out a single and then in 2015, an expanded reissue of 9 songs came out. Sounds like a fun night for jangle pop.
I Just Read About That... 