The Explorers Club - To Sing And Be Born Again on CD

Description

Exquisite set of cover songs by Nashville-based Sunshine Pop band, The Explorers Club . Ten-song-set is chock full of hits, misses and other delights from the 1960s. Album features guest vocals by former Barenaked Ladies front man Steven Page, and Drive-By Truckers member, Jay Gonzalez. Three previous albums: Freedom Wind (2008), Grand Hotel (2012) and Together (2016) and of course their 'self-titled' album (2020) which is being released around the same time as To Sing And Be Born Again . Brainchild of Charleston, SC native Jason Brewer, the only constant 'member' of The Explorers Club over the band's lifespan Brewer re-unites with Freedom Wind and Grand Hotel producer, Matt Goldman (Copeland, Underoath, Smalltown Poets, etc). New contributors to this set include Shane Tutmarc (Dolour, Sean Nelson,) Page and Gonzalez, as well as vocals from former Explorers Club member Wally Reddington and past contributor Brian Langan Brewer, Tutmarc, and Goldman recorded most of the album in Nashville, at Columbia's legendary Studio A. Additional work was done at Gem City Studios on the Tennessee/Kentucky border. Songs include huge pop hits originally recorded by The Turtles ( She'd Rather Be With Me, ) Manfred Mann, (the Bob Dylan penned Mighty Quinn, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart ( I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight ) Herb Alpert ( This Guy's In Love With You ) and Paul Revere and the Raiders ( Kicks). Rarities and lesser known songs from Three Dog Night's Danny Hutton, New England-based Orpheus, The Zombies, The Lovin' Spoonful and The Walker Brothers round out the set.

Track List

I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite
She'd Rather Be with Me
Roses and Rainbows
Kicks
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
Maybe After He's Gone
Can't Find the Time
Didn't Want to Have to Do It
This Guy's in Love with You
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore