Al Tezachen
AL TEZACHEN is a writer/player/bandleader who may or may not have been touring the US South since '74. He puts a lot of thought into his material, and he hopes you enjoy it. FLASH update!! Al got his Commodore C-64 on the net somehow, hacked the admin password, now he knows the truth...you're listening, but nobody's got a working keyboard or a basic grasp of literacy or kindness...no feedback! In his words, "If I'd wanted to "do it with a condom", I woulda tossed 'em out the window of my Beechcraft at 10,000 feet"..He threatened to pull the whole page off the net unless he hears from at least one listener in the next few days. So whadya say, guys?
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
AL TEZACHEN and the SHMATTA'S...personel check-list
Al tezachen....Keyboards, Vocals, Composition
Karlo Batusek....Electric Bass
Pete Suits....Drums
Leroy Shmatta....Hammond B-3
Junior Shmatta....Tenor Sax
Julio Normali....Guitar
"Doc" Hevel......Guitar
Tom Lev.....Guitar
BACKUP VOCALS:
Karen Mavet, Barby Tsua, Calvin Shmatta, Homer Shmatta
STRINGS:
Gaya Weiss...violin
Eileen Hatzida..viola
Grunda Veldt..'cello
Marlo Viskositi...Bass Viol
Special Guests:
Frieda Rohm...Baritone Sax
The "Voodoos from Hoodoo.....
Harry Rama...sitar
Otis "the lotus"...tabla
Tommy "the texas swami"...tamboura
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
About half the songs on the record could have been recorded live at the Hattiesburg Country Club (Mississippi)
Every moment is "special" in it's own way.
Your musical influences
From the writing angle, Al likes deep thoughts, you know, like smart people often have, but he knows that as limbic-system driven creatures, we respond to beats and to chord changes which may be hard-wired, who knows?...So that songs have got to "grab" you whether you're drunk, ecstatic, or just scrubbing the floor. He obviously likes Donald Fagen a lot, but B B King and James Brown and Stevie Wonder...
What equipment do you use?
Hammond B-3, Yamaha PF80, Conn 10-M Tenor Sax, Epiphone cheap guitar, Cakewalk Home Studio.
Anything else?
Ok, maybe the whole thing is a fantasy creation of an especially knowing, precocious, 13-year old schoolgirl from Paramus...would it matter that much? Listen, you can at any time return the un-listened-to portion of the music, and she will gladly send you back the unspent portion of your money.
