Wednesday, September 23, 2009
1. The name of the band derives from The Byrds song ‘Time Between’ – written by Chris Hillman
2. The band has core members of David O (that's me - the shy genius) and Gwyn Jones (that's him in the picture above - he's the good looking one) – and we bring other musicians or producers in when we need them – we gave a bunch of tunes to Mick Dewing – a London based producer – recently and he did a terrific job bringing out the best in the tunes.
3. Gwyn lives in South London, plays guitar, mandolin and has a great voice. David splits his time between LA and London and plays guitar, bass, pedal steel, keyboards – and ukulele.
4. We met in our teens in the Midlands (the home of country music?) and have worked together on and off since then. The Time Between has been our full-time focus for the past few years. We’ve both played with many other bands – in the USA and UK but believe The Time Between is the best thing we’ve both ever done.
5. Gwyn has played in many country bands in London under various names (such as George Royale) – and played everywhere from the local pub to larger venues backing such luminaries as Chas and Dave.
6. Gwyn spends his days working as a music therapist. His clients also perform - under the name Uproar – and have many CD’s out and have played O2 amongst other places.
7. For us it’s all about the songs – and getting them heard by as many people as possible. We’re pretty prolific and are continually writing – in search of that one ‘classic’ tune.
8. We’ve many influences – but we always seem to go back to the ‘masters of country music’ – George Jones, and Merle Haggard. We also really like the Gram Parsons school of new country (Flying Burritos, Sweetheart of the Rodeo Byrds, Emmylou) and the new tradition they created and we try and get close to as we can. In fact we both came to country music via country rock – and that lead us towards the classics. Our current favorite is I See Hawks in LA – and when David’s there he’ll often pop down to the local watering hole to check them out.
9. You can pick up our CD on www.cdbaby.com or download it from iTunes.
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