Ecce Hobo (Latin for "Behold the Hobo!") creates art-pop music that combines the happenin' sounds of today with influences as diverse as German Cabaret, The Kinks, Gregorian Chant and Hank Williams. Musically powerful and lyrically provoking, these f [+]Ecce Hobo (Latin for "Behold the Hobo!") creates art-pop music that combines the happenin' sounds of today with influences as diverse as German Cabaret, The Kinks, Gregorian Chant and Hank Williams. Musically powerful and lyrically provoking, these four social migrants sing melodic and catchy tunes of the open road, of refugees riding the rails of the global marketplace, and the darkness just around the bend.
Taking a cue from Bertolt Brecht's Epic Theater, Ecce Hobo's shows are unforgettable multimedia performances with a plethora of musical styles and supportive images incorporating projections, props, and a big slice of hobo wisdom.
The band's principal writers are John Feodorov and Paul Amiel. Having met at in high school orchestra, John and Paul have been collaborating on numerous music and art projects ever since. The band is fronted by John, who is also an internationally recognized visual artist featured on the PBS series Art:21-Art for the Twenty-First Century (www.pbs.org/art21) alongside such artists as Laurie Anderson. Paul has studied traditional Chinese and Turkish music abroad and performs on a variety of instruments with various medieval and ethno-music consorts. Mark has dedicated his talent to the pure percussive expression of the moment; in other words, he plays what he wants. When not playing with Ecce Hobo, Amanda enjoys listening to buzzing amps at full volume and drumming out Haitian rhythms on salad bowls.
Instrumentation
Paul Amiel: Keyboards, flute, harp, vocals
John Feodorov: Vocals, guitar, violin, san xian
Mark Reynolds: Drums and bass
Amanda Sloane: Keyboards and backup vocals
Below are commentaries on each song on the CD
Evil Ways: Originally written for the country-western InstaBand Shit from Shinola, Evil Ways is a sermon-song inspired by the often ridiculous pronouncements of television preachers, encountered first hand by Paul during his stint in Oklahoma (where he met Mark Reynolds), and by everyone everywhere who has a goddamn television. John's "sermon" enumerates sins, mostly (well, entirely) sexual, with their often-unexpected consequences. Evil Ways opens the CD (and the performance) as it outlines the moral universe being examined by Ecce Hobo, and it rocks.
Man on a Street: Now that the masse
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