Mr. airplane man

Description

A simple and beautiful story is that of Margaret Garrett (guitar, vocals) and Tara McManus (drums and keyboards), or more simply Mr Airplane Man, the hypnotic blues duo born in Boston in 1996. Friends since middle school, they decided to form a duo based on their obsession with rock'n'roll and the blues. Their duo, which they named with this strange name because of a Howlin' Wolf song, began on the street as it should, and three years later became Best New Local Act by the readers of the Boston Phoenix. Margaret and Tara managed to create a unique and personal sound on their desert island. A hard and hypnotic sound, bewitching, floating, that plays wonderfully with the unwritten codes of their idols such as Mississippi Fred McDowell, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Howlin' Wolf and the Boston proto-garage band The Lyres. Quickly they captivated experienced ears and reached a growing number of admirers, including Greg Cartwright of Oblivians and Reigning Sound or the late Mark Sandman of the band Morphine, who taught Margaret guitar. In the early 2000s they recorded three superb albums for the Sympathy for the Record Industry label and played with the White Stripes and the Strokes. Discovered by John Peel, with whom they did a few sessions, they toured across the United States and Europe, before their story came to an end in 2006. The first listens to this record weaken the ear, intrigue, question, but above all fascinate rock and blues lovers. An absolutely carnal touch clears the air and breaks the pheromones increasingly common in blues since Eric Clapton and Popa Chubby. Following already 3 releases on Moi J'Connais de blues féminin, Mr Airplane Man, in all their splendor, comes to complete the picture and echo the sirens of Mississippi now gone. Margarett and Tara, still very much alive but in different cities, each a mother, and respectively drummer and guitarist in their new bands, had a tear in their eye the day when, after several months of searching, two guys, founders of a small Geneva label, contacted them to release on LP their first demo, which they themselves had forgotten. Mastering work from the tapes, work on the original sleeve, and texts on the how and why, make this release unique and unclassifiable. This Long Play is the found witness, silent for too long, of their first days as a band! A recording of their first studio experience that will give birth to the very essence of the duo, to the deep inspiration of what would become Mr Airplane Man. Partly recorded by Mark Sandman. Originally self-produced in 1998 by the band, it took 15 years before this marvel was finally released on LP. Only 1000 copies pressed, screen-printed with the original sleeve on classy tobacco paper. inside sheet with rare photos and texts by Margarett and Tara. among others! Close your eyes and float!