and text the studio directly all from the civic media app downloaded today now once again here's
Mino and the mayor John Mino and Jim Schmidt hey thank you very much welcome back one of our
favorite parts of the entire week it is our Heights pub and parlor music series our guests today
Isaiah and the new people Dennis all of them are all here today gentlemen good to see you today
we're just talking a little bit behind this uh in the what what do you call the green room
yeah green room we've got a green room or is that the green bay room I don't know what it is
and uh it's always awesome watching these people come in I want to think Amanda to
if we're bringing these these fine folks in I had nothing to do with it it's it's all her fault
she brings in the coolest cats around and without that I mean I don't I don't get out to see
these fine musicians you're kind of working some of the same times sometimes so Amanda thank you
for what you do and this is it's so cool to sit down and talk people about what they do who they are
what they're about we'll got them in the game in the to begin with game and you all just want to
say one thing we read in vent last night Kevin Van S talking the town his his jazz band yes at legacy
up there and we were talking a little bit of that night and he was you know giving us a little
back and forth and I see you know Dennis every week we ask our musicians who come in um what was
the spark who who gave you that confidence and so and he was a band teacher for years and years
and years at Washington and so many people said him so it's really cool when you get people like
yourselves in here eyes and every we know that there's somebody in your background that said no
really you can do this so we always want to start out with that question who helped get you here
uh honestly I would say Michael flatly from wow Lordy's yeah just in general I'm like that guy
sure got quiet in here I know the mind's going to do what yeah I figured where that came from
that was the inspiration originally as a kid no kidding I can ask about your name how did you
guys agree to this Isaiah and the new people I don't think anybody agreed to it that's a cool name
actually absolutely it's groovy man it comes from a Native American um prophecy sort of story
it talks about the seven fires where the original people from this from this area this land
the first fire was the the Anishinaabe were told to go to turtle I was talking about that
yeah so then oh really sure you know okay yeah so it comes from that it's it's like a Native American
awesome that's cool love it very cool man so okay so I'm still trying to let's let's figure out
that's let's connect that connection if you that makes any sense Michael flatly so what was it
what was it was it the Irish music yeah it's just like there's just so theatrical and they do it
just build you know and like you'd start and then all the sun there's all these other people coming
in and running around and like I as a kid I was like I just really enjoyed watching that I went
out they were at the whiter one time I know I saw that you want to talk about some athletes yeah oh yeah
oh yeah oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh yeah and it's cool we can talk about it you know that that's
awesome yeah you know so generally like if you could introduce these these fine fellas here
got mics but the new peeps well we got a Rick spatula Armstrong he's on drums and then starfish
wasn't he supposed to give a little there we go there you go thank you all you're your love
let me have starfish he plays lead guitar and we have Duffy he plays bass guitar nice
all the real names that's cool right I thought there was a cordwood for something
if you're in trouble that's the cordwood starfish yeah sorry man I don't get out much
well tell us type of music you play we call it western psychedelic folk
yes I love it yes yeah we play a pretty much original music I guess you could say it's
kind of indie rock if in a sense but yeah it's it's kind of like that it's original stuff yeah it's
all original that's awesome and how do you get your inspiration to do the the writing you guys
work together on that or somebody come in an individual piece and say look you guys I got it
some of both but I do is by far the main song right here some of both but I say it's the main song
that's why it's yeah and the new guys yeah yeah I wrote a bunch of songs I was playing
solo for a while and now like we this group just kind of formed and so now we're just like working
workshop in all the songs and adding little things and making a little more dynamic and that's
kind of what we're doing right that's a lovely time of putting a band together that's that is
the special time you know so grasp that be in the moment with that and enjoy the process
man for as long as it belongs it the ride goes you know that's that's that's the musical time you
know but here's something yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah here's some of that
whether it's psychedelic country yeah yeah sure that's it and western good yeah that's
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yeah
I just slipped this note over to Dennis and Jim
Who does he sound like?
I think he sounds like Isaiah
There's somebody else I'm hearing
Who do you get?
I don't know
Last year in the winter I listened to Dyer Straits
I think that had some influence
I know
It's awesome
That's great music to have on
You know, just to have on
Period all day
All day
I mean that
Yeah, I really enjoyed that
I want to come and see you guys
I want to support you
What what's that genre music called again?
Like if I went to
No, there's certain types of music
I like more than others
What can I love when he goes to the record store
What should we look for?
We say western psychedelic
Okay, that's what it was
I write that down
Western psychedelic
It almost doesn't match
You know what I mean?
I don't it doesn't sound like western psychedelic to me
But I don't know what that is
Yeah, we don't know either
We just
Well, I'll tell you what
People are behind you
Or do they
Are they complimentary?
Did you guys see?
Wow, that's kind of communicating between the two
Oh yeah, that's no doubt
That's why you talk about
Comple you just turn over
Look at the guys like
Yep, I mean it's your website while you're playing
And I see you're playing in
Is it ter lingua, Texas?
Yeah, what's that all about as they say in Canada?
Yeah, I'm just going down
For a couple solo shows
Okay, yeah, I'm going down pretty much
That's down by the border
Yeah, it's like right there
How'd you get that gig?
I just emailed them
Oh wow
But I went down there like seven years ago
And I was like hiking around
In the Big Bend National Park and stuff like that
And I just really liked it down there
It's just really cool
What's the tattoo on your wrist?
It's an owl
It's so
So they're on the website too
Yeah, it's so
I have a lot of
Influence or just like
I just really love the Native American spirituality
It's kind of something that's transformed my life
And so last
A couple years ago
This is a really long story
I hope we have enough time
A couple of minutes
A couple of years ago
That last song that we wrote
Lahaina
That chord progression actually
We started, it's from
Don't fear the Reaper
It's the same chord progression
And so Rick has to call
So I'm not okay
There's a psychedelic
Our hair up in there
So Rick and I were actually playing that song
Back to the appeal to buttons
Rick was playing drums
Or Rick was playing drums
But then he moved to bass
Because we had another kid that wanted to play with us
And so we were just getting formed
So just myself and Rick at the time
Rick moved to bass
And then this other kid was playing drums
But we were playing that song
It was like one of the last songs we played together
And then that day I was in a car accident
A kid died
And so the owl
Then in Native American spirituality
For a lot of people
Even not even that
But just like it kind of teaches
Like there's certain animals that show up in your life
And the owl represents death
But it also represents rebirth
And so the owl to me
Is just kind of like any day
I can there any moment
I could choose to be reborn
And be a completely new person and everything
And that's a logo for your group then too
Isn't it?
Yeah
Love it
Wow, heartbreaking story
But wow, inspiring at the same time
Thank you
I know what we got to put him with
Ace champion
Do you know Ace champion at all?
Oh yeah, he's a Groovy cat
A place flutes and the town drums
From 10,000 years ago
Up through the Native Americans
Boy could he jam with you guys
I think he does
Oh yeah, he'd be a great ad
Oh my god
Be a perfect little marriage
With what you guys do
You guys don't need much
No, no, no, no
You guys are awesome
He is a pretty good
Okay, how do we get a hold of you?
How do we get hold of your music?
How do we reach out to you guys
Besides your website
So listen to it
Yeah, well the website
Isaiah and the new people
Dot com
You know that's pretty much every
You know spotify everything
That's Isaiah and the new people
You can go to that website
We have a contact information
We also
Like I do this little festival called
The Seaters Project
That's in little shoot
That comes up in September
It's just like a two day thing
You guys do
My old music
Yep, yep
Cool
We did this last year
Nate
Isaiah and the new people
You guys are phenomenal
Yeah
That was great stuff
That was great stuff
To get Jim Jammin over here
Like he was
That's special
That is a breakthrough
That is a breakthrough
That is a breakthrough
I loved it
Ashley Heist
Puppet Parlor
Thanks for making this possible
See you this weekend
Sounds good
All right
Thank you everybody
Thanks for a great week
Have a phenomenal weekend
We'll be back
Good Monday morning
See ya
