Funk Babblings

It's always odd to get attention from unexpected directions, even when I'm just trying to give attention to someone else.....

This morning I was listening to the latest edition (a mondo two-hour two-parter) of the Insomnia Radio podcast. I was enjoying music from such bands as Enter The Haggis and The Explosion, and then about 20 minutes or so into part 1, I heard the following:

I got an email a couple weeks ago from one Rob Funk, who is a listener of the show, and he suggested a band to play. Their name is Watershed. And what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna read a portion of his email, and it will serve as a way of introducing the band to you guys with his words. And a huge thank-you, Rob, for steering me in their direction.

I don't know if you've heard from/about them or not, but another band you might check into is Watershed. Like Manda And The Marbles, they're from Columbus, and they just released a new album this week on Idol Records. They come from the Cheap Trick school of rock, with other influences including the Kinks, the Stones, the Cult, the Replacements, Springsteen, and a bit of AC/DC. I've been a big fan of theirs since 1993, and they're really nice guys too. They released an album and a half on Sony/Epic back around 1995, but then got dropped (something to do with Michael Jackson's poor sales) and have been all-indie since.

So, this track, courtesy of Rob and Watershed, it is called "Obvious", it's from their new release The Fifth of July. This is Watershed. Enjoy.

After the song he went on to say how much he (hc_insomnia) now loves Watershed ("the second kick-ass band coming out of Columbus that I've heard of in the past couple months") and is surprised he hadn't heard of them before.

He also linked from the podcast's blog to my web site, so hello to anyone who bothered coming here from that direction!