There's always something exciting going on for the bands of Cover Club. This week's entry, Mason Porter, will finish the week with their own curated fest : The Midnight Mountain Music Show featuring friends galore such as Wallace Brothers, Ladybird, Kalob Griffin Band, and Hinton, Bower, Jones. Meanwhile they start the week celebrating other friends, American Babies, by choosing them as their Cover Club selection!
This has to be the best value in town with$60 for two nights camping and show ticket. How's the response so far?"The response has been unbelievable. So much enthusiasm. So many people want to be a part of this and help out and see it succeed. We have an amazing community of fans and friends and family and this festival is really bringing everyone together in a really special and exciting way."
For Midnight Mountain Music Festival tickets head to MasonPorter.com/MMMS
"It's a great tune, the kind of tune Mason Porter can get into. I thought it'd be a fun one to lend our instrumentation to and give it the M.P. treatment. American Babies are cool, their first couple records are really solid Americana/Rock stuff and the newer stuff is a little more far out. Besides, Tom Hamilton is also one my oldest friends, we started our first band together, Brothers Past back in the day. He has been there since the beginning of Mason Porter, and produced our first two releases."
Cover Club | Mason Porter "Invite Your Friends" (American Babies)
Be sure to check out the original American Babies version
Part of the fun with the Cover Club sessions is finding the backstory on the songs, why they were the picked, or what does it all mean. Joe D'Amico of Mason Porter kept it simple for their session's original selection, as "Seeds of Summer in short, is a song about the end of summer." As Labor Day has just passed, you really can't argue with the logic. However, Mason Porter and friends clearly don't want summer to end as they host the Mountain Magic Music Festival this weekend!
Key To The Skyway, released June 2nd, has kept the band busy touring this summer. "It's done well. The reaction from press and radio and fans has all been really positive. We're happy with the way things went with it," says D'Amico. "Fall will keep us busy but not as much touring as the summer. We'll be introducing a lot of new songs to the set list. A lot of preparation is going into 2016.When asked if there is a full length coming in the future, D'Amico delivers a promising response; "We have the material for it, for sure. We just debuted three more new songs last week. We're really focused on the live show right now, but we will be shooting for another release in 2016. Whether it's a full length or an EP or multiple EPs depends on some things. And we'd also like to get some more live stuff out there for people to have access too."
CoverClub | Mason Porter "Seeds Of Summer"
The session was recorded in early July with Jim Salamone, Matthew Phillips, and Alex Kopertowski at Cambridge Sound Studios. Video directed by Bob Sweeney.
Mason Porter lineup:
Tim Celfo - Upright Bass/Vocals
Joe D'Amico - Mandolin/Guitar/Vocals
Paul Wilkinson - Guitar/Vocals
Sarah Larsen - Voilin
Kevin Killen - Drums
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