Mover

San Francisco’s Mover is among the brighter famous actors in California’s Cosmic American Music galaxy. The band’s music can be an amalgam of affects, blending old-fashioned rock and roll & move — like the Moving Rocks (circa 1969-1971), Creedence Clearwater Revival, Big Superstar, and various other ’70s groupings — using a folkier Byrds-like vibe, and it owes much personal debt to Parsons’ Soaring Burrito Brothers. Mover was created in 1996 with a genuine lineup of tempo guitarist/vocalist Eric Shea (ex-Valeria, ex-Supercross), business lead guitarist Paul Tyler (ex-Jupiter Sunlight), bassist/vocalist Mike Therieau (ex-Loved Types, ex-Event), tempo guitarist Matt Murdock, and drummer Matt Ellis. Murdock continued to be in the group several short weeks before departing and Ellis remaining after twelve months to reportedly sign up for a “Jehovah’s See alternative rock take action” located in Benecia, CA. His alternative was drummer/percussionistPaul Burkhart, who continued to be with Mover over another four years. During live shows, the music group was vocally supported by “the Sisters”: Mandy Taylor, Molly Tuttle, and Mary Western. It had been through the attempts of their 1st supervisor, Katrina Sirdofsky (who later on co-managed Christina Aguilera) that in 1996, Mover was contacted by visual poster designer Frank Kozik, who wished to sign these to his Man’s Wreck label. The group apparently spent only fourteen days documenting their 1997 debut Initial Recipe, which presented extra help from keyboardist Jason Albertini, right now a member from the Seattle-based Stagger Lee. Mover spent half a year recording another recording, THE ONLY PERSON, that was released in 1998 on Berkeley’s Mod Lang label. The recording was a considerable improvement and in addition saw Therieau dealing with even more lead vocal responsibilities as the group also started to concentrate on harmonies and acoustic-oriented tunes. Mover continued to truly have a extremely visible existence in the Bay Region over another couple of years. Shea structured the Annual Sleepless Evenings tribute/benefit display as an homage to Gram Parsons and on Mon nights in the Cafe Du Nord, he is constantly on the host the Mon Evening Hoot series, motivated by Michael Nesmith’s Hoot evenings through the ’70s. Shea also produced a side-project nation band, the Great Deserters, with Michael Talbott (Winterflowers), Dave Gleason, and Steve St.Cin (Beulah). In 2001, Mover experienced more personnel adjustments. Burkhart still left the lineup and transferred to Oregon, where he fronts several his own, known as Cocaine Unicorn. His substitute was Stephen Anderson. Support vocalist Mary Western world also departed in the group in 2001. In 2002, Therieau still left Mover to focus on the various other country-rock music group he was concurrently an associate of, Dave Gleason’s Squandered Days. Talbott emerged aboard on bass, with Shea overtaking all business lead vocals. The group continues to be documenting its third record, with manufacturer Davy Vain, on the Groove Area in San Rafael, CA.