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Rembrandts bring
acoustic guitar 60fs
influenced music to
Wild Blue tonight ~
By Suzanne Kaytan
Artspeak Staff
The Rembrandtsare coming to Fresno. "At what
gallery?" one might ask. Not at any local gallery, bul
at the Wild Blue tonight at 9:30. The Rembrandts,
Danny Wilde and Phil Solem, are a band, not a group
of paintings, although they do have something in
common. The bands origins date back a classic ten
years.
In ihe early BO'S, Solem and Wilde were members
of the band Great Buildings, from Los Angeles. When
they wereon the road they used to stay at the cheapest
motels in town.all sharingone room. Their "tour bus"
wasanoldEconoline van.Solemn said oneof the ways
they cased the monotony of being on the road was to
sing "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles, changing
the words to, "weall live in a yellow econoline, yellow
econoline, yellow econoline." When asked if they now
sing "we all live in yellow limousines, yellow limou¬
sines, yellow limousines," Solem humbly said "we've
had our share, but they are usually black or white."
Lyrics from the song "Someone" off their current
self-titled album"The Rembrandts", could be applied
to the evolution of a band that is making it's mark in
the90's. "When I look back I almost can't believe it, we're
not the same people that we used to know."
"We've cornea long way, si nee thosedays," Solem
said, speaking of the years with the Great Buildings.
And they have; their album is climbing up Billboard's
pop album chart. Their first single "Just The Way It Is,
Baby", has reached the top ten on Billboard's "Power
Playlists," which is compiled from the playlists of the
nation's largest and most influential top 40 radio
stations. "Just The Way It Is, Baby" has reached number
April 11
why it was so easy for us to play all our songs acous¬
tically. They had difficulty doing it," Solem said. "I
told them, it is because that is where our music comes
from. That's where it starts," said Solem.
Wilde and Solem wrote all of the music on their
new album which is the first time they've released
anything they've written together. Wilde and Solemn
23 on Billboards Hot 100 Singles charts and the video had written songs together before, buf Just as demo's,
is in current rotation, on music vided shows. They had each written 'songs separately, but were both
This week The Rembrandts are booked to play pursuing sole careers.
five cities in five days. Wednes
"We all live in a
day night they played at Sllm's,
Boz Skaggs' club, in San Fran¬
cisco. After tonight's show at the
Wild Blue, they head to Sacra¬
mento.
The Rembrandts music has
been described as 60's influenced
acoustic guitar music with subtle
and natural vocals. Their musicis
refreshingly reminiscent of the early Beatles and The
Byrds, with some M ichael Penn, Tom Petty, and Crosby
Stills Nash and Young, thrown in. According to
Solemn their music is song oriented pop.buUvith "the
word 'pop' has taken a twist. . it really just means
what is popular," he said.
Recently the Rembrandts have performed a small
acoustic, promotional tour, with John Hiatt as well as
an acoustic show with some heavy metal bands in
Sacramento when their album first came out.
"They (the metal bands) couldn't understand
yellow econoline,
yellow econoline,
yellow econoline."
-The Rembrandts
"When my wife started
singing The Rembrandts
songs around the house, 1
thought maybe we had bet¬
ter takcanother look at what
wc were doing," Wilde said
to Rolling Stone.
Pursuing solocareers is
one of the reasons why the
Great Buildings broke up.
When they were working on their second album, "wc
realized that we were solo artists. We were three guys
battling to get each of our songs on the album," Solem
said. "We had three different styles".
The third songwriter was Ian Ainsworth. Wilde
and Ainsworth had started the Great Buildings, "it
was 'their' band," Solem said. "Also, Columbia wasn't
giving us the attention we needed. All of a sudden
Columbia started dropping bands from their label,
and when that happened, we decided it was time logo
our separate ways."
Solemn wanted to break away from the tradi¬
tional way the music industry operates, in Los Ange¬
les. He was originally from Minnesota and came to LA
in 1976. In Minneapolis, he pursued a solo career, as
well as playing ina local band called The Rembrand ts,
which is where the title of the new band originated. "
1 escaped to Minneapolis, to get away from being
'someone's guitar player,"-he said. ■
In the years between the Great "Buildings and The
Rembrandts, Wildepursuedhisownsolocarcer.Solem
played guitar on Wilde's first solo album, "The Boy¬
friend", which wa^rcleased in 1986. Wilde released
two other solo albums. "Any Man's Hunger" was
released in 1988. It contained the single 'Time Runs
Wild," which was used as a background theme song
in the movie "Dream A Little Dream." Wilde's third
solo effort was the 1989 release "Danny Wilde," which
had guest artist Peter Frampton playing lead guitar on
"California Sunshine".
Solem and Wilde arc very happy with their new
record company, Atco.andtheircurrent success. They
will be opening for Don Henely, on his summer tour.
"We well be playing sheds and everything," Solem
said with pride. Sheds are large amphitheaters such as
The Shoreline and The Concord Pavilion, in northern
California and The Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, in
southern California. "We're a bit concerned," Solem
said. "Will people even listen to us play, will we get an
audience? Or will people just be wandering in late?"
"They will hear you play, but they will not be able to
experience the energy generated by a small venue."
Olympic Tavern temporarily closed
By Cynthia D Baxter
Artspeak Co-Editor
The Olympic Tavern, a bar
and music club in the Tower
District has beer ■ mporarily
closed since Friday light April
5, due to a disputr -ver owner¬
ship of the bar.
Police were dispatched to
the bar on Friday night at 7:44
p.m. for a possible tresspass, by
Christopher Rudd, who report¬
edly claimed recent ownership
of the Olympic Tavern, accord¬
ing to Fresno Police.
The bar was closed around
9 p.m. by Kevin Parkhurst, the
recent owner of the Oly, said
Bob Hamasaki, member of the
band Scarlets Carousel, who
was doing a sound check for
their show that night when the
incident occurred. All sched¬
uled music shows have been
cancelled until the club reo¬
pens.
According to Hamasaki the
police never entered the bar,
but remained outside.
Rudd said the ownership
dispute between he and
Parkhurst is still under nego¬
tiation and that the bar will
reopen when the dispute is
cleared up. Hesaid that no laws
were broken that night at the
bar and that the incident is
strictly a civil matter.
"Hopefully things will be
back to the past and 1 hope it to
be the same rock and roll jaz2
place its been," said Rudd.
Parkhurst said the Oly
should be only closed for a few
days.
According to police, Rudd
produced a document claim¬
ing ownership at the scene, bu t
Parkhurst did not haveor could
not obtain any documentation
that he had ownership of the
establishment. However, hedid
produce a license to sell alcohol
from Olympic Tavern's prem¬
ises.
Parkhurst said hecould not
prove tenancy because the bar's
landlord is out of town.
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| Title | 1991_04 The Daily Collegian April 1991 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1991 |
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| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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| Title | April 11, 1991, Artspeak Page 2 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1991 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Page 2 Rembrandts bring acoustic guitar 60fs influenced music to Wild Blue tonight ~ By Suzanne Kaytan Artspeak Staff The Rembrandtsare coming to Fresno. "At what gallery?" one might ask. Not at any local gallery, bul at the Wild Blue tonight at 9:30. The Rembrandts, Danny Wilde and Phil Solem, are a band, not a group of paintings, although they do have something in common. The bands origins date back a classic ten years. In ihe early BO'S, Solem and Wilde were members of the band Great Buildings, from Los Angeles. When they wereon the road they used to stay at the cheapest motels in town.all sharingone room. Their "tour bus" wasanoldEconoline van.Solemn said oneof the ways they cased the monotony of being on the road was to sing "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles, changing the words to, "weall live in a yellow econoline, yellow econoline, yellow econoline." When asked if they now sing "we all live in yellow limousines, yellow limou¬ sines, yellow limousines," Solem humbly said "we've had our share, but they are usually black or white." Lyrics from the song "Someone" off their current self-titled album"The Rembrandts", could be applied to the evolution of a band that is making it's mark in the90's. "When I look back I almost can't believe it, we're not the same people that we used to know." "We've cornea long way, si nee thosedays," Solem said, speaking of the years with the Great Buildings. And they have; their album is climbing up Billboard's pop album chart. Their first single "Just The Way It Is, Baby", has reached the top ten on Billboard's "Power Playlists," which is compiled from the playlists of the nation's largest and most influential top 40 radio stations. "Just The Way It Is, Baby" has reached number April 11 why it was so easy for us to play all our songs acous¬ tically. They had difficulty doing it," Solem said. "I told them, it is because that is where our music comes from. That's where it starts," said Solem. Wilde and Solem wrote all of the music on their new album which is the first time they've released anything they've written together. Wilde and Solemn 23 on Billboards Hot 100 Singles charts and the video had written songs together before, buf Just as demo's, is in current rotation, on music vided shows. They had each written 'songs separately, but were both This week The Rembrandts are booked to play pursuing sole careers. five cities in five days. Wednes "We all live in a day night they played at Sllm's, Boz Skaggs' club, in San Fran¬ cisco. After tonight's show at the Wild Blue, they head to Sacra¬ mento. The Rembrandts music has been described as 60's influenced acoustic guitar music with subtle and natural vocals. Their musicis refreshingly reminiscent of the early Beatles and The Byrds, with some M ichael Penn, Tom Petty, and Crosby Stills Nash and Young, thrown in. According to Solemn their music is song oriented pop.buUvith "the word 'pop' has taken a twist. . it really just means what is popular," he said. Recently the Rembrandts have performed a small acoustic, promotional tour, with John Hiatt as well as an acoustic show with some heavy metal bands in Sacramento when their album first came out. "They (the metal bands) couldn't understand yellow econoline, yellow econoline, yellow econoline." -The Rembrandts "When my wife started singing The Rembrandts songs around the house, 1 thought maybe we had bet¬ ter takcanother look at what wc were doing," Wilde said to Rolling Stone. Pursuing solocareers is one of the reasons why the Great Buildings broke up. When they were working on their second album, "wc realized that we were solo artists. We were three guys battling to get each of our songs on the album," Solem said. "We had three different styles". The third songwriter was Ian Ainsworth. Wilde and Ainsworth had started the Great Buildings, "it was 'their' band," Solem said. "Also, Columbia wasn't giving us the attention we needed. All of a sudden Columbia started dropping bands from their label, and when that happened, we decided it was time logo our separate ways." Solemn wanted to break away from the tradi¬ tional way the music industry operates, in Los Ange¬ les. He was originally from Minnesota and came to LA in 1976. In Minneapolis, he pursued a solo career, as well as playing ina local band called The Rembrand ts, which is where the title of the new band originated. " 1 escaped to Minneapolis, to get away from being 'someone's guitar player,"-he said. ■ In the years between the Great "Buildings and The Rembrandts, Wildepursuedhisownsolocarcer.Solem played guitar on Wilde's first solo album, "The Boy¬ friend", which wa^rcleased in 1986. Wilde released two other solo albums. "Any Man's Hunger" was released in 1988. It contained the single 'Time Runs Wild," which was used as a background theme song in the movie "Dream A Little Dream." Wilde's third solo effort was the 1989 release "Danny Wilde," which had guest artist Peter Frampton playing lead guitar on "California Sunshine". Solem and Wilde arc very happy with their new record company, Atco.andtheircurrent success. They will be opening for Don Henely, on his summer tour. "We well be playing sheds and everything," Solem said with pride. Sheds are large amphitheaters such as The Shoreline and The Concord Pavilion, in northern California and The Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, in southern California. "We're a bit concerned," Solem said. "Will people even listen to us play, will we get an audience? Or will people just be wandering in late?" "They will hear you play, but they will not be able to experience the energy generated by a small venue." Olympic Tavern temporarily closed By Cynthia D Baxter Artspeak Co-Editor The Olympic Tavern, a bar and music club in the Tower District has beer ■ mporarily closed since Friday light April 5, due to a disputr -ver owner¬ ship of the bar. Police were dispatched to the bar on Friday night at 7:44 p.m. for a possible tresspass, by Christopher Rudd, who report¬ edly claimed recent ownership of the Olympic Tavern, accord¬ ing to Fresno Police. The bar was closed around 9 p.m. by Kevin Parkhurst, the recent owner of the Oly, said Bob Hamasaki, member of the band Scarlets Carousel, who was doing a sound check for their show that night when the incident occurred. All sched¬ uled music shows have been cancelled until the club reo¬ pens. According to Hamasaki the police never entered the bar, but remained outside. Rudd said the ownership dispute between he and Parkhurst is still under nego¬ tiation and that the bar will reopen when the dispute is cleared up. Hesaid that no laws were broken that night at the bar and that the incident is strictly a civil matter. "Hopefully things will be back to the past and 1 hope it to be the same rock and roll jaz2 place its been," said Rudd. Parkhurst said the Oly should be only closed for a few days. According to police, Rudd produced a document claim¬ ing ownership at the scene, bu t Parkhurst did not haveor could not obtain any documentation that he had ownership of the establishment. However, hedid produce a license to sell alcohol from Olympic Tavern's prem¬ ises. Parkhurst said hecould not prove tenancy because the bar's landlord is out of town. |
