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Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers: Home for a Funeral
Four of the six members of today’s featured Detroit based band have fronted other projects, but during the past few years they have united under first-time bandleader, Joe Hertler, to create sublime folk tinged with Motown, funk, and pop. “When we met Joe,” says bassist and producer of Hertler’s first album, Kevin Pritchard, “He was a weird dude with sideburns hiding behind an accordion. Now he’s a confident front man with a flower on his head and a mic in his hand.”
Joe Hertler started as a successful solo artist, and then formed a duo with guitarist Ryan Hoger. That duo expanded when they caught the eye of Pritchard, who asked them to do a special performance in Bigger Brush Media’s Quilted Attic. Soon, drummer and life long friend of Pritchard, Rick Hale, joined the band, bringing his jazz-trained services into the mix. After the release of the first Rainbow Seekers album, On Being, which has sold an impressive 1,400 copies to date with no outside help, the band grew again. Keyboardist Micah Braken and saxophone prodigy Aaron Stinson joined, giving the group a decidedly classic turn.
Live instruments, live musicianship, and live energy became the creed of The Rainbow Seekers and led them to their newest live recordings at The Russell. Today’s track is a single released in June of 2012, following the release of On Being, and preceding the live sessions. We found it on their BandCamp page, loved it, and wanted to share this along with one of the Live Sessions (over at our Live & Acoustic feed).
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[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-joehertler-homeforafuneral.mp3]
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