about LUMBERYARD
LUMBERYARD was inspired by the great SF cover band "Curveball" although we don't do a lot of funk or have 12 horns and three back up singers. We do have a rotating cast of musicians though with one constant, the inimitable Dan DeShara. (He owns the PA and lights, so natch!) The name came courtesy of Jeff Slingerland as we were trying to think of rarely used words that everybody already knows. The word LUMBERYARD seemed to be earthy yet not dirty, obtuse yet still intelligent, appealing without being repulsive and lastly; visually stimulating. Men think of building workshops and women think of knotty pine. Somehow it works... .Musicians
LUMBERYARD has employed the diverse skills of many Bay Area musicians: Paul Shenton, Dave McCullough, Tommy Miller, Alan Thiele, Tom Fleming, Paul Cotruvo, Donn Spindt, Matt Tidmarsh, Kean Butterfield, Michael Urbano, Rick Lilley, Ken Cooper, Channing Dahl, Zac Johnson, Joe Aspatore and Jim Bogios. Our "sit in" friends include Mark "Jellyroll" Burgstahler, Antonia Venezia, Gary King, Toni Bryant, Teri La Courte, Brad Gillis, Rob Goldstein, Ron Dallimonti, Ken Quilici, Mark Caputo, Stef Burns and Kiki Stack.
Songs!
SOLITARY MAN,WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN, GREEN ONIONS, LET ME ROLL IT, IF I NEEDED SOMEONE, THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE, CHAINS, TIME OF THE SEASON, ONE (is the lonliest number), STEPPING STONE, TEMPATATION EYES, MATCHBOX. THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA, ONE AFTER 909, STUCK ON YOU, THE WAY YOU DO, KEEP ON MOVIN, UNDER MY THUMB, USE ME UP, THE WAY U MAKE ME FEEL, EVERY DAY IS A WINDING ROAD, REHAB, JACKSON, CHERRY CHERRY BABY, SWEET CAROLINE, I WILL SURVIVE, ITS NOW OR NEVER, PRETTY WOMAN, TWIST AND SHOUT, SAW HER STANDING THERE, WILL IT GO ROUND CIRCLES, LIVIN FOR THE CITY, ONE WAY OUT, KISS, ROADHOUSE BLUES, I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN, LEAVE MY KITTEN ALONE, SUZIE/BORN ON THE BAYOU, TAINTED LOVE, MAYBELINNE, plus many more...
Fun Facts
We use lots of vintage gear: WEM, 1968 Les Paul Goldtop, 1963 Ampeg Twin Echo, 1959 Fender Bandmaster, 1959 Gretsch 6120
How We Think
The music itself flows from the "great fountain of musical gestation" era, imho, 1965-1975. Here can be found many of the musical building blocks/primordial stew, if you will, of the pop/rock/blues/funk/spoken word disco/temporal formats that constitute our song list. It harkens back to the day when an orange haired person wearing a powder blue leisure suit on trumpet could "jam" (to improvise over a designated chord structure or sometimes just one chord) with a leather clad 18th Century Dandy on swizzle stick not to mention the platform shoe wearing bassist in a neon nurse's uniform. Difficult to imagine in this uptight modern day world!