![]() ![]() " 'Carry On' is one where we can have a long jam at the end, and I've also sort of added a jam to the end of 'Immigration Man,' " he said. It's more of an ensemble."ĭéjà Vu - which besides Keane (guitar), Sheppard (acoustic guitar) and Ryan (bass) also includes Deane Quintner (drums), Scott Sanders (guitar) and Tim White (keyboards) - has about 25 CSNY songs at its disposal and is just as comfortable with the acoustic tunes as it is with the jams. Some songs it's hard to tell who's singing lead. And on some songs, like 'Woodstock' and 'Wooden Ships,' Nathan and I take turns because it's easier on our vocal cords to swap vocals. "I sing lead on 'Déjà Vu,' 'See the Changes,' 'Ohio,' 'Dark Star' and 'Everybody I Love You.' We recently learned 'Change Partners,' and I sing lead on that one. That's why I enlisted her," Keane said) while Keane and Sheppard switch off on the Crosby, Stills and Young selections. O'Neal handles the Nash parts ("I don't know of any guys who can sing that high. But it's turned out to be a labor of love because everybody is really into it." It took awhile to sit down and dissect the parts. "The harmony parts are kind of complicated. "You really have to work hard to cover the material," said Keane, who also fronts the psychedelic-dripped band Strawberry Flats. I knew they'd be good at ensemble singing, so I thought the time was right to put something together."Īnyone who's taken even a cursory listen to CSNY's live album "Four Way Street" knows it wasn't easy for the quartet to replicate those studio-created harmonies in a concert setting, so it stands to reason that a band can't just show up and start flailing away at "Teach Your Children." "The main thing I was thinking about was finding people who were good with harmonies - and Rachel O'Neal, Nathan Sheppard and Tom Ryan immediately came to mind. "I've loved CSNY's music since I was 12 or 13, and I thought it would be fun to put together a band to pull some of those songs off," said Keane, who with his colleagues will perform on Saturday at The Melting Point. The Grammy-nominated producer and engineer, who has logged studio time with R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Indigo Girls, Vic Chesnutt, Randall Bramblett and hundreds more in his 30-year career, two years ago established a CSNY tribute band - Déjà Vu - with the idea of performing the seminal songs he loved as a teenager. ![]() Although the songs in the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young canon are easily recreated in the shower or in the car, they're a little tougher to perform onstage in front of a paying audience.īut if something was easy, it's likely Athens-based producer and musician John Keane probably wouldn't want to be involved. ![]()
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