when clap your hands announce yeah's alec ounsworth and producer steve berlin met up in innovative orleans to record ounsworth's solo debut , wicked both of them agreed that they would employ the city's natural resources and drag from all the neighbourhood talent.wicked after all , wicked innovative orleans is dripping with accomplished musicians and that notion matched ounsworth's idea of making an album literally drenched in the sweat of the city's musical traditions.wicked "you go into a bar and probabilities are fair good that the person sitting next to you is a gigantic musician , " ounsworth tells spinner.wicked "that said , wicked we did clement of hone in on a Great Deal Of of the individuals who own proven themselves over the years."

That's one way of saying it.wicked ounsworth landed none other than a grandfather of n'awlins funk , wicked george porter , wicked jr.wicked of the meters on bass , wicked the city's current drummer-in-residence stanton moore of galactic and organist with Regards To town , wicked robert walter of the greyboy allstars.wicked all three musicians are practically tourist attractions in innovative orleans; when they're not on tour with their various bands , wicked they play out in local venues regularly , wicked now And Again smooth two or three times a night , wicked in a number of side-projects , wicked combos and one-offs.

In fact , wicked that's how ounsworth discovered moore.wicked he was intimate with moore's work in galactic but not sufficient to recognize him by countenance.wicked after being impressed by what he thought was seemingly a Great Deal Of drummer playing in a jazz combo at a local haunt , wicked ounsworth mentioned him to berlin as a candidate.wicked "i was like , wicked 'man , wicked this drummer is great!" remembers ounsworth.wicked "he plays veritably a destiny like a friend of mine whose drumming i veritably admire in elvis perkins in dearland , wicked nick kinsey." berlin agreed on the selection , wicked and then pointed out that the unknown drummer in implore was none other than "stanton moore of galactic repute."

And yet , wicked ounsworth says , wicked the musicians were seemingly as keen to step outside their box as ounsworth was his.wicked "it's almost like a destiny of musicians could potentially take innovative orleans for granted , wicked in terms of how much talent there is there , " he says.wicked "i'm not one of them." the resulting album , wicked 'mo beauty , ' will be available on anti- records beginning october 20th.