Just Like Me

CD Release Party June 11, 2011

Emily

Travis & Mark

Emily, Travis & Mark

Emily, Travis & Mark

Emily, Travis & Ethan

Emily, Travis & Ethan

Travis

Emily, Travis, Tyler & Mark


Photos by George Ellsworth:
Emily

Ethan

Mark

Ethan

Emily & Travis

Emily

Emily, Travis & Mark

Emily

Many CD Thank You's!

I want to personally thank all the AMAZINGLY TALENTED artists who have worked on this communal project. I know I will never be able to thank you enough.

Travis Crotteau for his outstanding musical talent that continually inspires me AND for his generosity of time and space, whom without this project would NOT be alive.

Tyler Dubla for his ever-constant solid foundations that manage to keep us all grounded yet floating freely in the vast firmament. Your ability to groove in the craziest of circumstances is a talent to be cherished.

Ethan Thompson for taking the time to lay some sweettt bass that fits more perfectly than I could have imagined.

Mark Glen for going with the flow and making the songs unique with his acoustic, upright groovin' flavor.

John White for rocking out on the songs that required a true punk edge.

James O'Neill for your flexibility and coming up with a fabulous piano part;

George Ellsworth for your generous time and incredible dedication to making the song work - 'Elephants' could not have been without you. And thank you for your flying fingers on the 'creepy' keys and bowing magic.

Joy Caza for hanging in until the last minute and blowing out something wonderful.

Chris Kelly for adding your manly pipes to the songs that required a little something special.

Joey Aikens, a dear, old friend of mine. Thank you for offering to help when you know I was freaking out. You are beyond sweet! Not to mention coming up with exactly what I was imagining.

Lastly, Nicholas 'Tiberius' Gosen. You have dedicated your talents for months to this project and it is amazing because of you. I cannot thank you enough, friend. Tres Generociones in round! Now, is that everyone?!

To the many artists who created an outfit for the paper doll project that my whim wanted with this CD: Tina Gilbert (Wild Ponies,) Joy Caza (Elephants Can Fly,) Natalia Pierandrei (The Umbrella Waltz,) Kate Jorgensen (Mr. Dick,) Jill Algren (In Eve's Skin,) John White (The Blue Room,) Christine Hoberg (Skinny White Ass.)

Certainly, a generous acknowledgement to my immediate family: John, Bella and Tori. They hid away for many hours so I could record this album here at home. Taking on the task of keeping Sam and Joony quiet. No easy task! You are loved and so very appreciated.

And lastly, to the Blue Plate Fellas, who have taught me much and inspired these songs.

I am honored and delighted that all of the talented folk have taken the time to participate and come together to create this amazing work. It is truly a work of art, both visually and sonically. I am proud to put my name on it and send it off into the world. I couldn't have done this without all of your talented collaboration. Thank you!



Love, Peace, Creativity~



Emily

CD review: Jayne’s ‘Blue Plate Fellas’ is special

By: John Ziegler, Duluth News Tribune


Emily Jayne describes herself as a musician, artist, writer, web designer, tattooist, raw foods chef, cook, wife, mother and someone who spends entirely too much time on the couch.

She also has a new release called “Blue Plate Fellas” that was recorded in her Cloquet home and features a kind of d.i.y. charm.

It’s a semi-jazzy stroll through a batch of original tunes that all seem to be vignettes involving everything from shady guys who aren’t what they appear to poor decisions on automobile purchases. Most involve fairly dysfunctional relationships that, if nothing else, served as fodder for future songs.

Jayne has a unique way of choosing where to place the accents in her vocal phrasing that causes me to pay attention to the syntax, like getting a rap on the knuckles with a wooden ruler. There’s a kind of sing-songy, hushed, breathy vibe as she glisses through multiple syllables in one fell swoop like Clifford Brown’s agile trumpet stylings.

Jayne has recruited a few of Duluth’s best players, such as bassists Ethan Thompson and George Ellsworth (she actually uses four bass players on the project), and even jazz-oriented Twin Cities pianist James Tyler O’Neill helps with some tasty playing. Travis Crotteau and Tyler Dubla helped with arrangements.

“Mr. Dick” is a swingin’ little tale of Little Jimmy Richard, who led the narrator on and “tore her head apart.” The saga then delves into gunplay and bang-bang; Little Jimmy Richard is dead. Fine piano from O’Neill and some lyrical trumpet from Crotteau.

“The Blue Room” deals with the sensitive topic of rape.

Jayne directs “Stupid” at herself for buying a diesel automobile in Minnesota “where it’s always

30 below,” and “Prisoner of Snow” is a swirling tale that mixes war zone soldiers, ghosts, cowgirls and arrows.

There’s a certain slight out-of-tuneness to Jayne’s upright piano that’s maybe the perfect metaphor for the whole project. It’s slightly off-kilter, but if you cock your head just a bit you can hear exactly what Jayne is driving it at.

Emily Jayne / "Blue Plate Fellas"

Genre: Pop/rock

Website: www.emilyjayne.com

Engineer: Nicholas Gosen

Personnel: Emily Jayne (vocals, keyboards), Travis Crotteau (guitar, banjo, mandolin, trumpet), Tyler Dubla (drums), Ethan Thompson (bass), John White (bass), Mark Glen (bass), George Ellsworth (bass, keyboards), James Tyler O’Neill (keyboards), Joy Caza (trombone), Joey Aikens (violin), Chris Kelly (vocals)

Upcoming gig: The Duluth CD release of “Blue Plate Fellas” is 8 p.m. Saturday June 11 at Beaner’s Central, 324 N. Central Ave. Also on the bill is James and Younger.

Cost: $5

Call: (218) 624-5957


John Ziegler has worked in the music industry for 37 years as a radio host, interviewer, record producer and professional musician.

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