Arthur Lyman Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) CD

To play live and promote the record the band knew they needed the other half of their rhythm section but a year of Craigslist adds and try-outs with everyone from a recent divorcee who just bought his first bass to a guy who answered the add for a bass player by bringing his guitar, was proving to be less than fruitful. All the while Martin kept seeing an add for a bass player looking for a band citing influences like The Replacements, Son Volt, Tom Petty, Wilco, The Rolling Stones and The Plimsouls - in other words - a perfect fit. But this perfect bass player would not respond, what was wrong? After his fourth and final e-mail, Martin finally asked, 'hey, you seem perfect for us, what's the problem?' The response they got from Mark Ray (Small Change Romeos, Candypill) was he didn't want to drive all the way the hell out to Antioch - free rehearsal space or not - but if the band would rehearse in San Francisco, he was in. Flash forward to 2008, the band is now headquartered in San Francisco and putting the finishing touches on their second record SENDING OUT TENDRILS. It is their first as a full band and is due out in the Summer of 2009 on Ever Upward Records with notable contributing local artists Rich Avella (Snowmen, Light Sleepers, Nothing People), William ...