Dry September
San Francisco, California, United States | SELF
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Read the ADC Media Guide article on Dry September (Page 50):
http://www.adcmediaguide.com/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&view=book&id=2&Itemid=270
- ADC Media Guide
JAN/FEB 2009 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCH”
December 30, 2008
Faves: My favorite, hands down (in spite of all of the great talent this month), is Dry September, a rock band from Los Angeles, California. Their debut album, Build a New Town, out last year, is a gem. The title song, “Build a New Town,” foreshadows the wealth of strong songs in this collection and heralds a new way of building community, of building a new world. Principal songwriter and lead vocalist, David Tokaji, maybe the Woody Guthrie of the twenty-first century. His lyrics tell the stories of working people, disenfranchised people, and people searching for something. “Back to Birmingham” took my breath away, a song about finding this country’s sense of responsibility to other human beings. It is where Tokaji writes, “ Back to Birmingha/Back to where a warrior is an unarmed man.” It is a man or woman who stands for something. It is here that Tokaji says, “But I see you Martin/And I see you Rosa/I see you in this crowd again.” Dry September, lead us on into a new day. I’ll be listening and maybe doing my own marking.
Tokaji is backed up by a great bunch of musicians. Matt Brannan is on bass and mandolin. Robert Dill plays drums and percussion. Andy Hill lends his talents to keys and harmony vocals. Russel Wiener plays lead guitar and adds backup harmonies, too. And, David Tokaji plays guitar and harmonica.
Janie Franz
http://skopemag.com/2008/12/30/janfeb-2009-sonicbids-%e2%80%9cartists-2-watch%e2%80%9d
- Skope Magazine
JAN/FEB 2009 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCH”
December 30, 2008
Faves: My favorite, hands down (in spite of all of the great talent this month), is Dry September, a rock band from Los Angeles, California. Their debut album, Build a New Town, out last year, is a gem. The title song, “Build a New Town,” foreshadows the wealth of strong songs in this collection and heralds a new way of building community, of building a new world. Principal songwriter and lead vocalist, David Tokaji, maybe the Woody Guthrie of the twenty-first century. His lyrics tell the stories of working people, disenfranchised people, and people searching for something. “Back to Birmingham” took my breath away, a song about finding this country’s sense of responsibility to other human beings. It is where Tokaji writes, “ Back to Birmingha/Back to where a warrior is an unarmed man.” It is a man or woman who stands for something. It is here that Tokaji says, “But I see you Martin/And I see you Rosa/I see you in this crowd again.” Dry September, lead us on into a new day. I’ll be listening and maybe doing my own marking.
Tokaji is backed up by a great bunch of musicians. Matt Brannan is on bass and mandolin. Robert Dill plays drums and percussion. Andy Hill lends his talents to keys and harmony vocals. Russel Wiener plays lead guitar and adds backup harmonies, too. And, David Tokaji plays guitar and harmonica.
Janie Franz
http://skopemag.com/2008/12/30/janfeb-2009-sonicbids-%e2%80%9cartists-2-watch%e2%80%9d
- Skope Magazine
Discography
Roam The Night With Me (full-length CD, 2012)
Build A New Town (full-length CD, 2008)
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Bio
Dry September is an LA-based rock band with jangly guitars, fetching melodies, and stories about the workers, dissenters, and outcasts among us. Frontman David Tokaji was a recent nominee for Singer-Songwriter of the Year by both the Los Angeles Music Awards and the Independent Singer-Songwriter Association.
Their latest CD, entitled Roam The Night With Me, has 10 new tracks with 10 new stories about people of all shades fighting for dignity during hard times in a hard place.
The band has recently received a number of accolades:
David Tokaji was a nominee for Male Singer-Songwriter of the year by the Los Angeles Music Awards.
Tokaji was also a nominee for Singer-Songwriter of the Year by the Independent Singer-Songwriter Association.
Their album Build a New Town was runner-up for Rock Album of the Year by the Toronto Magazine Awards.
The song Back to Birmingham was a nominee for Americana/Roots Song of the Year by the Hollywood Music Awards.
The song Back to Birmingham was featured on the CD and DVD tribute to Martin Luther King entitled Dream On.
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