Stranger Things is the fourth album by American jam band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, released July 25, 2006 on Fantasy Records.

Personnel

*Edie Brickell - Lead vocals, Electric guitar on #10, Producer, Illustrations

*Kenny Withrow - Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Slide guitar, Backing vocals

*Brad Houser - 4 & 5-string Basses, Bass clarinet, Baritone saxophone

*Carter Albrecht - Keyboards, Guitars, Harmonica, Backing vocals

*Brandon Aly - Drums

*John Bush - Percussion

*Tommy Bridwell - Backing vocal on #5, Engineer

*Bryce Goggin - Backing vocals on #4, Producer, Engineer

*Adam Sacks - Backing vocals on #4, Assistant engineer

*Gavin Lurssen - Mastering

*Abbey Anna - Art Direction

*Andrew Pham - Art Direction, Package Design

Category:Edie Brickell & New Bohemians albums

Category:2006 albums

Artist/Band Information

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians is an alternative rock jam band that originated in Texas in the mid-1980s. The band is best known for their 1988 hit "What I Am" from the album Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars. Their music contains elements of rock, folk, blues, and jazz. Following the release of their 1990 second album Ghost of a Dog, lead singer Edie Brickell married singer-songwriter Paul Simon after leaving the band. In 2006 they launched a new web site and released a new album Stranger Things.

History

The New Bohemians started as a 3 piece ska-style band in the early 1980s, gaining experience in the new Deep Ellum neighborhood of downtown Dallas. The original line-up featured Brad Houser on bass, Eric Presswood on guitar, and Brandon Aly on drums.

Drummer Aly, guitarist Kenny Withrow, and percussionist John Bush went to the same arts magnet high school in Dallas, Texas, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Singer Edie Brickell also went to this school. However, the others didn't know her until later. According to Houser, Edie was there for art.Spin magazine, March 1989, Vol 4, Number 12 Houser attended Hillcrest High School and lived in the same neighborhood as the others. He played in various neighborhood bands like The Knobs which included Kenny, and was also in the Munch Puppies.

The additional core members joined in 1985. Edie became the singer after being encouraged to join the band onstage during a show. It was soon after that first show that a local agent who was booking bands at Rick's Casablanca was brought to hear the band. The band signed a six month management contract which brought with it better paying gigs at Rick's. When the six months ended, they started regular gigging in Deep Ellum.D Magazine January 1989 Presswood left and Kenny Withrow joined as guitarist, playing his first show in July 1985 at the Starck Club in Dallas. John Bush joined on percussion in September of that year. His first show with the band was September 12, 1985 at Poor David's Pub in Dallas, when the band was backing Bo Diddley.

The "New Bos" were always a local favorite, packing in the fans at now famous Deep Ellum venues such as Theater Gallery, 500 Cafe, and Club Dada. The Bohemians were also regular performers at the annual Fry Street Fair on the University of North Texas campus in Denton, Texas. During this period of the band's history, Edie's name was not used in the band's name. That was a strategy used by Geffen Records.

In recent years, the New Bohemians have released compilations and a live album and have recorded new material. In the mid-1990s Brickell, Bush and Withrow reunited as The Slip. Andy Langer, June 2, 2000, The Austin Chronicle, Retrieved February 8, 2008 In 2006 the current members reunited to record and tour with the release of Stranger Things.

Carter Albrecht died tragically September 2007.

The band's song "Circle" appeared on an episode of Cold Case and Ugly Betty.

Members

Current members

* Brandon Aly – drums

* Edie Arlisa Brickell – vocals

* John Walter Bush – percussion

* John Bradley Houser – bass, woodwinds

* Kenneth Neil Withrow – guitar

Previous members

* Carter Albrecht – keyboards, electric guitar, harmonica, vocals

* Wes Burt-Martin – guitar

* Matt Chamberlain – drums

* Eric Presswood – guitar

* Chris Wheatley – keyboards

* Chris Whitten – drums

* Paul "Wix" Wickens – keyboards

Discography

Albums

* Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)

* Ghost of a Dog (1990)

* The Live Montauk Sessions (1999)

* Stranger Things (2006)

Singles

References