HOME PLANET CONTINUES ON AS “OYSTER CLUB”. Oyster Club continues to perform Home Planet music from the CD We Come In Peace
Found at http://www.Cdbaby.com/cd/homeplanet
Home Planet was Steve Tarnoff: Singer/songwriter and guitarist, Mike Roux: drummer and backup vocalists, and bass player Mark Whitten. Home Planet has not been together since the end of the last millennium. The band played 60’s and 80’s influenced rock with a philosophy that rock music is essentially plugged in folk music at least in a band’s stage before they “make it” and become “gentrified” by membership in the culture club of the entertainment elite.
Oyster Club is composed of 2 of the 3 original members from the band Home Planet, Steve Tarnoff: Singer/songwriter and guitarist, and Mike Roux: drummer and backup vocalists. Joining “Oyster Club” provisionally as time and college permits is Martin Tarnoff a.k.a. Suiauthon Lhûgrancion and a few other "nom de plumes" (son of band leader Steve Tarnoff) playing bass and adding some younger blood to the band. They recently added Shuli Rayberg on woodwinds (bassoon/flute). Listen to the cover single The Fat Angel to hear her bassoon. Found at http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/oysterclub2
They have released more tunes on the CD Grateful Living In The Shadows, which can be Found at http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/oysterclub
That CD is a three-act program touching on various aspects of the human condition. In short, world/global conditions, relationships, spirituality and death.
Oyster Club is named after one of the several intellectual clubs whose membership was composed of prominent intellectuals from the Scottish enlightenment (e.g. economist Adam Smith; philosopher David Hume; geologist James Hutton. Benjamin Franklin dropped in as well). We could all use some enlightenment.
At present they are working on more material and experimenting with new musicians, instruments, and styles. The seeds of inspiration for the next future CD are being sown.
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