Album Notes

Mechanical Bull – A Million Yesterdays
Woodstock MusicWorks
Growing up a preacher’s son is never an easy task, but
apparently that lifestyle can lead to a killer record as Chase
Pierson of Mechanical Bull has proved with A Million
Yesterdays on Woodstock MusicWorks.
Every few years Pierson moved whenever the good lord told his
father to do so. As an adult, the wandering didn’t stop as
Pierson has lived in Boston as a crew chief on an ambulance,
proceeding to Texas as a mechanic and tow truck driver and to
Kansas as an appliance repairman. These cross-country
endeavors are the ingredients that went into concocting A
Million Yesterdays.
The six-piece country folk band has been a local hit and an
underground phenomenon due to their rustic, unique sound and
their tragically humorous lyrics.
The follow up to last year’s All Hat No Cattle features compelling
new tunes written by singer/songwriter and ringleader Chase
Pierson – and sung by Pierson and Avalon Peacock. Peacock’s
vocals are intrinsic to Mechanical Bull’s sound. She is the
daughter of legendary composer Annette Peacock, and has
performed with artists such as George Clinton and Coheed and
Cambria.
Labelmates George Quinn, Chris Zaloom, J-Bird Bowman and
David Malachowski round out the band, while renowned
keyboardist John Medeski chimes in on B3 for the track “Luke
Warm Coffee. The juxtaposition of Pierson’s gruff growl and
Peacock’s angelic, yet dark pipes makes for a sound new and
innovative.
Add in Zaloom’s slinky steel and dobro,
Malachowski’s bendy blues licks, Quinn’s lovely mandolin,
Bowman’s infectious groove, and Adam Widoff (Lenny Kravitz,
Toshi Reagon, David Torn, Kate Pierson, Mercury Rev) on, well,
everything, A Million Yesterdays comes fresh out of the box
timeless and true.
A Million Yesterdays is loaded with songs ranging from subjects
about Chase’s seven-year-old daughter (“DJ Dancer”), to
political songs about rejecting the social institutions that
relentlessly try to conform one to hierarchical structures
(“Biggest Nerd In The Class).” All in all, there’s something for
every music fan to tap their foot or nod their head in agreement
with Mechanical Bull.
Praise for Mechanical Bull:
“Out of the hundreds of albums being released into the country
music market it is not very often that one stands out as being
totally different, one such album is Mechanical Bull. Chase
Pierson is a genius…you will not have heard anything so original
for a long, long time!” - John Morris, British Radio