Album Notes

Note that the audio samples to the left are low fidelity. The album is high-fidelity.

Instrumentation
Pete Pidgeon - guitar, lead vocals
Levon Helm (studio), Michael Aiello (live) - drums
Seth Rivers (studio), Jon Dusoe (live) - bass, vocals
Adam Beamer (studio) - keyboards
Kurt Schellenberg (live) - guitar, vocals
Stu Berk (live) - guitars, vocals

Two Dolla Crack Horns:
Sam Kininger - alto saxophone
Brian Thomas - trombone
Mark Erickson - trumpet
Taka Hagiwara - tuba

Biography
Arcoda is often described as creative songwriting - a mix of complex harmony with singable, memorable melodies. Arcoda would be a branch on the same family tree as Paul Simon, The Beatles and Stevie Wonder. Rooted in Americana (recorded with Levon Helm of The Band) with a modern, pop-rock edge (recorded at Radiohead engineer Paul Kolderie's Camp Street Studios), Arcoda combines radio-friendly hooks with deeply unique production. Pidgeon's lyrics are original, intuitive and, as Sam Cooke said of his own, open ended enough for the listener to uniquely identify with them.

Pete Pidgeon and Arcoda was formed in the spring of 1998 at SUNY New Paltz in New York. The band soon outgrew the Hudson Valley in 2000 after multiple local sellouts and moved to Boston that winter. The band has since grown steadily and amassed a strong Northeast following, including sellouts at Bill's Bar on Lansdowne Street.

Arcoda's debut album "...At First Sight" hosts appearances from Levon Helm of The Band and Nate Albert of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones among others. The disc received steady airplay from WERS in Boston and WKZE in western Connecticut where it was named one of the top 10 indie releases of 2003. In addition, Jambands.com editors voted it one of one of their Top 50 albums in 2003.

Arcoda's live show often includes the three-piece Two Dolla Crack Horns. Akin to the spirit of Bob Dylan, Pidgeon keeps the Arcoda lineup fresh with new talent as his sound evolves. Luminaries Ed Toth of Vertical Horizon, John McLaughlin side-man Fareed Haque and Jim Loughlin of moe. have all given Arcoda their personal seal of approval.

Pete Pidgeon and Arcoda spent 2005 supporting their three-song "Happy Song EP" (feat. Sam Kininger). The full-length, follow-up "Doubt Is For Losers" (feat. Eric Kalb of John Scofield/ Dap Kings and Nate Edgar of John Brown's Body) is slated for a fall 2007 release with no less than seven albums of written material to follow in the coming years! As a reflection of his visibility, Pete is endorsed by Mesa/ Boogie amplifiers.

With national radio (Planetary Group) and national media (Good Cop PR) working directly with the band, it won't be long before Arcoda becomes a household name.

Discography
Doubt Is For Losers (2007)
Happy Song EP (2005)
...At First Sight (2003)
Live In Boston (2002)
Live Demo 2002 (2002)
Live At Harper's (2001)
Raise the Roof (1998)