The Humble Sessions
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Record Label: Roy Schneider
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From Noel 'Paul' Stookey of Legendary Supergroup Peter, Paul and Mary:
"...had no idea this 'humble' cartoonist played so many instruments so well. In particular y'gotta love SQUIRRELFEST and hey, the retro-techno stuff as well; the growly doubled voice (run through a guitar amp until it distorted), etc. But bottom line, most of all, thanks Roy for letting us 'sense' the relationship between you and your family... Ultimately, that kind of connectedness is what all music is about."
Roy Schneider is an award-winning singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and cartoonist. He is the creator of the comic strip "The Humble Stumble", from United Feature Syndicate, loosely based on his own life experience.
'The Humble Sessions' is the combined product of Roy's two creative fields, each musical piece inspired by a particular character or situation from the strip, although you need not be familiar with the strip to enjoy the music.
"I've traditionally expressed my serious side through music and the lighter side through comics, and I always thought it would be fun to try and combine the two somehow, but didn't have any real inspiration for it. I finally woke up one morning in August 2006 with the chorus to "There Goes Mr. Humble" chiming through my head, grabbed my guitar and started writing.
'The album has turned out to be a blend of everything from the fun and frivolous to the more serious/emotional contexts of the strip's core (a single father raising his daughter). I think almost everyone either knows someone or IS someone kind of like each of the characters being serenaded here, so the songs stand on their own without the listener having to be familiar with The Humble Stumble."
~Roy Schneider
Watch for Roy's next CD at the start of 2008!
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The best singing cartoonist I heard.
author: Chick Jabre
I heard about this album because I found out his wonderful cartoon strip was being cancel. I sample it and like it. After I order it , I loved it even more. It is true when one door closes another opens. I lost a good cartoonist but found a great singer.
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Me and my kids know the words to all the songs!!!
author: Mindy Tesznar
We love the this CD! The kids ask to have it put on as soon as we get into the car. Can't go anywhere without it!
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BUY THIS CD! YOU WILL LOVE IT!
author: MaryEllen Newton
The Humble Sessions CD by Roy Schneider. He's simply the best dang cartoonist in the world, and he's a pretty good singer too. The music is something I'm gonna keep in my CD player for a while. You can get it from CDBaby.com, and believe me, buying a CD from them is worth it for the hilarious emails you get! These guys are nuts, but the CD came in perfect condition, and the music is worth every penny. If you like a little blues, folk, and a guy with a killer sense of humor singing it, go there. It's worth it. Get that CD. I love this guy. His cartoons are great, too, and you can see them at comics.com. It's called The Humble Stumble.
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Cartoonist-Dad's world sounds clever, warm and genuine -- not cartoonish
author: Bill Realman Stella
One can imagine "There Goes Mr. Humble" playing as the credits roll by at the start of the animated The Humble Stumble special we hope is inevitable. An acoustic reggae gait for "Grisman" to follow his nose to, accompanied by his daunted human? Works for me. "Waking of the Coffee Gods" and "Workin' on the Bus" are a matched pair of instrumentals that incorporate machine sounds to clever effect. The predominantly percussive "Waking of the Coffee Gods" begins nearly silent and slow (naturally); the cue of brewing sounds kick-starts the pace to percolating and gradually builds to an almost jubilant moment to celebrate full awakening. I'd like my brewmaster to come equipped to play it during my morning ritual. The vehicle in "Workin' on the Bus", a downright grouchy character, has a reluctant ignition so disinclined to turnover in the morning it needs a caffeine of its own, making time choogling along and keyed to a jaunty pace only after it has been threatened and cajoled by metal taps, whirring drills, the incongruous sound of sawing and... is that duct tape?! Schneider's final vocal on "Molly's Song" is his best, as is the melody and gentle loving lyric he gives himself to sing. Other Humble Sessions songs draw with affection and aplomb from several traditional and popular acoustic blues and bluegrass forms. And kudos also for an interesting cover concept done well. Whether you come to the music after reading the comic strip or read the strip after hearing the tunes, these songs deliver their promise: a humble soundtrack to illustrate imaginative characters drawn from the real world that inspired them.
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