dASHDOWN weathers a hurricane and delivers a raspy-voiced rhapsody with ‘Can’t Get Too High or Low’. Dave Ashdown, previously with Waiting For Henry, has his third solo EP. This is his third solo release and features the songs ‘Hurricane Honeys‘ and ‘Miss Hucklebuck’ along with the title track.
Reflecting on writing and recording the song he says, “‘Can’t Get Too High or Low’ was written and recorded in and around Hurricane Adalia last summer, riding the storm out at my high school friend Tristan Forgus’s studio in Cortez, Fl.. The tune is about the daily struggle for balance and came about via a mid-life crisis that saw me leaving Chicago after 30 years to hit reset playing the tiki bars on the Gulf Coast. Adalia gave us the perfect excuse to hang out, decompress, write and, when the winds had died down, press record. Truth hits everyone.”
dASHDOWN will be performing a monthly residency at The Montrose Saloon in Chicago on the first Saturday of each month.
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy.
He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.
Thanks for your awesome music…Great song, very chill, makes you contemplate for sure….& relaxxx