Chad Woodruff

Chad & Jeremy - Sing For You (1965) {Ember–Air Mail Japan, AIRAC-1315, Paper Sleeve rel 2007}
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© 1965, 2007 Ember Records / Air Mail Recordings Japan | AIRAC-1315
Rock / Pop / Psychedelic / Baroque Pop / British Invasion

Generally relegated to footnote status, folk/rock duo (heavier on the folk) Chad & Jeremy nonetheless managed a certain level of influence among a group of navel-gazing sensitive types who couldn’t totally commit to either the Beatles or Stones camps. And yet they still managed to make something of a splash riding the crest of a wave that was the British Invasion. At a time when it seemed every artist was copping the sound of the Beatles and/or Stones, Chad & Jeremy remained (relatively) committed to their folk origins. The trouble with this was their particular brand of folk was slowly falling out of favor following the arrival of Bob Dylan.

Chad & Jeremy - The Ark (1968) {Columbia–Sony Music Japan, MHCP-979 rel 2006, Cardboard Sleeve}
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© 1968, 2006 Columbia / Sony Music Japan | MHCP-979
Rock / Pop / Psychedelic / Baroque Pop / British Invasion

While The Ark contained nothing quite as elaborate as "The Progress Suite" that had taken up one whole side of Of Cabbages and Kings, it was another psychedelic mishmash of styles – Indian one minute, musichall the next – of a kind so many popular performers had been indulging in at the time in hopes of making the next Sgt. Pepper. The difference was that most of Chad & Jeremy's peers had gotten it out of their systems the year before. But C&J were upper-class types who took naturally to the pretensions of the form – they thought they were making Art. Their listeners thought differently: The Ark missed the charts, and Chad & Jeremy broke up.

Chad Wackerman - Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations (2012) {Chad Wackerman CWCD-5}
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© 2012 Chad Wackerman | CWCD-5
Jazz / Fusion / Drums

A former member of Frank Zappa’s touring band and longstanding member of guitar hero Allan Holdsworth’s trio, power-precision drummer Chad Wackerman is also an accomplished composer with five albums as a leader to his credit. His latest features Holdsworth (his third time playing sideman to Wackerman), along with the guitarist’s longtime bassist, Jimmy Johnson. The three exhibit their usual uncanny chemistry on a number of Wackerman’s harmonically advanced, prog-rock-meets-jazz originals.