Feb 6, 2006 21:04:19 GMT -5

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	befrost	Right now I'm Offline I have made 1,610 posts I joined January 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.

Happy the Man is currently fielding offers to headline festivals in Europe and Canada but nothing is finalized as of the moment. They are also beginning to prepare material for a second cd for Inside/Out as a follow up to "The Muse Awakens" - their first new cd in over 25 years. Much of the material is more vocal oriented as Frank Wyatt has been very busy writing some epic pieces. Their "Live at XM" radio interview and concert was recently aired. Look for encore performances.

Dave Rosenthal has been busy playing with Billy Joel once again and recently appeared on Conan OíBrien and the Ellen DeGeneres show. He will be touring with Billy through next April at which time Happy will begin working up new material and preparing for any festival dates.

Joe Bergamini is busy touring with Movin' Out (the broadway play based on Billy Joel songs) which he's been doing for years. He is also doing drum clinics all over the country for Tama.

Rick Kennel is still very busy doing music accounting and business management for a number of clients. He and longtime wife Leah recently moved into their dream house in upstate New York.

Frank Wyatt has been busy building his dream house with his wife Mindy, writing lots of music and rehearsing occasionally with Oblivion Sun (a HTMish jam band he and Stan formed a year ago).

Stan Whitaker got married in September to LeeAnne whom he sings with in a musical duo named aptly "Stan and LeeAnne". They perform all over the northern Virginia/Maryland/Pennsylvania area.

For information and booking info on Happy the Man please visit www.happytheman.com

Source: cuneiformrecords.com/artistnews.html

Feb 7, 2006 14:21:28 GMT -5

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	steamingears	Right now I'm Offline I have made 1,442 posts I joined February 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.

Thanks for finding and posting this info.

Feb 7, 2006 15:06:23 GMT -5

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	befrost	Right now I'm Offline I have made 1,610 posts I joined January 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.

steamingears said:

Thanks for finding and posting this info.

You're welcome

Apr 6, 2006 17:07:29 GMT -5

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	andynwyrk	Right now I'm Offline I have made 1 post I joined April 2006		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.

This awesome news!

However, at the risk of sounding like a complainer (which I'm not!), I hope that most of the new stuff is all instrumental. Even DR said something to the effect that HTM is an instrumental band. Besides, wasn't a big reason for starting Oblivion Sun and PGA as outlets for more vocal tracks?

I don't mind one or two vocal tracks out of 9 or 10, but I'll be disappointed if there are 5 or 6. does anyone else feel this way?

Andy

Apr 7, 2006 6:03:40 GMT -5

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andynwyrk said:

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I don't mind one or two vocal tracks out of 9 or 10, but I'll be disappointed if there are 5 or 6. does anyone else feel this way?

It depends on the material. If those songs would be of similar quality as Shadowlites, I am all for it. What I don't need are simple pop songs of course! ;D

Can't wait for the new HTM album...

Edited Apr 7, 2006 6:04:52 GMT -5 by Gulliver

Apr 9, 2006 15:06:23 GMT -5

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	befrost	Right now I'm Offline I have made 1,610 posts I joined January 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.

andynwyrk said:

I don't mind one or two vocal tracks out of 9 or 10, but I'll be disappointed if there are 5 or 6. does anyone else feel this way?

Andy

What Gulliver said, -It depends on the material.

Sept 25, 2006 6:58:24 GMT -5

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	steamingears	Right now I'm Offline I have made 1,442 posts I joined February 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.

In the latest issue of iO Pages there's a small news-item about the fact that Frank and Stanley have put together the band Oblivion Sun and that they are working on a CD. The strange thing is that the news-item ends with the sentence: "For Happy The Man the guys don't see any future, because of the buzzy activities of the various musicians." Is this something which is actually said by Frank or Stanley, or is the magazine presuming something which is very much something else than the message this post started with?

Sept 26, 2006 4:48:13 GMT -5

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	Firth	Right now I'm Offline I have made 207 posts I joined November 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.
"I ride tandem with a random"

This sounds like an interpretation of

"We've worked up a number of toons that would've been on the next HTM cd but them boys are just a bit too difficult to hook up with. We were quite schedule and geographically challenged to say the least."

I have however heard Stan talk of another HTM CD at some point in the future. Who knows. The near future does not contain HTM work.

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Sept 26, 2006 7:32:00 GMT -5

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firth said:

I guess you're right. I've contacted the person who is more or less responsible for those news-pages. He got the same news we all have, being that Stan and Frank formed a new band and are working on a CD, and gave that to the chief-editor; the latter has probably given his own interpretation to this fact and added a sentence that's hopefully not right.

Sept 27, 2006 6:38:07 GMT -5

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	Firth	Right now I'm Offline I have made 207 posts I joined November 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.
"I ride tandem with a random"

This statement may not be popular with most, short of Kit Watkins and either of the 3 drummers (Mike Beck, Ron Riddle or Coco Roussel) coming back, I don't care if HTM in it's current instantiation comes back. I think OS is better that having these guys reform. The creative spirit is larger in OS than the last HTM. Not that I didn't enjoy HTM's recreation live, but am interested in more and OS is delivering.

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Oct 8, 2006 4:50:04 GMT -5

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	befrost	Right now I'm Offline I have made 1,610 posts I joined January 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.

OS is delivering wonderful HTM-ish music, and loves to perform on stage so who needs 2 HTM-ish bands...really...but Inside Out is obviously asking Happy the Man for new material so what for the guys to do?

Is that a job for the OS band? ;D

Oct 8, 2006 9:40:33 GMT -5

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	Firth	Right now I'm Offline I have made 207 posts I joined November 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.
"I ride tandem with a random"

"so what for the guys to do?"

A live release would be great.

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Oct 8, 2006 11:26:31 GMT -5

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	befrost	Right now I'm Offline I have made 1,610 posts I joined January 2003		I currently have no messenger contact information filled out.	I currently have no social network information filled out.

firth said:

"so what for the guys to do?"

A live release would be great.

Yes, that would be fine...otherwise, and with a high risk to sound nagging -I would still like Kit Watkins to be a part of a new HTM album including Ron Riddle or Mike Beck or why not both of 'em. That would be mighty interesting and it really don't bother me if Kit still doesn't wanna perform on stage.