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Title: The Great Outdoors Jam
Artist: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Record Label: Independent
Release Date: Febuary 17th, 2017
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Teasing fans for over a month, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong released their first live album, The Great Outdoors Jam on Friday, February 17.
The funk-rock band’s new album features seven songs played live over their national tour. Fans are able to download and listen to the album on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and Bandcamp.
Although this is their first live recorded album, The Great Outdoors Jam is Pigeon’s fourth album released. The album is a part of the band’s Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds to record a new studio album, Pizazz, which is set to be released this fall.
The songs featured on the album include the band’s best live jam sessions and highlight their guitar solos that submit their fans into an electro-funk daze.
The song, “Posiedon” was released on February 8, giving fans a sneak peek of what’s in store on the album. After listening to the album all weekend, this song is definitely one of the best of the album. The song highlights the band’s greatest asset of harmonious guitar tempos, making fans feel an array of emotions as they play an easy-flowing melody into a psychedelic rock trance.
“The Lightning” is another ultra-jammy tune from The Great Outdoors Jam. The song was originally featured on the 2014 album Psychology, but is three times as long on the new live album. Having gone to multiple Pigeons shows, this is a great example of the extensive guitar jams the band gets into when playing for their fans.
The album closes with the band’s cover of “Ghostbusters” from the 1984 comedy of the same name. The song is 14 minutes of the quartet’s high-energy cover of the movie’s theme song, taking the liberty of making it their own psychedelic-funk tune. Scrambled Greg ends the last minute of the song screaming, “I ain’t afraid of no f****n’ ghost!”
The band is currently on tour across the United States visiting their “flock” of fans. Try to check their upcoming show in Columbus on Saturday, March 4 at Express Live!
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Greg, Jeremy, Ben and Alex are set to play at various music festivals throughout the summer, including their very own Domefest in Bedford, Pennsylvania from May 18 to 21. The band is also playing at both Electric Forest weekends, as well as Lockn’ Festival in Arrington, Virginia from August 24 to 27.
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| Origin | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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| Genres | Funk |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Website | pigeonsplayingpingpong.com |
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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is an American funkjam band from Baltimore, Maryland.[1][2] The band has garnered a following as a result of their consistent touring, playing as many as two hundred shows a year.[3]
History[edit]
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong began in 2009. They released their first full-length album titled Funk E P in 2010.[4][5] This album name is a play on words says vocalist/guitarist Greg Ormont, and unfortunately the name led people to think this first album was just an EP. In July 2014, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong released their second full-length album titled Psychology.[1][4][6][7][8][9] Pigeons Playing Ping Pong has hosted Domefest every year since 2009. The location of the festival has changed periodically but is currently held at Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, WV. In a 2017 interview,[10] Greg Ormont (vocals/guitar) said, 'We met in college at the University of Maryland and the dorm project turned into the real thing. We've been playing for over 8 years. We've been touring the country for 4–5 years and just having a blast spreading our high energy psychedelic funk and good vibes. We like to bring the party and show people a diverse time that is positive and fun and everyone leaves a happier person.”
In November 2019, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong announced that they would be releasing their 5th studio album in 2020. It is led by singles 'King Kong' and 'Dawn A New Day.'[11][12]
Personnel[edit]
Band members[edit]
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Crew[edit]
- Manny Newman – Lighting Designer (2015–present)
- Erich Miller – FOH Engineer (2016–present)
Discography[edit]
Studio albums
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- Funk E P (2010, self-released)
- Psychology (2014, self-released)
- Pleasure (2016, self-released)
- Pizazz (2017, self-released)
- Presto (2020, self-released)
Live Albums
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- The Great Outdoors Jam (2017)
References[edit]
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- ^Farrell, Michael. 'Pigeons Playing Ping Pong make good music, too'. The Buffalo News. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^'Pigeons Playing Ping Pong to land in Lexington'. The Kentucky Kernel. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ ab'Q&A WITH PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG'. Chicago Independent Radio Project. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^'Countdown to #TheBreakdown: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong'. The 570. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^'Pigeons Playing Ping Pong – Psychology [Review/Stream]'. Live for Live Music. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^'Premiere: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong – Zydeko'. JamBase. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^Martin, Bobby. 'Pigeons Playing Ping Pong: Psychology – New Music Review'. Grateful Web. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^Dickens, Chadbyrne. 'PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG – PSYCHOLOGY (ALBUM REVIEW)'. Glide Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^American Musical Supply (2017-02-07), Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Interview – AMS Exclusive Interviews, retrieved 2017-03-30
- ^Pong, Pigeons Playing Ping (2019-11-05). 'New Album In 2020!'. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^Pong, Pigeons Playing Ping (2019-10-18). 'New Single 'King Kong' Available Now'. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. Retrieved 2019-11-05.