Homemade Headtrip
The Talent: Nassor Cooper (vocals/acoustic guitar), Matthew Maybanks (vocals/acoustic guitar), Jeremy Hay (vocals/acoustic guitar), Forrest Stowe (keyboards/saxophone/vocals), Adam Gill (bass) and Brian Cooper (drums)
The Sound: Genre jumping
The gigs: April 10 at Tailgator’s, 3969 Center Point Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids
The rest of the story: www.myspace.com/homemadeheadtrip
Six years ago, members of the bands Greener and Bohemian Soul Tribe put their heads together to create a new band. The result? The genre-jumping Homemade Headtrip. Their music spans everything from funk to disco, Latin to progressive rock and might even touch on jazz before it’s all said and done.
Aside from the many styles of music that Homemade Headtrip blends together, their use of acoustic guitars instead of electric guitars sets them apart. Along with the band’s three acoustic guitar players, you will hear bass, drums, keyboards and even the saxophone.
The band has had a busy gig schedule for the last five years and is currently taking a bit of a break. They’re playing one show every couple of months for now while various members get settled into new roles on the home front, such as husband and father. The band hopes to find some time to record a follow-up CD to their first album, “Happy Street,” in the near future.
Love for the music has kept this group of guys together after so many years of playing in the same band, says vocalist and acoustic guitar player Matthew Maybanks.
“It’s not really a choice. We all love it so much, we could never not do it. We tend to do it best when we all do it together.”
And what’s not to love about being in a band that has fun traveling to places like St. Louis, Mo., and Colorado together? Homemade Headtrip has even shared the stage with big names such as Liquid Soul, Days of the New and The Guess Who.
So what is it you can expect at a Homemade Headtrip show? A unique blend of instruments. A mix of covers and originals if they play a full-length show, or mostly originals if other bands are also playing. And six guys who are in it because they truly love it.
– Winter
