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402 Maple Ave., Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 1-270-685-1741
Big Fresh is an exciting blend of Pop music in its truest form. From the Beatles to Bacharach, from Zeppelin to Zappa, Big Fresh covers the gamut of influential and creative pop music for real music lovers. Big Fresh have already released two Independent LPs�guaranteed to blow the minds of any audiophile. Big Fresh is an experienced touring outfit, having played shows at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tn, the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky and the famous BoFo ToVo Festival in Maryville, Tn. Big Fresh plays original music with an occasional surprise cover from the likes of Elvis Costello, Harry Nilsson, The Cars, MC5, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, even R. Stevie Moore!
Big Fresh consists of John Ferguson on Rhythm Guitar, Ben Fulton on Keyboards, Jeremy Midkiff on Bass and Bryan Gore on Drums.
John Ferguson: John is a Senior at the University of Kentucky studying the great minds of Karl Marx, Max Weber, and C. Wright Mills. His interests in music prevent him from attending class regularly, but we assure you that this guy is one smart cookie. He plays rhythm guitar and sings for the band. His songwriting and outgoing presence adds a fourth diminsion to the band's aura.
Ben Fulton: Ben is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Ben's technical wizardry allows him to switch between the keyboards and guitars without thinking. An accomplished songwriter, he is truly an awesome dude.
Jeremy Midkiff: Jeremy is a Senior at the University of Kentucky, majoring in Telecommunications. Jeremy plays the bass and writes a wonderful pop songs, greatly adding to Big Fresh's original material. Jeremy's finesse for fine french soaps allow him to be a clean bass playin' machine. Jeremy will make you a believer.
Bryan Gore: Bryan is a Senior at Western Kentucky University where he is majoring in Elementary Education. Bryan plays the drums like nobody's business. His clever songcrafting, production, and boyish good looks will be a surefire way to win the hearts of the ladies.
For more Big Fresh info, write:[email protected]�!
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"who are the believers"
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-1. who are the believers (4:30) v-bg
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-3. leap into the sky (3:48) v-jf
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-5. dig you the most (4:09) v-jf
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-6. hip hop and pop (3:13) v-jf
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-7. here again (4:17) v-bf
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-8. egg nog ponds (3:08) v-jf
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-9. ein heisser tip fur boys und girls (1:51)
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11. danny's peak (7:22) v-jf
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all songs written and produced by big fresh
recorded Sat-Sun 19,20 June 1999 at
Cumberland Studio, Nashville TN
engineered by Billy Anderson
special thanks to Roger Ferguson and Pete Spero
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Big Fresh is going in a different direction, I believe. There is no wishy-washy "I'm Happy, I'm Sad" garbage on this album. When an emotion comes through, and there is not a song on this album that is not full of emotion, it is taken to the full extent that musical creativity will allow. This is not to say that BF is the greatest band alive today, or that they have reached the highest level of technical proficiency and emotional wisdom, but they are definitely on an enlightening tip. And they are very smart musicians. They are a pop band in the way that Andy Warhol envisioned pop. While the surface seems to be bright and polished, there is always a sadness or darkness that makes us cling to the nice surface. But the smart ones, like Big Fresh, know that pop music alone cannot save our souls. We must know the dark to really appreciate the light.
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Listen to the song "Hip Hop and Pop". The words are comical, but they express a longing for a better time and place. By the chorus the airy, dreamy verse is replaced by aggressive demands, "...and if you don't understand / we will show you the way." I would say that for all their flights of fancy, Big Fresh is deadly serious about pop music. And while you laugh, you too should listen to what they are saying. They are really not sparing us anything. They are not trying to cram their intellectual and emotional ideas into a word as easy as bittersweet. But the genius is that they can fit their honest emotions into catchy, tight, four minute pop songs.
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Big Fresh are still young and are nowhere near content. They still worry about how to pay rent, how to get money for food, where they are going and how they will get there. They worry whether you will buy this cd and if they are going to make back the money they paid for it. If you are reading these notes while listening to your brand new big fresh cd, you must know that it is not what many would say is modern pop music. But it is the most modern pop music...because as it reaches back to a purer and more honest time in popular music, it still retains a world weariness, a cynicism that is truly 1999. All I can tell you is that it is honest and is damn good. See for yourself. ��� db coy, july 99
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1-Lost In Love (1:22) / 2-Here Again (3:53) / 3-I Dig You The Most (3:16)
Recorded Live; Sun 8 Nov 1998;
Sunlite Music, Owensboro KY;
WXCM-FM transmission 15 Nov
[bass by Tony Stakelin]
(includes non-LP track#1 by Gore)
as included as bonus disc in limited edition 2CD versions of "Believers"
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