TRIDOL 2005 TRI-TRY AGAIN!! 2006
Dudley, a big fan of the idea of Concept Albums has only produced two such collections in the past, 1988's 33 & 3rds and 2004's WHOA IS ME ! One of the primary reasons is because Dudley is always coming up with so many ideas that it is tough to concentrate enough time to complete a multi-track undertaking. 33 & 3rds was a autobiographical study of Dudley's life, with a song representing every three years or so in the Serious Life. WHOA IS ME ! dealt with the scary time we are living in post the millennium, yet the public seems unaffected and still self absorbed.
Dudley in 2005 had decided to do a series of releases which will concentrate on exploring some of his artistic influences. Each album will feature songs which represent three artist which has touched DS and made him this strange person .Each series of original thinkers will come from different areas of the arts.
TRIDOL released in 2005 studied the work and lives of musician Brian Wilson, architect Frank Lloyd Wright & painter Salvador Dali. Besides all being great creative artists in their fields, they were all original thinkers in all aspects of their lives. Unfortunately, two of them are dead and the third has nearly died many times due to his previous excessive lifestyle and demons. Yet, Wright and Dali actually lived to a very old age {& were still quite active til the end} and we hope that Brian will follow in their longevity.
The songs will look as various aspects of the artist's creative and personal lives. The BRI Section will feature a unique track "Wouldn't it Be Only Knows" which is a sever DS reworking of Wilson's classic "Wouldn't it Be Nice" lyric married to the music of "God Only Knows" {it actually works, well in a Serious kind of way} also an interview montage put to music "Bri", a version of SMiLE's "In Blue Hawaii" and a cover of an obscure Wilson song "I'm Begging You Please" .
The FLW Section will include several songs about buildings designed by the Wright which are among the close to 100 I've visited, like the song "My Church" about the Dann Home in Springfield Illinois. Another song called "Tragedy in Wisconsin" is about when Frank's new second wife {whom he originally stole away from a client} dies in a fire set by a deranged farm hand. As each survivors tried to excape the burning building -he hatched each person to death, including children . The Dali Section will attempt to feature songs dissecting some of his famous & not so famous paintings, be it true of not, it's just the way Dudley . One song "Crutch" will deal with Sal's childhood. Instrumental "Milking the Cranial Harp", & Epic "Lugubrious Game" depict some of the paintings. And again like w/ the others there will be a interview montage featuring featuring some of Dali's giberish.
TRI-TRY AGAIN !! The 2006 Volume 2 collection in the Tribute series features another group of diverse artists; film maker Alfred Hitchcock , musican Todd Rundgren & actress Veronica Lake. The songs in The HITCHCOCK Section look at both his Film Career " AH Montage" as well as his TV Show "Alfred Presents". Other selections include; "Hitchemo" which is about the directors cameo appearences in all his movies, while "Birds" is a new reworking of a 1980 instrumental inspired by the movie of the same name. The TODD Section features Dud's rendition of a few Rundgren songs; "The Wheel/Fire" {featuring a new DS arrangement of career spanning lyrics} & "Be Nice To Me" . The "TR Montage" features rare interview material. There has always been a saying that you can never really leave home is covered in "Upper Darby Boy" [Todd's home town a suburb of Phila. which he shares w/ Dud}. The VERONICA LAKE Section studies the tragic story of a 40's actress who had so much potential in the hands of a great director like Preston Sturgus but her career & life were to take a down slide through the 50's & 60's to her early death at age 52 in early 70's. She was known as the "Peek - A- Boo" girl for her distictive hair style. "Lake of Beauty (lake of sorrow)" is about here life and "Beautiful Song" is a double tribute tune [originally written by Rundgren- now w/ new lyrics by DS to make the song about Lake.
TRICYCLE The 2007 Volume 3 Album featured tunes
about three more artists; 40's Film Director, Preston Sturges,
Musician Phil Ochs and Science Fiction Writer Robert Heinlien.
Unfortunately all three men are dead, hopefully in 2008 Dudley will find a few more living artistic influences {so far only Brian & Todd}.
STURGES SECTION includes three new songs about the srewball movies writer/directors work & life plus a cover of a song he wrote, "My Love". "Sullivan's Eve..." covers the best known movies from the 40s. "Cold Are The Hands" contains lyric & thougths of his from unreleased plays. "Diddlebock's Mad Wednesday" is a dialog montage from the last Harold Lloyd album that Sturges Directed put to music by Django Reinhardt's 1933 "Mabel". OCH SECTION -
featured 2 covers of Phil Ochs classics, "Crucifixion" & "Pretty Smart On My Part" plus unreleases lyrics to "Chaplain of War" put to new guitar music written by Serious. The forth tune is a reading of various lyrical poetry from a number of Ochs songs w/ sampled piano loops originally performed by Lincoln Mayora on Ochs LPs.
HEINLEIN SECTION - has the epic 11 minute "GROK" which is from STRANGER IN STRANGE LAND audiobook reading w/ Dud music.
Instrumental "To Sail Beyond Eternal Now" is inspired by RH's last book, "D Meets H..." is an imaginary dream meeting of Heinlein and Dali" . Finally "Green Hill Jet" is a collection of lyrics from numerious RH books finding a home w/ new Dud music.
