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Somewhere on this site is an "Easter Egg." We now have a real-live MySpace page!
We now also have a Show Calendar page! We're now averaging between 4,000 and 6,000 plays of the songs or sound clips on our site. That's a lot. But the month of July, 2007, was incredible. Stephen & the Snake have now joined the Iris Music Group stable of artists! The first single, comprising Heat Lightning and Left Hand Right Hand (you can listen to low-resolution versions from the Discography page) will be released shortly - we expect the songs to be available for download, world-wide, by the end of November. The guys also have a new web site under construction at http://www.stephenandthesnake.com.
"Back in the day," that is to say in 1968 and 1969, there were three weekly magazines that tracked the record industry. In addition to Billboard (which is still around today) there were also Cash Box and Record World. For the most part, Orpheus' recordings of Can't Find The Time and Brown Arms In Houston charted higher in these publications than they did in Billboard. Stephen & the Snake have finished another new song - give a listen to Heat Lightning ! Apparently there is a wee bit of a delay in the release of Rob Watts' book, The Sounds From Boston. We'll keep you posted once we have more details. There's been another recording of Bob's tune Mick Ryan's Lament. This one is by Ray Doyle; click here to listen to a clip. Stephen & the Snake are currently working on a new CD. They've finished the first tune, Left Hand Right Hand, which you can listen to here. The powerful lyrics were inspired by a poem by Francis "Woody" Woodbridge, Jr., a poet and former Congress Alley denizen, who recently passed away. Stephen interpreted and set the words to music to produce an extraordinary song. LATEST WORD is that Rob Watts' book, The Sounds From Boston (scroll down for details), is scheduled for release on August 8 of 2008. Stay tuned! CONGRATULATIONS Hurray! A new Orpheus Reborn song! Celtic artist Ken O'Malley has recently released a new CD called ÓMàille, which includes a new version of Bob's tune Mick Ryan's Lament. Listen to a clip here. As you may recall, Ken had released another version on the compilation Ceiltis. Listen to a clip of that one here. Kathi now has her own web site featuring her art works. Check it out at www.kathitaylor.com. Her material is amazing! Our buddy Tom Zagryn has located the original master tapes of all of the Blue Echo Productions material from 1963-1965! We've had them digitized at The Gallery Studios in East Hartford, CT, and will be posting clips when they are remastered. The first of these, The Iris Music Group (http://www.irismusicgroup.com) has announced the release of the Stephen Martin Anthology: Even Autumn, IMG-265. There's a really interesting book in the making - The Sounds from Boston (working title, subject to change) by Rob Watts is scheduled for publication by Ocean View Press in 2008. Rob interviewed Harry, Steve, Jack & the Snake on August 21 of 2005, and both Orpheus and Orpheus Reborn are expected to be a featured part of this project. Read more at www.bostonauthor.com.
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