Nick Drummond Solo show!
Nick Drummond will be playing an ALL AGES show UW’s Ethnic Cultural Theater on Tuesday May 25th! He’ll be opening the show for Spencer Goll Band and Matt Bekker. Come check it out! Tickets are $8.
Video for “Cross My Heart”
This song is available for FREE over on the music page! And while you’re there, pick up a copy of Nick’s new solo album Where I’ll Be.
Nick’s Solo album “Where I’ll Be”
Nick Drummond’s new solo album Where I’ll Be is now available for order in the shop. Click here to purchase a copy, AND swing over to our music page to listen to a sample track!
Nick Drummond’s new solo album, featuring much of The Senate’s newest material as well as some rarities, is available for order now in the online shop! This album was recorded by Nick himself in the midst of a busy summer tour schedule, and was released at the band’s Farewell For Now shows at the Triple Door on August 30th. An essential addition to any Senate fan’s catalogue.
Track List:
- Seven Seas
- Buzzin’ Light
- Man in the Moon
- Lullaby
- New Balloon
- Molly
- Skeleton Line
- Overture
In Loving Memory: Tom Pfaeffle
Sometimes words just can’t describe.
The Senate and the entire northwest music community have received a terrible loss. Tom Pfaeffle, owner and engineer of the Tank Studios and long-time friend and mentor to the band, was killed on Friday, July 17th in Twisp, WA.
Details of this senseless crime and the impact that Tom had professionally and personally can be found here.
Anyone who has listened to our live album ‘Live at Solstice’, our debut ep ‘These Cold Winds’ or the ‘Bandit’ single have heard Tom’s work. He has been perhaps the single biggest figure in our development as a band, having recorded, mixed and produced nearly our entire recorded output. We will always fondly remember the hours and hours spent at the Tank, learning from a master and a professional. Tom had an unstoppable work ethic, invaluable perspective, and an endless wealth of stories from his years on the road as live sound tech for such names as Nirvana, the Black Crowes, the Scorpions, and many more. He was also a very loving husband to his wife Valerie, and devoted to his children. We are deeply mourning the loss of a good man and a good friend. We would not be where we are without him.
Thank you for everything, Tom. You are deeply missed.
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Nick Drummond in Victory Music
Hilary Field has written a new article on the music of The Senate for Victory Music online. Featuring an interview with Nick Drummond.
“The acoustic guitar is a very percussive instrument,” says Nick. “I love that. I spent seven years playing African drums as I was growing up. The transition from that to the acoustic guitar was great. There is a lot that you can do if you approach the guitar that way.”
Swing over to the press page to read more.
Losing a Friend
The Senate has lost a friend.
Our longtime friend and promoter Brian Robinson passed away on Saturday night of natural causes. We send our condolences to his family and closest circle of friends.
Brian’s influence and guidance helped The Senate tremendously through our youth as a band. He helped us navigate the murky waters between playing music as a group, and becoming a band. His only request to us was that we become better at our little parts of the whole, and in doing so make the whole bigger than it’s little parts. Brian was constantly pushing us, prodding us, encouraging us to step outside of what we thought we could do. He made us better musicians, better performers, better writers and better people. He was a consummate giver, and he was a friend.
It is no exaggeration to say we would not be the band we are today, without Brian. The sweet sounds of his beloved Phish carried him to a better place. He will be missed.
The Senate & Garrison Keillor
The Senate played on the Chuckanut Radion Hour with special guest Garrison Keillor of NPR’s A Prarie Home Companion. Said Garrison, “I’ve never heard of a rock band named for a deliberative body. . . but they are a great, great, wonderful group… brilliantly Dionysian music — you can’t play like that past age thirty.”