Listen
to an interview with Mike and Chick
on Octave Match w/Don Thatcher. (MP3 file will open in a
new window). Octave
Match is a publication of HT Media, LLC.
The
Charlotte Observer Reviews "The Jesters of Xmas Town" HERE
(PDF)
Two
new band videos are in the works: "My Parade" and "Mary
Has Spoken."
The link below takes you to a sample of an interview Mike did
with Don Thatcher from Octave Match. They're
part of HT
Media, in Florida. The E-zine is gearing up for
its debut, and the full interview will be available when they
launch this summer. The initial issue features Bill Leverty,
lead guitarist of Firehouse (who were also out of Charlotte)
The publication will also be doing a follow-up interview and
a feature on BBD when our new CD is released late August.
The
Big Bus Dream debut CD is a CD Baby Music Editors pick
The debut CD is #42 on the top-selling album charts in the Folk
Genre: Psych-Folk
Big Bus
Dream - October 6
"Those who didn’t catch the show missed a helluva
show, to say the least. Imagine a fabulous foursome, in a small
intimate setting like coffee shop, playing their hearts out
as if they were in an arena filled with 50k screaming fans.
I will say, the only thing missing was the attitude that comes
with bands that play for crowds that size." Full
Text
Big
Bus Dream was ranked # 1 at Europe's Soundlift.com in April, 2006
in the Acoustic Pop and Psychedelic Rock genres.
The
band received very enthusiastic reviews at Garageband.com for
My Private Ghetto and was selected as Song of the Day in July,
2006.
David
Cowling of Americana-UK, recently gave the self-titled debut CD
8 of 10 stars. He wrote: “These are old-fashioned protest
songs at heart with a patina of new-coffee house folk (the Gourds)
rather than any weird new Americana, so the songs deliver their
messages pretty cleanly and in a way that is easily digested, they
tell stories…enough variety and talent to keep me interested
throughout.”
Big Bus Dream was recently interviewed for an upcoming issue of
Exclusive
Magazine