If that\u2019s not enough, these songs flat out rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So where did Wobitty come from, and how did it get here? It began in the early \u201990s with three young musicians in Mississippi<\/strong>\u2014Ted Gainey<\/strong>, Tom Queyja<\/strong>, and Brian Walker<\/strong>. Tom and Brian, a pair of Oxford skate punks, were channeling their love of Jane\u2019s Addiction, The Cult, the Beastie Boys, and Primus into their maiden project, Brutha Fiend<\/strong>. Then along came Ted, laying grooves for hard rock tricksters Scapegoat<\/strong>. The three convened in a rental house right across the road from the university. They set up a sound lab in the back bedroom, and this is where the Wobitty was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The college music scene was thriving at this time, and one of the most fertile seams was the Wobitty home studio, dubbed The Lip<\/strong>. A host of local musicians and artists passed through, stopping to listen or make their own contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The band produced one album, Probe<\/em><\/strong>, sold at shows or copied and passed around on cassettes and home-burned CDs. But for all the work and ingenuity, the band\u2019s recording found no proper channel to the wider world. As it turns out, no-cover shows will keep the artist broke. They were stretched too thin to press and distribute a proper album, and all these great sounds might have remained buried had the guys\u2019 love for recording, mixing, and engineering not evolved into careers and side gigs. Ted went on to record his own solo music while producing for Mississippi icons like Cary Hudson<\/strong> and Duff Dorrough<\/strong>. Tom cut his teeth professionally on albums by Modest Mouse<\/strong> and Garrison Starr <\/strong>before moving The Lip out to Los Angeles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They\u2019ve spent the last 25 years making other artists\u2019 music sound good, so it only makes sense that they\u2019d return to their roots and give Wobitty a modern restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In their spare time over the years, Tom and Ted passed mixes back and forth. Ted would go out west to visit. Sometimes Tom would come back south. Eventually, after processing hours of tape and polishing the old takes with their advanced engineering know-how, a proper Wobitty album came to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe tried to get it to sound the way it did in our heads in our twenties, when we didn\u2019t know how to make it sound that way,\u201d says Ted. \u201cWe are who we needed back in the \u201990s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSome of the songs kept bubbling up in my mind over the years, and I would think it\u2019s still relative to what\u2019s going on today, that it still has a place in the world,\u201d says Tom. \u201cIt unclogs my own creative chute to give these things a good send off, jettison them into the universe properly. Let them take a life of their own now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aside from the three founding members, there are a host of musicians who contributed and helped lift these songs to another level. From Wobitty stalwarts Bill \u201cLil B\u201d Perry<\/strong> and the brothers Slade <\/strong>and Brandon Lewis<\/strong>, to Marco Devera<\/strong> on violin, Jeff Callaway<\/strong> on trombone, and Chalmers Davis <\/strong>on keyboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And so, this is Wobitty, retaining all the rage, passion, humor, and hunger of youth. For any who were there, it\u2019s a precious piece of \u201990s Oxford, preserved and born again, without expectation and serving no second agenda, pushing no watered-down comeback or nostalgic trip, only existing as a testament of raw ambition, endeavor, and curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And for those who never knew it, accept this beautiful gift, slow cured and hand-rolled, carried over years, patient to find curious ears and discerning minds. [Excerpted from the album\u2019s liner notes.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wobitty\u2019s new self-titled album is available for purchase as a limited-edition 12\u201d vinyl, compact disc, or digital album at wobitty.bandcamp.com\/album\/wobitty, and will soon\u00a0be available at The End of All Music<\/strong> in Oxford, Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n by Jamie Kornegay<\/p>\n\n\n\n In truth, music never dies. It always comes back. It\u2019s resurrected every time you hit play. 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