1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of Taking a Walk Music History 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: on Foot. If you like the podcast, please share this 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: episode with a friend. Buzz Night is your host, and 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: today's episode is a unique story of musical independence. Daniel 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: Servantes is our guest and he's a working musician with 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: this project Jess Fever, which is comprised of members of 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: the band Missus Henry showcasing the official revival of the band. 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: Daniel is also the owner of blind Owl Records, an 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: independent West Coast label. Join buzz next with Daniel Servantes. 10 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: Well, Daniel, thanks for joining us. What part of the 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: country are you in? 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 3: I meant Barstow, calslor Rix. 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 2: You're a man of many elements in your toolbox. Thanks 14 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: for joining us on Taking a Walk. How did this 15 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: all happen? May I call you your dude? Miss or dude? Hello? 16 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 3: Oh, I'll go away, the Yeah geronimoo, the Dan servandas 17 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 3: and Servant. Uh. You know, I'm still trying to figure 18 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 3: out all started, but it's still going so yes, it 19 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 3: shouldn't be thankful for that started as a really theoretically 20 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 3: is twenty twelve. Technically when I put out my first 21 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 3: Missus Henry CD on biers label, Black Bell and the 22 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: record label started out because I started a band and 23 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 3: I doubt I didn't know anybody who would want to 24 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 3: put us out or do anything because I didn't know 25 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: anybody then, still trying to meet everybody out at that time. 26 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 3: Uh you you if you're in a band, do you 27 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 3: have a you have a record, you got to put 28 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: it out, got a record label? So I thought, well, oh, 29 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 3: I'll just come up with my own record label. And 30 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 3: that's how Blind Our Records started. 31 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: Well, when did the the light bulb go off telling 32 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 2: you you would have a musical journey in your life? 33 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 3: That was early on. That was much more before twenty twelve. 34 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 3: That's say, you know, when I was in high school, Uh, 35 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 3: something just clicked and uh you know, I think you know, 36 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: as that young adolescent or a teenager trying to find 37 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 3: your way in the universe and the world and trying 38 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 3: to find some purpose, the guitar came into my stratosphere 39 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 3: and it's just clicked. And you know, one morning I 40 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 3: just woke up and till I was on, I knew 41 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 3: this is what I want to do. Is for res 42 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 3: vied life, cout hell or eye watered. That's what I've 43 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 3: been doing it. 44 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: Did anybody try to talk you out of it? 45 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 3: Many people trying to talk me out. Many people still 46 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 3: trying to talk me out of it. Now, you know, 47 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 3: it's a but that being said, everyone around me is, 48 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 3: you know, from my you know, this is from my wife, 49 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 3: to my mom to my everybody popped. But my dad. 50 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 3: My dad's always been a big supporter, and he he 51 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 3: bee at a very early age. But when I was 52 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 3: you know, my parents were separating and I was at 53 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 3: his house, he left for workdeos over the weekend and 54 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 3: just sitting there at tap of the water playing guitar. 55 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 3: He came back and ten that night, not sitting there 56 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 3: playing guitar, listening to you know this or that. Uh, 57 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 3: He's like, well, I've never seen this scar, you know, 58 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 3: to do something for twelve hours straight a row. That 59 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 3: was you know, there's something did for him. There's something 60 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 3: that was bad front. So he's like, he might be honest, 61 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: I'm picked. So yeah, but you know, at this point 62 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: there's war lovers and and I've got a lot of 63 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: support and uh, a lot of backing to get me 64 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 3: through and and all the love and support goes a 65 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 3: long way, especially when you're in your mid thirties in 66 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 3: a rock ye roll band, post pandemic, and you're you know, 67 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 3: Hotel of Barsow, California. Because he left Endler, Colorado a 68 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 3: little uh by, a little lake Ward yesterday. You just 69 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 3: didn't have the heart to do. Four M pull into 70 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 3: San Diego, and. 71 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 2: The San Diego community really is where you were you 72 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 2: were formed, right, correct? 73 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 3: I don't know where I was conceived by the San Diego, 74 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 3: but it's definitely four San Diego, and it formed my 75 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 3: bicycle up at San Diego and Los Angeles as well. 76 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 3: I lived in LA for six years where I went 77 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 3: to Musicians Institute and Los Angeles City College and got 78 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 3: my bachelor's to great music, and a whole bunch of journeys, 79 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 3: met a whole bunch of lifelong friends and relationships there 80 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 3: in LA I still have with me too. 81 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: Well, since you like to wear you know, cool hats, 82 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: and and since you wear many hats, obviously we'll really 83 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 2: start with the musician hat and go through sort of 84 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: the evolution of your brand and your band. So how 85 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: did you sort of decide to take you know, certainly 86 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: the path loving this amazing band like I do and 87 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 2: many others do called the band while that kind of. 88 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 3: Just came out of a while Sinker Swims and a 89 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 3: point in my career. So I was living in La, 90 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 3: as I previously mentioned, I was working hard to be 91 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 3: a band that I had the opportunity to. It was 92 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 3: band that's actually out there was a Bertie and this 93 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 3: band Bertie had a few records out half kind of 94 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 3: a buzz ying and you know, anyone out there could 95 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 3: do the research on. So you know, it's it's funny 96 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 3: in La. It's it's definitely you know, it's not what 97 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 3: you but you know, and you know, as I mentioned, 98 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 3: there's still lifelong friendships and relationships I made while I 99 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,239 Speaker 3: was in La that stay with me to this day. 100 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 3: And where the band Love and Sport Team from was. 101 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 3: I was trying to join this band. I had a 102 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 3: really good friend. It was the Biggs player in it. 103 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: And at the time I was a blues garis to 104 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 3: sit boy. I mean, I loved classic rock. I heard 105 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 3: of the band, but I get the band, and you know, 106 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 3: I was at that time more Peter Green and you 107 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 3: know John may All, and I was more about Muddy 108 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 3: Waters Newport than I was about you know, Woodstock in 109 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 3: sixty seven sixty eight. So you know, I was having 110 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 3: trouble just rapping my head around being all around guitarists. 111 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: He got a pret rhythm. I got to prey lead, 112 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 3: but I got to play at the same time. And 113 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 3: I'm like, I'm I'm you know, like I kind of 114 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 3: put myself into the one or the other. Then my friends, 115 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 3: like people I've ordered with Robbie Robis, He's like dig Robbie, 116 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 3: He's that's the guy you need to go out and 117 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 3: listen to munch And I was like Robby. He was 118 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 3: like Bobby Robbers and I was twenty four and I 119 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 3: was like, okay, sure, man. I was like, I mean, 120 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 3: at this point, I really want this gig. I had 121 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 3: to do I was asked to do to get it 122 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 3: because there's you know, it's a lot of great opportunities. 123 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 3: I want this gig. And he's putting on the last walls. 124 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 3: They put on Appole Crypto Creek, and I listened and 125 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 3: I was like, Okay, yeah, he's playing. He's you know, 126 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 3: I'm like, okay, he's playing a little rhythm here. And 127 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 3: then he took his lead guitar there and then at 128 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: least that year, I was like Oh, he's playing the 129 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 3: guitar and not like the light bull just went onto 130 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 3: my head again. I was like, oh. And then my 131 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 3: friend jefs like it was Fred Jeff mcclvary, who's the 132 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 3: Bassis and the Bad Times. Yes, you just have to 133 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 3: play the guitar. He's saying this this whole time. I'm like, yeah, 134 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 3: But I didn't get it until I watched this, and 135 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 3: then I became a fan and just it became a 136 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 3: north star for me as a guitar player of how 137 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 3: to be a guitar player, A lot kind of the 138 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 3: lost art of just being a guitar player. No pedals, 139 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 3: no frills, You play the guitar. You turned your all 140 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 3: the way up when you need to take a solo 141 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,239 Speaker 3: and you turn it down, but you want to play rhythm. 142 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 3: I mean a huge influence from the get go. And 143 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 3: then it just never stopped. And it was I was 144 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 3: twenty four, and that was at a time where you know, 145 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 3: I still was having more like oblusius and big terms. 146 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 3: You launted an artist, You're like, oh my godlie, I 147 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,479 Speaker 3: over like a fine I you know, listened to day 148 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 3: and I was still there and that development still am 149 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 3: somebody recently turned on to date at Matthews. I saw 150 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 3: the Ad Matthews concert last year after years and years 151 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 3: zero news date the Guysidy maths and like, I don't 152 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 3: get it. Let's watch watch and watch the DVD twenty 153 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 3: years ago. I don't get it. And then I saw 154 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 3: him live and I was like, holy shit, this is 155 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 3: maybe the best constant I've ever seen. So yea all 156 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 3: starting there necessity even got it or I wasn't going 157 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 3: to get the gigs and Anthelvia got the gig and 158 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 3: I got it. 159 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 2: So you unfortunately never got to see the band play 160 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 2: it live, right correct. 161 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 3: I never got chanced to see any members of the 162 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 3: band and play a little one the band. 163 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 2: Do you think if you did it would have somehow 164 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 2: changed the way that you interpret them at all oh one? 165 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 3: And there's still very much one of the hardest bands categorized, 166 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 3: and I mean let alone the band that they chose 167 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 3: that there may be one of the most hardest, ben 168 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 3: the easiest band in our sing what they're called the band, 169 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:13,079 Speaker 3: but it's an Abnue Castello joke constantly with them, because 170 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 3: nobody gets as a band called the band let alone, 171 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 3: they're not there. They they they're they had an interest 172 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 3: in every kind of music, but they were good enough 173 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 3: to dip their toes in it. But they were great 174 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 3: enough to make it work. And so, you know, I 175 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 3: feel like there's hasn't there's there have been bands that 176 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 3: eclectic since, but most of the time when a band 177 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 3: comes out, it's pretty much straightforward thing. And they've revolutionized 178 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 3: what a band could do. I think that's why everybody 179 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 3: was obsessed with them was you know, at their core, 180 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 3: they were just a tight union that was years I 181 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 3: think at least five or seven years of a band, 182 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 3: let alone playing it who were relentlessly. 183 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 2: Ever thought about reaching out to the last surviving member, 184 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 2: Garth Hudson. 185 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 3: You know, we've tried, We've made attempts, We've had people 186 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 3: make its ounts come. You know, some people are easier 187 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 3: to get hold of the others. Never Garth would be 188 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 3: easy to get hold of. You know, So we've tried, 189 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 3: and you know we've also ended whatever made time to 190 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 3: his life on this or it's why would he want 191 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 3: to talk to us? 192 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: Well? 193 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 3: Uh, you know, you know anyone they all at people 194 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 3: who say that Garth's never talls, We've never talked, we've 195 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: never waked up we've tried. We've been like, well we'll jet, 196 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 3: We'll drive it like four hours out of our way 197 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,599 Speaker 3: just to shake hands with the guru. But you know, 198 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 3: meet the Buddha as we jumped at an opportunity to 199 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 3: get to meet Garth and share the state of Garth. 200 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 2: Daniel. How can people follow the the touring schedule and 201 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: all the great out put of blind Owl records. 202 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 3: They can follow it online by Dallas d dot com, 203 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 3: blind owl dot com toe you to find you know 204 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 3: about what we're doing. We've done an awesome newsletter that 205 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 3: you know, we make sure to have at least a 206 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 3: monthly outreach of non biweekly and you know we're continuously 207 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 3: building that building. It's howery, you can't and people have 208 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 3: every avenue that they like to follow a band on, 209 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 3: so it's all out there. 210 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 2: It's so nice to meet you virtually, Daniel. Congratulations on 211 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 2: all the great work and thanks for being on Taking 212 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 2: a Walk Yeah, oh absolutely thanks. 213 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: Buzz Taking a Walk with Buzznight is available on Spotify, 214 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.