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Sublime Nation is an indy offering on the MultiMusicaUSA label. This debut CD features the songs, musicianship, and production skills of Gary Tanin , a Milwaukee, WI native. Included with Tanin are an impressive array of collaborators, which include Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads fame and producer extraordinaire, who shares production chores and keyboard work with Tanin. Appearances by T. Lavitz , perennial keyboardist of the year and charter member of the legendary Dixie Dregs, along with Junior Brantley , piano and blues stylist formerly of the Jimmy Vaughn Band, make this CD an intriguing prospect. Also included is Victor De Lorenzo , Violent Femmes drummer, who lends his vocalizations to the Nation’s cleanly coupled harmonies. Connie Grauer (of Mrs. Fun), who appeared on Indigo Girls Swamp Ophelia and has worked with K.D. Lang , adds such tightly executed harmonies that you’d swear Grauer and Tanin were sister and brother.

Enlisting the talents of Jerry Harrison (former member of Talking Heads, with production credits on projects by Violent Femmes, Fine Young Cannibals, and The BoDeans), T. Lavitz (Dixie Dregs charter member and renowned jazz session pianist), Junior Brantley (alumnus of The Fabulous Thunderbirds and The Jimmy Vaughn Band), Victor De Lorenzo (original drummer for Violent Femmes), and Connie Grauer (who has worked with Indigo Girls and k.d. Lang), Tanin recorded much of the album in his living room, using his own DAT and MIDI equipment. Brantley and Lavitz uploaded piano performances via modem, and Harrison took the music into the studio on disk for final mixing.

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