The debut CD from The Contes! A soulful mix...power pop / Bossa Nova /soul ballad / rock and roll / lounge / Americana. Steve sings, plays guitars, keyboards, mandolin, four and six string bass, and does editing / sampling while John plays basses, guitar, banjo, and takes a few lead vocals. There's a host of great drummers; Charley Drayton (Keith Richards, B-52s, diVinyls), Nir Z (John Mayer, Genesis, Alana Davis), Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors, Joan Osborne) and Rich Pagano (Patti Smith, Ian Hunter). Multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart (Paul Simon) plays crazy, homemade soundmakers. Also appearing are The Uptown Horns (Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker ), alto flautist Danny Wilensky (James Brown, Steve Winwood) and violinist Antoine Silverman (Sheryl Crow). Mother Rosemary Conte adds jazzy scat vocals and John's newborn son, Leonardo, makes his recording debut with his in-utero heartbeat.
Bleed Together was recorded by producer/keyboardist Andrew Hollander and engineer Robert L. Smith and was mixed by the legendary Niko Bolas (Neil Young, Fiona Apple, Don Henley) at The Hit Factory in New York City.
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