Andy Paley

The Andy Paley Orchestra

twilitetunes — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 04:52:02 +0000

The Andy Paley Orchestra has been the band for The Thrilling Adventure Hour for several years and has included many great musician such as Jillinda Palmer, Ben Jaffe, Dave (The Gruber) Allen, Jonathan Dinerstein, Becky Ward, James King, Jeff Lass, Jordan Katz, Mike Bolger, Mike Uhler, Doug Lacy, John Dimaggio, Mark Gagliardi, JP Fitting, Brittney Westover, Mark Pender, Scott Healy, Joe Napolitano, Sean Johnson, & Barre Duryea

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jpowell — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:43:13 +0000

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It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! Album

jpowell — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:36:29 +0000

For the first time in the franchise’s thirteen-year history, the hugely popular SpongeBob SquarePants animated TV series has spawned a holiday album. It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! Album is out this month from Nickelodeon Records, offering 12 tracks of original SpongeBob music in tune with the season. The album features vocals and songwriting by voice actor Tom Kenny. Kenny co-wrote ten of the album’s songs with producer Andy Paley, and has voiced the character since the show’s inception. SpongeBob SquarePants was recently named “the most loved TV series in America” by USA Today.

Veteran songwriter, musician and producer Andy Paley has worked with such name artists as Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, Debbie Harry, Ramones, Madonna and many others. Kenny and Paley previously collaborated on THE BEST DAY EVER, (the critically acclaimed SpongeBob cast album released in 2006.)

The new digital album, available from all online music retailers including iTunes and Amazon, will be released to coincide with the new stop-motion animated TV special “It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!” to premiere on CBS November 23 at 9:30 PM ET/PT with an additional showing on Nickelodeon December 9 at 7:30 PM ET/PT. Kenny and Paley wrote the premise for the holiday special inspired by their song “Don’t Be A Jerk, (It’s Christmas).” “It’s a thrill to see our song brought to life by such a team of brilliant animators” says Kenny.

In addition to the four songs heard in the TV special, It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! Album debuts seven brand-new original Kenny/Paley, SpongeBob songs. “Much as we all love “Jingle Bells” and “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” laughs Kenny, “Let’s face it: they’ve been done enough. We wanted to try our hand at writing new Christmas songs for SpongeBob and the gang to sing.”

“In many ways this is a SpongeBob cast album,” notes producer Paley. “We’ve got terrific vocal performances by Plankton (Mr. Lawrence), Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown), Sandy Cheeks (Carolyn Lawrence), Patrick Star (Bill Fagerbakke) and Squidward Tentacles (Rodger Bumpass).” Among those who participated in recording sessions for the album was Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee James Burton, known as “the most recorded guitar player in pop music,” who has worked with Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees and many others. Harpist Corky Hale was also involved in the album sessions. In the past, she has accompanied artists ranging from Billie Holiday and Tony Bennett to George Michael and Bjork.

Also lending a hand are NRBQ’s “Big” Al Anderson (guitar), rockabilly band leader Russell Scott (bass), “Wrecking Crew” stalwart Nino Tempo (sax), roots rocker Robert “Big Sandy” Williams (vocals) and revered Modern Lover Jonathan Richman (guitar) and Nashville-based chanteuse extraordinaire Mandy Barnett. Also featured is Tommy Morgan whose harmonica can be heard on the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and “Good Vibrations” as well as iconic TV show themes for Green Acres, The Rockford Files and Sanford & Son. “I challenge you to find a more eclectic batch of resumes anywhere!” says Kenny of the album’s participating musicians.

It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! Album’s repertoire will be brought to life at two very special live performances. SpongeBob & The Hi –Seas, a band fronted by Tom Kenny with musical director Andy Paley, will appear on Saturday, November 18 at The Grove in Los Angeles and again, on November 24 at The Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. These are both free appearances open to any and all SpongeBob fans who might wish to attend.

Tom Kenny recently offered insight into some of the album’s tracks:

Don’t Be A Jerk (It’s Christmas) – “The message of this song is simple. Christmas is the perfect day to put aside any ‘jerk tendencies’ you might have and just be nice”

Christmas Eve Jitters – “Remember as a kid when you were so wired on Christmas Eve you were bouncing off the walls in anticipation? This is an homage to Elvis Presley whose Christmas Album is a fave of ours. SpongeBob is a rockabilly cat at heart!”

Santa Won’t Let You Down – “SpongeBob talks (or in this case sings!) his pals down when they start to doubt Santa’s ability to complete his global rounds in one night. We’ve got Plankton, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Patrick and Squidward aboard for this one and Santa himself, too. A supergroup if ever there was one!”

Pretty Ribbons & Bows – “We took a psychedelic garage rock approach for Patrick’s number, an ode to shiny objects and beautifully-wrapped packages. SpongeBob’s pink pal is aided by Blondie’s Leigh Foxx on bass and the great Jonathan Richman on lead guitar.

Wet, Wet Christmas – “And May all your Christmases be WET…” with apologies to Irving Berlin, this is SpongeBob extolling the virtues of a subaquatic Yuletide in a vintage street corner R&B East L.A. doo-wop setting. Happy New Year! ‘Ring it in Wring it out!’”

Ho, Ho Hoedown – “Sandy brags about what makes a typical Christmas in rootin’ tootin’ Texas. Listen carefully and you’ll hear us name-drop some of our favorite Texas-born musicians.. Bob Wills, Flaco Jimenez, Freddie Fender, Doug Sahm, Ronnie Dawson, Ernest Tubb, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.”

Christmas Is Mine – “Plankton is our very own Grinch and we set his evil rantings against a sweet Carpenters-esque backdrop for maximum contrast.

It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! Album track-listing:

It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! Theme
Don’t Be A Jerk (It’s Christmas)
Christmas Eve Jitters
Santa Won’t Let You Down
Snowflakes
Pretty Ribbons & Bows
Wet, Wet Christmas
Ho, Ho Hoedown
Christmas Is Mine
Hot Fruitcake
Santa Has His Eye On Me
A Holiday Message From SpongeBob

SpongeBob Square Pants has been the number-one animated program with kids 2-11 for more than 12 consecutive years on Nickelodeon. Over the past several years, it has averaged more than 100 million total viewers across all Nickelodeon networks. USA Today published an analysis in which TV viewership data was merged with Web-traffic data and determined that SpongeBob SquarePants is the nation’s most beloved show based on social media activity, website traffic and actual viewership.

SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas on KTLA Morning News

twilitetunes — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:16:29 +0000

Andy Paley tracking drums at Mad Dog Studios

jpowell — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:19:16 +0000

Andy Paley tracking drums with J.P. Fitting on bass for The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show

The Best Day Ever Album

twilitetunes — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:39:18 +0000

The Best Day Ever Album features cast members from the SpongeBob SquarePants TV show singing original songs and interstitial comedy pieces written by Andy Paley & Tom Kenny.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Soundtrack

twilitetunes — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:23:55 +0000

Andy Paley and Tom Kenny wrote The Best Day Ever, Under My Rock, & Employee Of The Month, all which appeared on the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Soundtrack.

Andy Paley with Tom Kenny (The voice of SpongeBob SquarePants)

jpowell — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:14:24 +0000

Andy’s dear friend the late Tommy Ardolino introduced Andy to voice actor Tom Kenny before an NRBQ show in Los Angeles. Ardolino suggested that Andy and Tom should write songs together. It turned out he was 100% right. The songwriting partnership has proven to be very fruitful, first writing songs for SpongeBob but expanding their horizons to Handy Manny, Olivia (“Good Night Olivia”), and others. The bulk of their work has been for SpongeBob, beginning with the “The Best Day Ever Album” which has proven to be an evergreen with songs like “The Best Day Ever,” “Employee of the Month,” “My Tightie Whities,” “Where’s Gary?” and “Under My Rock” being stuck in the heads of kids and parents all over the world. “Where’s Gary?” is a McDonald’s jingle in the U.K. and it’s only a matter of time before many of these songs are used for any number of commercials or are covered by other artists. Paley and Kenny’s approach to making the album was unusual in that they wrote songs which were not dependent completely on the cartoon characters who sang them. Therefore, the shelf life of the songs is extended infinitely. At the same time, the characters’ personalities shine as their performances are serious efforts. Paley and Kenny noticed how much better fans reacted to the product produced by this approach. Their most recent collaboration is a SpongeBob Christmas album titled “It’s A SpongeBob Christmas” which was released in conjunction with the SpongeBob Christmas special, “It’s A SpongeBob Christmas.” As well as writing the songs for the album, Paley and Kenny also wrote the premise for the television Christmas special and are credited as writers. The album includes “Don’t Be A Jerk (It’s Christmas)”, “Snowflakes,” “Santa Won’t Let You Down,” and “Pretty Ribbons and Bows” to name a few. Again, the approach Paley and Kenny took was to treat the material very seriously, therefore making the net result hilarious, entertaining and musically satisfying. They attempted to write and produce Christmas classics rather than forgettable novelty songs.

Youngblood by Jerry Lee Lewis

twilitetunes — Tue, 23 May 1995 03:04:03 +0000

Young Blood album by Jerry Lee Lewis was released May 23, 1995 on the Sire label. YOUNGBLOOD is Jerry Lee Lewis’ first new studio album in 14 years, and on it he has surrounded himself with a bevy of surefire songwriters and supporting players, all recorded by a producer (Andy Paley) that understands the Killer’s need for no-frills, yet husky, ambience. Young Blood music CDs Rollicking good times abound here, with a heady mix of old-style rock’n’roll, country weepers, and beat crazy piano stomping, all masterfully rendered by one of the (still) craziest and irreverent rockers ever born. Young Blood songs Lewis is in fine form throughout, with his keyboard and vocal chops intact.

Young Blood album The off-the-wall solos and killer attitude he brings to these sessions make YOUNGBLOOD a musical party unto itself. Young Blood CD music Recorded at Your Place Or Mine, Glendale, California; House Of Blues Studio, Memphis, Tennessee; Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California; Bluejay, Carlisle, Massachusetts; The Lewis Ranch, Nesbit, Mississippi. Personnel: Jerry Lee Lewis (vocals, piano); Kenny Lovelace (guitar, fiddle, strings); Mike Kernan (guitar, background vocals); Elliot Easton, Bobby Keyes, Don Baer, James Burton, Al Anderson (guitar); Robby Turner (steel guitar); Dan Weinstein (fiddle, strings, reeds, horns); Yoshira Arita, John Curtis , Matt Glaser (fiddle, strings); Mike Turk (harmonica); Frank Marocco (accordion); Frank Macchia, Craig Ball, Stan Watkins, Stuart Aptekar, Bob Efford, Dave Whitney (reeds, horns); Andy Paley (drums, background vocals); Glen Colson, Don Allen, Tom Ardolino, Buddy Harman (drums); Mike Kernon, Billy West (background vocals)

Dick Tracy – I’m Breathless

twilitetunes — Sun, 24 Jun 1990 04:58:04 +0000

Andy Paley had two songs featured on this soundtrack album

I’m Going Bananas was co-written by Andy Paley and Mike Kernan and performed by Madonna

Now I’m Following You was co-written by Andy Paley, Jeff Lass & Ned Claflin