Kevin Hoffman

Jack Douglas at the mixing board in Terranium Studios

Jack Douglas has enjoyed a legendary career in music. After starting on Robert Kennedy's senatorial campaign, Douglas worked with a Who's Who of rock luminaries, from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Aerosmith. Last weekend, he was in town recording a new single with The Oddfathers at Terranium Studio, where Gimme Noise caught up with him.
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Rodreick is the band's lead singer, and writes most of the music.

Treading North frontman Gabe Rodreick has been making music nearly all his life. When he was a sophomore in high school, having played piano since age 5, Rodreick was accepted to the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley. But the summer before his junior year began, Rodreick traveled to Costa Rica for an exchange program, and suffered a devastating spinal cord injury while body surfing at Manuel Antonio National Park.

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Screenshot from video

Late last fall, Minneapolis band The Farewell Circuit put out an album of quietly elegant songs. While performing for Rock the Cradle at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts with Gabe Douglas, lead singer Danny O'Brien met videographer Brian Suerth, who was there filming the dancing sensation Rupert. Danny gave Brian a copy of his CD, and received an email from Suerth a couple of days later saying that he was obsessed with the album and wanted to make a few videos with some select songs.

Gimme Noise spoke with Danny about what went into making the videos, which involved thunderstorms and shutting down Nicollet Avenue for a piano being pulled on the back of a trailer.

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