From the minds of melodic masters comes a new bag of dreamy alt-rock tunes. The Lickerish Quartet is comprised of Jellyfish alumni Eric Dover, Roger Joseph Manning Jr, and Tim Smith (the fourth member of the quartet must be WE, the listeners). Unlike Volume 1 and Volume 2, THREESOME: Volume 3 is spacier and dreamier,… Read More The Lickerish Quartet does it again: THREESOME Vol: 3
Heyyy! First episode of 2021 happens to BE Episode 21! I had a fantastic conversation with Tim Smith! He was very easy to talk to. We discussed the new Lickerish Quartet EP and had a fast but informative trip down memory lane. It was a blast, so happy for the time with him. Give it… Read More MUSIC-SURVIVAL-GUIDE Episode 21
The Lickerish Quartet have done it again with their next EP installation. Full of sugar, spice and everything RAD. This EP takes off where Vol. 1 left us but with even crazier and more colorful arrangements. Soaring vocals, music for days and uber tight songwriting once again grace this release. So refreshing yet so familiar… Read More THE LICKERISH QUARTET return with THREESOME VOL. 2
Just a quick update here. My interview with Eric Dover from back in May was never on YouTube due to tech issues. It had only been available on SoundCloud. Issues have finally been resolved and it is now up on YT! SO, I wanted to do just another quick bump for it so you can… Read More MUSIC-SURVIVAL-GUIDE Episode 20 (RELAUNCH!)
Don’t pinch yourself, this is not a dream and you are very much awake. The Lickerish Quartet have arrived to whisk you off to a magical place. The odds are good if you are taking the trip you are very familiar with the pedigree in which the gentlemen that make up TLQ carry along with… Read More THE LICKERISH QUARTET – THREESOME VOL. 1 REVIEW
I’m very excited to present to you my interview with Eric Dover. This was a tremendous honor for me. We covered a great chunk of The Lickerish Quartet and talked a bit about the past and the future. Eric was great to talk to and gave a great interview. I hope all of you dig… Read More MUSIC-SURVIVAL-GUIDE Episode 20
Welp, planets…stars…the heaven’s, have all aligned, and 75% of Spilt Milk era Jellyfish have reunited to bring us THE LICKERISH QUARTET! (:holy bananas:) And over the last week or so they have been going hard on getting the word out, and it is a beautiful thing. By the sounds of it Roger, Eric and Tim… Read More Almost a Jellyfish, THE LICKERISH QUARTET
Hey folks. I just wanted to share the latest news direct from Roger about his new project with Eric Dover and Tim Smith (probably the closest to a Jellyfish reunion that will occur) – I spoke to RJMJ last week and he gave me a very quick update on the band, Lickerish Quartet… “New LQ… Read More Roger Joseph Manning Jr’s new project Lickerish Quartet quick update
This is the interview that started it all! Almost two years ago I wanted to branch out on the blog. I did a phone interview with one of my musical heroes, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., from my favorite band, Jellyfish. This was in depth and absolutely incredible. We thought this was too good to not… Read More MUSIC-SURVIVAL-GUIDE Episode Zero
Mega thanks to everyone that has read, commented, emailed and all things in between about my adventure here with Roger. He and I both had a blast creating this piece. So, to compliment the article in full, we decided to offer up a Free Download of our entire unedited conversation. It’s almost an hour long… Read More The ROGER JOSEPH MANNING JR. Variety Show! (Part Three of Three)
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