Daisy Spot
Pop band from Sacramento, CA.
Active 1992 to 2006
Contents
Members
- Mike Farrell: guitars, piano, organ, vocals
- Tatiana LaTour: vocals
- Brian LaTour: bass, organ
- Alex Jenkins: drums, percussion
History
Originally a duo, the bands first gained popularity in the local club circuit in 1992, then progressed to northwest tours with the likes of Cake, with a rotating cast of characters filling in the rhythm section. After repeated run-ins with the law and a number of other desperate misadventures, Mike spent a year and a half in an East Bay rehabilitation program and returned to Sacramento clean, sober and ready to rededicate himself to his music.
Shortly afterward, Daisy Spot was reborn as a quartet and started work on their self titled, debut album in the fall of 2003 with producer/engineer Dana Gumbiner and it was finally released in the fall of 2005.
Mike Farrell then joined Persephone's Bees.
Discography
- Daisy Spot
2005 album on The Americans are Coming Recordings AAC022
- Dance On
- Leinaala
- All I Wanna Know
- Reno Lights
- Cats and Doggies
- Stuck in the Mud
- See Dick Drive
- Moonlight Tonight
- Cheyenne
- Cabrone
- Erzulie
Guest musicians include Harley White (Wurlitzer, trumpet), Chris Ivey (pedal steel), Dan Elkan (vibraphones), Dana Gumbiner (shaker, tambourine, vocals), Paul Wells (Wurlitzer, percussion), David Houston (Moog synthesizer), Christina Maradik (viola), Krystyna Ogella (cello), Melanie Bietz (violin).
Produced by Dana Gumbiner and Mike Farrell.
Engineered and mixed by Dana Gumbiner.
Recorded at Brighton Sound, Sacramento.
Mixed at The Hangar Studios, Sacramento.
All songs written by Tatiana LaTour and Mike Farrell except #3 also written by Brian LaTour.
