Nathan Veshecco is a servant to song. Though his uncle’s hand-me down Fender will always be his first love, and the guy literally can’t go five minutes without singing something, Nathan’s true musical home lies where his head and a piece of paper meet. It’s almost as if his mind is Grand Central Station, and the melodies squeeze into an endless line feeding out into the world at the end of the tunnel.
Veshecco has been touring both coasts of the U.S. since 2000, and the first chapter of his career was marked by a chronic restlessness, as he meandered through various band lineups and searched for the perfect sound for his songwriting voice. Finally settling on the idea that no one style could tie him down, he began to embrace his flair for genre hopping on the 2006 album, I Love A Worried Woman. Working out of After 7 Studios with producer Robert Scott, Nathan began to see the melodies in his head become realized as he intended. A profound sense of belonging within the studio environment, as well as an appreciation for studio-oriented artists such as Steely Dan and Prince, provided inspiration and set the tone for this album. Veshecco even took a page out of Steely Dan’s playbook, hiring session legends Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones) and Wilbur “Bad” Bascomb (James Brown, Jeff Beck) to fill out the album’s rhythm section. The result was “a confident and innovative CD” (The Patriot News), “rooted sonically in the past with a decidedly modern approach” (Fly Magazine).
After embarking on the darkly passionate, painfully personal journey that is his rock-opera epic Alleys in 2007, Veshecco is writing and recording new material to add to his growing discography. A self-described “people’s songwriter,” Nathan claims to have problems other than his own in mind this time around. “This set of songs isn’t even for or about me, honestly,” he says. “These songs are filled with messages and feelings that people are constantly conveying to me, as if they have no voice with which to express them beyond everyday conversation. I felt like lending them that voice, and I also relished the idea of not getting personal for once. After the last two albums, I think we’ve had enough of the Nathan Veshecco soap operas for awhile. Let’s see what’s on the other channels.”
“The Love Jerk,” singer/songwriter Nathan Veshecco’s new single about a man’s declaration of fidelity to his better half, was released on November 4, 2008. Recorded at Prairie Sun Studios (Tom Waits, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison) in Cotati, CA, with an impressive roster of West Coast studio players (including James Brown vet, Robert Watson) Veshecco treads decidedly unconventional pop-music territory with his song about monogamy through the act of self-love. “I feel like there’s very little focus today on the benefits of monogamy,” Veshecco claims, “and so if women out there are still wondering what happened to chivalry, this song is for them.”
“The Love Jerk” evokes Otis Redding’s gritty vocal sound and lyrics that skate a fine line between dirty and sweet. Combine that with an unstoppable dance beat reminiscent of the musical Hairspray and you have not only an infectious, kitschy tune, but perhaps a new dance craze as well (listen for the instructions in the bridge).
“The Love Jerk” is available to purchase at www.thelovejerk.com, as well as iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon Mp3 and more!
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