The Tree People is a live performance group once again! We have added a wonderful double bass player from Seattle, Rich Hinrichsen, to our lineup. He brings new energy to the proceedings, using a palette of deep, melodic, and interesting sounds on his double bass to fit in nicely with our music.
The Tree People performed as a group for the first time in more than 22 years at a small venue, The Hotwire Coffehouse, in Seattle on December 8, 2007. The lineup was myself on guitar and voice, Jeff on recorders, flute, hand drums, orchestra bells and percussion and Rich (who helped set this performance up) on double bass. It was a good way to get our performing feet wet once again. There was a listening audience of about 50 people in attendance. We did songs and pieces from the first two Tree People recordings, as well as some new material that may work its way into a third Tree People recording one day. It was an amazing experience that went even better than expected, and we are excited and ready for a performance this Friday night at the White Eagle here in Portland. I will post photos from the Portland performance soon after it happens.
"The Tree People", a vinyl album recorded in a studio in the woods in Oregon in 1979, was reissued as a CD in 2006 by Tiliqua Records of Japan and as a vinyl record by Guerssen Records of Spain in 2008. Their 2nd album "Human Voices", recorded in 1984, was reissued by Guerssen in vinyl and as a CD in 2009. The 3rd and last Tree People album, "It's My Story" was released by Guerssen in 2010. This is their story.
