The Baseball Project

The Baseball Project

The Baseball Project are a supergroup composed of Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon, and Steve Wynn formed in 2008. The performers came together from discussions between McCaughey and Wynn at R.E.M.'s 2007-03-12 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. They invited Buck to play bass guitar and Pitmon for drums and recorded a number of original songs for their first album, "Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails". Buck and McCaughey have previously played together in Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3, The Minus 5, R.E.M., and Tuatara.

A second album is in the planning.Cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2008/07/the-baseball-pr.html |title=The Baseball Project: More than a game for Steve Wynn |publisher=L. A. Times |date=2008-07-08 |accessdate=2008-08-11]

Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails

Infobox Album
Name = Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
Type = Studio
Artist = The Baseball Project



Released = 2008-07-08
Recorded = Jackpot! Studios, Portland, Oregon, United States, 2008
Length = 44:44
Producer = Adam Selzer
Language = English
Label = Yep Roc
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3jfexz9jld0e link]
*Associated Press (positive) [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/08/ap/reviews/main4242726.shtml 2008]
*"Boston Globe" (positive) [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/07/08/123play_ball/ 2008]
*"Paste" (positive) [http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/whitman/2008/07/the-baseball-project.html 2008]
*"Variety" (positive) [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937631.html?categoryid=2184&cs=1 2008]
Last album = -
This album = "Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails"
(2008)
Next album = -
The Baseball Project's first album, "Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails" was released on Yep Roc Records on 2008-07-08. The album is available on compact disc and digitally on Yep Roc's site. [ [http://store.yeproc.com/artist.php?id=12539 Download "Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails"] ]

Track listing

#Past Time (McCaughey) - 2:57
#Ted Fucking Williams (Wynn) - 3:04
#Gratitude (For Curt Flood) (Wynn) - 3:23
#Broken Man (McCaughey) - 2:52
#Satchel Paige Said (McCaughey) - 2:25
#Fernando (Wynn) - 3:47
#Long Before My Time (Wynn) - 3:14
#Jackie's Lament (Wynn) - 3:25
#Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays (McCaughey) - 3:33
#The Death of Big Ed Delahanty (McCaughey) - 3:35
#Harvey Haddix (Wynn) - 4:25
#The Yankee Flipper (McCaughey) - 3:40
#The Closer (Wynn) - 4:24

References

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballproject.com/ Homepage]
* [http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=12539 Profile on Yep Roc's site]
*PDFlink| [http://www.yeproc.com/presskits/Baseball%20Project,%20The/BaseballLyrics.pdf Lyrics and assessment by the songwriters]
*allmusicguide | id=11:jcfixz85ldte~T1
* [http://remring.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=890&Itemid=26 Preview and background]
* [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121573896318744693.html?mod=sports McCaughey and Wynn discuss their favorite baseball songs]
* [http://www.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20080623&content_id=2990030&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp Interview with MLB.com]
* [http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10883378/1 Sportsline review of the album]
* [http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/07/the-baseball-project/ Sabernomics discusses the Project]


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