Tony Saxon

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Tony Saxon
Manic Depressive Idiot Savant
Mint 400 Records
ADDS 11/13/18
DIGITAL ONLY

After a successful year of local shows and most recently an appearance at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, Tony Saxon presents Manic Depressive Idiot Savant, his 2nd full length in less than a year on Mint 400 Records. In his own words this is what Tony had to say about this new album:


I wrote parts for and recorded all instruments (all vocals, guitars, bass, Omnichord, tenor, alto sax, Lowrey micro genie synth, harmonium, Vox Jaguar, drum programming) except for drums which were played by Matt Olsson (Brian Fallon and The Howlin Weather/Lucky Chops/Frank Iero) and my 75 year old father (Tony Sr.) recorded tenor sax solos on tracks 4, 6, and 9. Track 8 is a cover of an Eddie and The Hot Rods song. All songs were partially recorded by myself at my home in Nutley and also by multiple Grammy award winning engineer Brian Chirlo in Wallington who also mixed. Mastered by L. Nix studios in Memphis....I call it “power pop/garage/surf/psych/soul&roll”. Every song is different, using almost all the same instruments for consistency. Think of the songs as “mood swings”: it’s a testament to my manic depressant bipolar disorder. The title of the record “manic depressant Idiot Savant” is a quote that someone said about me which I found both complementary and insulting. Wanted to incorporate more varying instrumentation, still record in real time (No MIDI & minimal edits), and keep a“Digi-analog” old school feel. Recorded from June thru August 2018 with a relatively limited budget. 

Think 60s NOLA Soul/R&B meets late 70s Power Pop with touches of Surf/Garage.


RIYL: Link Wray, Flamin' Groovies, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Allen Toussaint
TRY: #1, 3, & Clean Edit of #2
DIRTY: #2, 8 (Clean edit of #2 included in downloads folder)

Download full album here:
https://www.piratepirate.com/downloads/

More Info Here:
http://www.mint400records.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tonysaxonmusic/
https://tonysaxon.bandcamp.com/