Jules Shear 101 - Groups - Reckless Sleepers
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In 1988, the group Reckless Sleepers came together. Jules Shear was the lead vocalist in the group. Initially Elliot Easton (lead guitarist for The Cars) was to be a member as well, but that didn't work out, and Elliot instead ended up recording a solo record (Change No Change) with Jules doing all of the co-writing.Guitarist Jimmy Vivino should be familiar to anyone who watches Conan O'Brien, as he is in the house band the Max Weinberg Seven, and leads it when Max is on tour with Springsteen. The debut (and only) CD is pretty chock-full of interesting tunes, but only one was written by Jules: "If We Never Meet Again". Easily the best song on the CD, it was released as the only single (with video) and covered by many other artists.A partial clip can be found here:and the full track is here:The song has become a minor classic, and two GREAT covers have been done. The first was by Roger McGuinn (leader of the Byrds), given a Byrds-y treatment on his solo CD "Back From Rio". The second, probably lesser-known cover was by the group Orleans ("Still The One, Dance With Me") when John Hall and band reunited to record a CD named "Drive". It may be my favorite version of the song.Both covers are included in the Comments section if you want to hear them (which I strongly recommend, of course).So is that one CD the entire output related to Reckless Sleepers? Not quite. I.R.S. Records also released a promotional disc:
This featured a silly 8 minute skit with Cyndi Lauper and the Bangles lauding Jules Shear and an overview of his career, as well as two different edits of the RS single. Aaaaand, the group did cover one song, written by soul artist William Bell, called "Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday" for an I.R.S. Christmas compiliation "Just In Time For Christmas":
This is probably the rarest of all of their material, so for those interested, the track is also in Comments. After Reckless Sleepers, Jules' third group, he returned to making solo records for quite some time.
In 1988, the group Reckless Sleepers came together. Jules Shear was the lead vocalist in the group. Initially Elliot Easton (lead guitarist for The Cars) was to be a member as well, but that didn't work out, and Elliot instead ended up recording a solo record (Change No Change) with Jules doing all of the co-writing.Guitarist Jimmy Vivino should be familiar to anyone who watches Conan O'Brien, as he is in the house band the Max Weinberg Seven, and leads it when Max is on tour with Springsteen. The debut (and only) CD is pretty chock-full of interesting tunes, but only one was written by Jules: "If We Never Meet Again". Easily the best song on the CD, it was released as the only single (with video) and covered by many other artists.A partial clip can be found here:and the full track is here:The song has become a minor classic, and two GREAT covers have been done. The first was by Roger McGuinn (leader of the Byrds), given a Byrds-y treatment on his solo CD "Back From Rio". The second, probably lesser-known cover was by the group Orleans ("Still The One, Dance With Me") when John Hall and band reunited to record a CD named "Drive". It may be my favorite version of the song.Both covers are included in the Comments section if you want to hear them (which I strongly recommend, of course).So is that one CD the entire output related to Reckless Sleepers? Not quite. I.R.S. Records also released a promotional disc:This featured a silly 8 minute skit with Cyndi Lauper and the Bangles lauding Jules Shear and an overview of his career, as well as two different edits of the RS single. Aaaaand, the group did cover one song, written by soul artist William Bell, called "Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday" for an I.R.S. Christmas compiliation "Just In Time For Christmas":This is probably the rarest of all of their material, so for those interested, the track is also in Comments. After Reckless Sleepers, Jules' third group, he returned to making solo records for quite some time.
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