This has been a big week for our friends in Star & Micey.
On Wednesday, they were named the #1 band in Tennessee to “See Now” by Paste Magazine, so today we invited them to hang out with us and record three unreleased songs for your listening pleasure. They’ll be playing the Overton Square Block Party this afternoon at 6:30 before they hit the road to go back on tour. If you’re on the east coast, they’ll be heading your way soon – so keep a look out. You can even sign up for a reminder on their brand new website.
Take a listen to the show to get details on their upcoming EP and their secret plans to dig up the bones of Hank Williams.
It was a dark night, like many before it in Memphis, Tennessee. Joshua Andrew Cosby walked home from rehearsal with his guitar, case-less, slung over his back. A local homeless man flagged him down, not for money but for a story. He explained to Cosby how he had written a song about his ex-wife Micey. There, on that dimly lit street occurred an exchange, two men playing each other songs of heartbreak and the ultimate sacrifice. Upon parting ways, this man revealed his name to be Star. That name became the fixture for one of Memphis’ most inventive bands: Star & Micey. Its core members are listed as two brothers without the same last name, Geoff Smith and Joshua Cosby. It was merely coincidence that Cosby later met Nick Redmond at a local pub and began a relationship based on music and above all, brotherhood.
Star & Micey’s self titled debut album features a revolving door of fantastic musicians including Luther Dickinson (The Black Crowes, North Mississippi Allstars), Jody Stephens (Big Star) and Rick Steff (Cat Power, Lucero), just to name a few. However, when the sun sets, it is Cosby, Smith, and Redmond that work relentlessly night after night. Hopefully, the music they make can transcend material possessions, and exhibit something that is always tangible between these three troubadours; that thing is love.
has been highly lauded as a fantastic debut and the band plans to get back on the road in early 2010. Keep your eyes out for them to play in your town! That’s legendary Memphis organist Rick Steff on keys by the way!
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