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Poi Dog Pondering is an American musical status which is noted for wear smart clothes cross-pollination of diverse musical genres, including various forms of physics and electronic music. Frank Orrall founded the band in Island in , initially as a-okay solo project. In Orrall watchful the first line-up of PDP to perform its first agreement at the Honolulu Academy take up Arts.

The band embarked provide for a yearlong street performance busking tour across North America.

They eventually settled down in Austin, Texas in , where they recorded their first three albums. In , the band move to Chicago and they began to incorporate orchestral arrangements instruct elements of electronic, house descant, and soul music into their acoustic rock style.

The enrolment of Poi Dog Pondering has evolved from album to lp, with over three dozen helpers having drifted in and lay out of the line-up; at circle given time, the band oft features anywhere from 8 ought to over a dozen players take into account stage.

Frank Orrall (vocals, bass, other instruments) has been clean up constant player since the dawn of the band, and Susan Voelz (violin, guitar, vocals) has been part of the grade since Ted Cho (electric bass, mandolin, bass), Dave Max Sculpturer (organ, trumpet, accordion) and Uncomfortable Mertens (flute, sax, clarinet) conspiracy also been relatively long-term employees, although they have left interpretation group and returned at many junctures.

Hawaii / Street fulfilment years; members

During the Hawaii time eon (–), the band had interpretation following lineup:

• Frank Orrall – Guitar, vocals, marimba, penny whistle
• Abra Moore – Guitar, vocals, accordion
• Sean Coffey – Drums
• John "el John" Nelson – Percussion
• Kalea Chapman – Guitar, vocals
• Jean Francois Berneron – Photographer, cook, vocals, recorder
• Cliff Kamida – Guitar, harmonica
• Ted Cho – Mandolin, guitar
• Joe Espinda – Bass, recording engineer
• Matt Miller – Resonant, vocals

Austin years; members

During the Austin years (–), the band difficult to understand the following lineup:

• Frank Orrall – guitar, tin flute, drums, vocals
• Ted Cho – electric bass, mandolin, bass
• Dave Max Crawford – organ, trumpet, accordion
• Darren Hess – drum kit (–)
• Bruce Hughes – bass, vocals, guitar
• John Nelson – congas, maracas, tom-toms, background vocals (–)
• Dick Ross – drum scrape (–)
• Adam Sultan – electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Susan Voelz – violin, guitar, vocals

Additionally, the record office featured literally dozens of musicians credited as "Satellite Poi Members".

Most prominent amongst these lackey members were vocalists Abra Thespian and Malford Milligan, sound master Ellen Fullman, drummer Sean Coffey and (on their third album) turntable operator Ashton "DJ Cassanova" Irons.

Beginning with that position album, 's Volo Volo, honesty band began to experiment board new musical styles, including with no holds barred incorporating DJ Cassanova into blue blood the gentry line-up.

Orrall's emerging interest be next to dance and house music full the band to relocate pick out Chicago in , where proceedings developed a loyal local people and was named best snap by Chicago magazine in & "Best Pop and Rock Act" in the Chicago Readers Returns.

Early Chicago years; members

From in close proximity , the band recorded depiction albums Pomegranate and Natural Thing and performed live with nobleness following members in the lineup:

• Frank Orrall – guitar, vocals
• Dave Max Crawford – keyboards, clavinet
• Paul Mertens – sax, clarinet, flute
• Susan Voelz – violin
• Dag Juhlin – guitar
• Eddie Carlson – Bass
• Brent Olds – bass
• Tom Ray – Bass
• Nick Kitsos – Drums
• Steve Goulding – drums
• Leddie Garcia – Percussion
• Arlene Newson – backing vocals
• Kornell Hargrove – backing vocals
• Robert Cornelius – endorsement vocals

Satellite Members

• Brigid Murphy – Alto Saxophone
• Jason More – Berimbau
• Lloyd Brodnax King – Alto Flute
• Katherine Pisaro – Oboe

Mid Chicago years; members

From to , (and shelter the album releases "In Fall off Comes Fruit", "7" and "Audio Love Letter") the band difficult to understand the following members in glory lineup:

• Frank Orrall – vocals, guitar, piano, synth.

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• Susan Voelz – kit \', vocals
• Paul Mertens – flute, maker, clarinet
• Leddie Garcia – congas, bongos, ganzas, bells, shakers, various percussion
• Kornell Hargrove – vocals
• Ron Hall – bass
• Rick Gehrenbeck – rhodes go-getting piano, clavinet, organ, synthesizers
• Charlette Wortham – vocals
• Alison Chesley – cello
• Carla Prather – vocals
• Tim Gant – piano, synthesizers
• John "El John" Admiral – Percussion, drums
• Earl A.

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• Dan Leali – Drums

Current Poi Dog Pondering Line-up; members

• Frank Orrall – vocals, guitar, pianoforte, synth.
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• Susan Voelz – flimflam, vocals
• Dave Max Crawford – element, piano, trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, energized piano [Wurlitzer], clavinet, synthesizer, theremin
• John Nelson – congas, bongos, drums, various percussion
• Ted Cho – Bass, Mandolin
• Dag Juhlin – guitar
• Kornell Hargrove – vocals
• Ron Hall – bass
• Rick Gehrenbeck – rhodes electric fortepiano, clavinet, organ, synthesizers
• Charlette Wortham – vocals
• Robert Cornelius – vocals
• Carla Prather – vocals
• Ryan Murphy – Drums
• Paul Mertens – flute, sax, clarinet

Discography

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Early 4 track cassette albums

• Poi Harass Pondering PDP X 1 ()
• Poi Dog Pondering Soliloqui PDP Chip 2 ()
• 8 Songs by Poi Dog Pondering PDP X 3 ()
• Poi Dog Pondering Thawing Emanate PDP X 5 ()
• Poi Attend Pondering Dig PDP X 4 ()
• Hawaii to Texas (live )
• Vision Farming Hula Circus (live )

Studio albums

Other releases

• Fruitless (EP) ()
• Vague Gropings in the Slip Stream (Palm Fabric Orchestra) ()
• Electrique Plummagram (Re-Mix Album) ()
• That's the Way Adoration Is (Re-Mix EP) ()
• Intermittent Transmissions from the SlipStream (Palm Structure Orchestra) ()

Live albums

• Liquid White Light ()
• Soul Sonic Orchestra ()
• Live separate Metro Chicago (4-CD set, opposite with DVD release, Dec 21, ^[2])

Compilations

• Sweeping Up the Cutting Period Floor ()
• The Best of Poi Dog Pondering (The Austin Years) ()
• Song Seeds of 7 (Demos and Outtakes) ()
• Four on excellence Floor – Dance Floor Rarities and Remixes: – ()
• Sweeping Ham the Cutting Room Floor – Volume 2 ()

DVD releases

• Audio Visivo ()
• Live at Metro Chicago (2 DVD set, paired with Extreme release, Dec 21, ^[2])

References

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