Artist description This band finds its roots among the fringe dwellers of contemporary popular music and shares poetic concerns with the likes of Nick Drake, David Bowie, Tom Waits, and Donald Fagan. Irreverent, filled with longing, lacking all pretense, this is raw and unassuming music at its finest. Boasting an exquisite team of Bay Area musicians, Captain Tonic builds a musical landscape of longing, a landscape which is both gentle and tragic. You will be lead on a melancholic journey through a sad and gorgeous country, a lyrical fun-house populated with an arsenal of delicious headaches, high-swinging monkeys, little angry men called Moses, and dangerous TV dinners. This is a world in which heartbreak is as much a creature as any chicken or puppy dog. Loneliness works its insidious magic beneath a bemused lyrical stare.

Music Style Alternative Pop

Musical Influences Nick Cave, Steely Dan, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, David Bowie

Similar Artists Steely Dan, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave

Artist History Captain Tonic was started in San Francisco in 1996. Their debut album "Waiting on Buffalo" was released in 1998. Captain Tonic released their second CD "CHAIR" in 2001.

Group Members Drums: Todd Van Fleet. Bass: ZB. Electric Guitar: Patrick Green. Vocals, Acoustic Guitar: Benjamin Smith.

Instruments Drums, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Organ, Cello, Sax, Trumpet, Trombone

Albums Waiting on Buffalo, CHAIR

Press Reviews http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/music

Location San Francisco, California - USA

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