A Conversation with Dallas Good of The Sadies (cont.)

PM: So what is the side project, The Unintended?

DG: Well, it's a band that started with myself and a guy named Rick White who does a lot of the co-writing on some of the Sadies records, including Favourite Colours. He's got a psychedelic band of his own called Elevator. And we began writing together because I play in Elevator as well.

Well, the album [called The Unintended], that's the sum total of our first set of demos. We approached the guys, and then ever since we did that, it's become its own entity. We're all equal writers and everyone is completely in the middle of it. Musically it's a little different than The Sadies. It's, I suppose, a little more in the direction of Favourite Colours than, say, our first record.

PM: Right. [laughs] But it's even more psychedelic, would you say?

DG: Yeah, yeah. I play mostly keyboards.

PM: Oh, wow.

DG: It certainly comes from the folk tradition, still, but there is a lot of space.

PM: So is that album available?

DG: Well, what we're going to do, because it's not the easiest record to find in the U.S., we're going to send some to Angie to make sure that people like you get it specifically.

PM: Great.

DG: We're just going to send her a handful, so I'll make sure she gets one to you.

PM: Thanks. Because something that comes from the folk tradition but goes toward the psychedelic limit, oh, that's right up my alley, for sure.

DG: It's been compared to the 13th Floor Elevators--all my favorite bands it's been compared to, so it's very flattering for me, because of, well, where we're coming from. But then there's lots of country playing. Well, it's still us, right?

PM: Right. And so how was Rick White involved in the writing on Favourite Colours?

DG: On "Why Be So Curious?"--I needed a little bit of help on getting more optimistic.

PM: [laughs]

DG: Yeah. I called him up, and two hours later--

PM: "Come on over here and give me some up-juice."

DG: Yes, he literally provided that on call.

PM: [laughs]

DG: It was amazing.

PM: How about that Paul Brainard?

DG: Yeah, man. He can play. We met a while ago, but we sort of became reacquainted on that Jayhawks tour. He sat in with us, and the guy just played great. So we flew him up to do a couple of tracks, and as it turns out, we're bringing him to Europe with us next week.

PM: Wow. Who ever heard of a guy who plays steel and trumpet, anyway? Whoa!

DG: It's perfect. He's an octopus.  continue

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