CPI Archive 2009: Whether grotesque-cabaret or lounge-punk, Cuckoo Savante are a band of many monikers. Andrew Hamilton talks to pianist Morgan Cook about crafting a new sound for music in the west.
NOW this really is a motley crew. A classically trained pianist with a jazz drummer, a funk bassist convert- ing to the electric double-bass and a Spanish singer with the voice of an angel. Stir in a frontman modelling himself on the iconic troubadours like Elvis or Sinatra and I think you’ll agree, it’s not exactly an easy image to conjure. Galway’s latest musical offering Cuckoo Savante are nothing but hard to define. Yet like a musical United Nations, they revel in their differences, celebrate their contrasts and gain strength form their contradictions. It’s always been the way. Since the band’s first breath - when pianist Morgan Cooke and singer Jamie Nanci came together to write - to their current stratosphere of sounds and influences, the band has always been united by their differences. “To be honest a lot of the songs which are still most popular date back from that time. The first night that myself and Jamie sat down we just got a lot of beer, pulled an all nighter and wrote about four songs," said Morgan.
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