The Amazing Pilots pt.5

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
I think you miss me already
And I’m gonna miss you too
But after all, that’s only natural

- The Amazing Pilots The Price of Winter

Add comment February 17th, 2010

The Amazing Pilots pt.4

The Pilots with Iain Archer at the Irish Breakfast in ‘05.

Add comment February 16th, 2010

The Amazing Pilots pt.2

Meeting up with The Pilots for those first two SXSW’s was so much fun, and both years there, we spent at least a day traveling around the town in search of a great backdrop to take some publicity stills.  While I don’t think it would have been possible to find a location as dynamic as the one we stumbled upon during our first year at the fest, that certainly didn’t keep us from trying.  And the second time around, we found this random junkyard.

The thing about The Amazing Pilots is, these brothers are some of the funniest guys I know.  Always quick with a sarcastic reply, an absurd observation or a bit of physical comedy; they’re truly a blast to hang out with.   Yet nearly every time I turned the camera onto them, the smiles went away, replaced by the stern and serious.  So it was quite refreshing and a lot of fun to finally get them to open up a bit at this junkyard shoot.

Add comment February 14th, 2010

The Amazing Pilots pt.1

Here’s a candid shot of my good friends, The Amazing Pilots, on our second trip down to Austin together for SXSW in ‘05.

2 comments February 13th, 2010

SXSW pt.9

If it weren’t for these boys, I probably would have never discovered SXSW.  The Amazing Pilots looking serious in an Austin junkyard in ‘05.

1 comment January 18th, 2010

London pt.2

Today, down at Wapping Press Studio, we began filming for a video called “How To Record Your Own Paul Pilot Song.”  Stay tuned for that…

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Paul Pilot pt.5

If it’s hard for you
I can make it easier
I want it to be easy for you
It shouldn’t have to be hard

-PP

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Paul Pilot pt.4

This shot is from last summer’s trip to Pogo, when Paul Pilot brought Duke Special over to the little studio nestled in the middle of the Midwest to record “I Never Thought This Day Would Come.”  Paul had been here once before, the first time being when he and his brother, Phil, (otherwise known as The Amazing Pilots) came to record their debut album, “Hello My Captor.”

Add comment November 14th, 2009

Paul Pilot pt.3

A fan of all things old fashioned, here’s a pic of Paul Pilot with his classic Gretsch guitar behind a really old looking microphone.  The photo was taken in Champaign, Illinois’ incredibly eclectic Pogo Studio, one of PP’s most favorite places in the world to record.  Or so the legend goes at least.

Add comment November 13th, 2009

Paul Pilot pt.2

I met Mr. Pilot too many years ago now.  He was the hard-to-understand Irish exchange student on my dorm floor.  I was a freshman, attending my first year at the University of Illinois.  And oh, the countless nights of coffee in Pete’s and my room, filled with rhetorical arguments, philosophizing disgrace and dreaming our dreams out loud while sitting on a couch we pulled out of the dumpster.

2 comments November 12th, 2009