In 2003 I did an orchestra-and-guitar suite called The Universe Will Provide with the Metropole Orkest in the Netherlands. Later on I reunited with the Metropole to do a second performance of the piece in Haarlem, but radio producer/Creative Catalyst Co de Kloet had an additional, fiendish plan for me: to write, on the spot, two brand new pieces and teach them to a smaller subset of the Metropole (which we dubbed the “Minipole”). “Ack” is the second of those two pieces (the first was “Chee” from Scambot 1), and it features the following wonderful musicians, in addition to myself on guitar: Peter Tiehuis on second guitar (he plays a great solo at 1:13), Bart van Lier on trombone, Herman van Haaren on violin, Hans Vroomans on acoustic and electric piano, Ruud Breuls on trumpets, Leo Jansen on tenor saxophone, Marc Scholten on alto saxophone, Murk Jiskoot on percussion, Bryan Beller on bass, and Arno van Nieuwenhuizen on drums.
credits
from The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat,
released February 24, 2023
Mike Keneally - guitars, synth
Peter Tiehuis - guitar (solo at 1:13)
Bart van Lier - trombone
Herman van Haaren - violin
Hans Vroomans - acoustic and electric piano
Ruud Breuls - trumpets
Leo Jansen - tenor saxophone
Marc Scholten - alto saxophone
Murk Jiskoot - percussion
Bryan Beller - bass
Arno van Nieuwenhuizen - drums
Recorded at MCO, Hilversum, Netherlands, engineers and initial mix: Gert Jan van der Dolder and Frank Mathijssen, 2006
Creative catalyst: Co de Kloet
Additional guitars and synth recorded, and edits done, and final assembly executed, by MK at home, 2020-2022
Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral
composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.
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