{"id":3016,"date":"2012-04-08T08:42:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T15:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2012-04-09T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T19:04:32","slug":"the-black-seeds-hit-dirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/04\/08\/the-black-seeds-hit-dirt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Seeds hit dirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

When New Zealand dub\/funk\/soul band The Black Seeds are on the road, what gets them through to their next gig might be a little surprising.<\/p>\n

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New Zealand seven-piece The Black Seeds prefer travelling like a Boss (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe asphalt on the road is what takes me to the next gig,\u201d jokes the band\u2019s bassist, Tim Jaray. \u201cBut, actually, listening to Bruce Springsteen\u2019s album Nebraska<\/em> while driving on the road on a beautiful evening is picturesque.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while Springsteen may not be what immediately comes to mind when thinking of a band who formed in the late \u201990s in the town of Wellington, New Zealand, it\u2019s the same spirit and love for music that drives them and the likes of the Boss.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlong the way we have had many influences, with some members more into rock, while others are more into funk and soul,\u201d says Jaray.<\/p>\n

In the past 13 years, The Black Seeds have recorded seven albums, with their most recent, Dust and Dirt<\/em>, debuting early this April. And, of course, with all of those albums there\u2019s bound to have been some important live shows along the way to support them.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, our most memorable concert was when we played for 30,000 people in Rotorua, New Zealand opening for The Wailers,\u201d says Jaray. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like checking out Aston Barrett\u2019s [of The Wailers] bass rig right before you play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before each show, though, the band doesn\u2019t spend as much time partying and going wild as some might think: they stretch, focus, have a cup of tea, and lie down. Their fans, however, have been known to put a bit more effort in before the band\u2019s shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always amazed when the people who come to see us have traveled further than we have to get to the show,\u201d explains Jaray. \u201cI remember someone in Colorado saying that they had driven five hours to get there just to see us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though The Black Seeds have a large repertoire of seven albums in 13 years, the band still has big future goals and dreams to conquer.<\/p>\n

\u201cA personal short-term goal,\u201d says Jaray, \u201cis to get though this tour in one piece.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Black Seeds<\/strong>
\nApril 10
\nClub 9One9, $25
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When New Zealand dub\/funk\/soul band The Black Seeds are on the road, what gets them through to their next gig might be a little surprising. \u201cThe asphalt on the road is what takes me to the next gig,\u201d jokes the band\u2019s bassist, Tim Jaray. \u201cBut, actually, listening to Bruce Springsteen\u2019s album Nebraska while driving on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-april-4-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3016"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3073,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3016\/revisions\/3073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}