Still Flyin’
The San Francisco-based supergroup Still Flyin’ was assembled in late 2004 by singer/songwriter Sean Rawls. By the time he arrived on the West Coast he was already a veteran of various Athens, GA bands, including Masters of the Hemisphere and Je Suis France. For the latter band, Rawls wrote a reggae song, “Never Gonna Touch the Ground.” The song quickly became a live show staple and crowd favorite.
After relocating to San Francisco, the song seemed to have a life of its own and demanded to be jammed. Rawls decided he needed to form a band based on that song and the dream of Still Flyin’ was born. He asked virtually everyone he knew in his new city to join the reggae-inspired project, and to everyone’s surprise the first practice had fifteen people at it.
What might have begun as a lighthearted nod to good times soon became a juggernaut that no one in the band expected, and before long the group had become a San Francisco phenomenon. It didn’t hurt that this nascent supergroup counts members of bands such as Track Star, Aislers Set, Ladybug Transistor, Love Is All, Maserati, and Red Pony Clock amongst it’s rotating collective.
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DISCOGRAPHY
“A Party in Motion” – CD [Moshi Moshi/WWNBB#013]
[details here/WWNBB collective/ITALY]
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“Flying smiles in a hot hot summer” – Free Download [WWNBB#009]
[details here/WWNBB collective/ITALY]
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“Runaway Train II” – 7″ Vinyl [Moshi Moshi/Lost and Lonesome]
[details here/Lost and Lonesome/AU]
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“Never Gonna Touch the Ground” – CD & 12″ Vinyl [Moshi Moshi/L&L/Antenna Farm/Ernest Jenning]
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“Good Thing It’s a Ghost Town Around Here” – CD [Lost and Lonesome]
[details here/Lost and Lonesome/AU]
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“Za Cloud EJ” – CD [Antenna Farm]
[details here/Antenna Farm/USA]
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“Time Wrinkle EJ” – CD & LP [Antenna Farm]
[details here/Antenna Farm/USA]
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“We are better now” – CD [Nokahoma]
[details here/Still Flyin'/USA]
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WORDS
FRIGOPOP – THE BAY BRIDGED – EAST BAY EXPRESS – YOU AINT NO PICASSO - VILLAGE VOICE – THE GUARDIAN – GIGWISE – THE LINE OF BEST FIT – THE AGE – SF WEEKLY – DN – THE ONION – SF WEEKLY
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VIDEOS
