"The Desk Drawer Tapes" New/Old Music From The Cucumbers!

Today's the official release date for "The Desk Drawer Tapes" - Dedicated with love and thanks to the musicians we played with on these recordings: John Williams, Yuergen Renner, Brett Ollerenshaw, Steve Villano, Steve Foreman, Joshua Fried, Dave Ross, Kurt Wrobel, EdNo, Amy Rigby, Ben Williams, Daniel Sugarman, the engineers who recorded, mixed and mastered: Scott Ansell, Real Tom Lucas, Rob Friedman, Knut Bøhn, Paul Wickliffe, Roger Moutenot, Scott Anthony, lyricist: David L Graham, and cover artist: Ann Shoshkes Available now for download on bandcamp - for streaming on spotify, apple music and more.

Video Premier and Interview in Punk News!

Check out this wondeful interview about The Cucumbers past, present and future by John Gentile, and video premier for "Beauty From Afar" from the soon to be released Desk Drawer Tapes. PUNK NEWS INTERVIEW! They call The Cucumbers "New Wave/Art-Folk-Rockers!"

"The Boss's Song" Video Premier

Many thanks to The Big Takeover Magazine for premiering "The Boss's Song" video. It's a preview from the new/old Cucumbers album, The Dest Drawer Tapes coming out on June 4, 2021! Check it out HERE!

Coming soon - "The Desk Drawer Tapes"

Live on Russell Hill's Country Music Show!

Honored that Russell Hill's Country Music Show is going to feature a #LiveFromTheLounge session with Jon Fried and me on Valentine's Day! Tune in to Express FM this weekend (11am-2pm UK time.) Here's a photo of Russell modelling his "Somewhere in Blue" shirt. He looks great! Thanks for inviting us on your show, Russell!

A Film AND A Video!

Yesterday wasn so exciting. One of The Cucumbers songs "Don't Watch TV" was in the film The Little Things starring Denzel Washington! AND a brand new video for "Thursday" was premiered in Glide Magazine!

Best of.....

Nice way to end a bad year. So honored that "Some Days" (my recordings with The Poor Man's Opera ) made Jersey Beat - Jim Testa 's Top 10 New Jersey Albums! Thanks so much Jim! And Mark Moran , Rick Wagner , Andy Riedel , Dave Hartkern for being such a great band! Thanks so much to Joe Belock, Mr. Three Chord Monte, for including my song "Thursday" (with The Poor Man's Opera ) on his Best of 2020 broadcast! What an honor to included on one of my very favorite radio shows! And to The Marconi Experiment for including "Dance The Night Away" in their year end podcast.

New Video "Dance the Night Away"

 

"Pop Rock Perfection"!!!

 Many thanks to John Gentile and Punknews.org for premiering my new song and video

"Deena and the Poor Man's Opera take the '80s honky-tonk of Dolly Parton and Joe Ely and run it through a sort of a alien filter. The result is a track that emulates those classic boppers, but maintains a certain plastic self-awareness. Also, it helps that the track is just pop-rock perfection. This is a JAM."

 The whole write-up is awesome and I am thrilled.  Please follow the link to read the full review and see the video.

New Video "Your Lips Were Made For Me"

 Check it out! Jon Fried created a sweet new video "Your Lips Were Made For Me," a song I wrote with David Graham, performed by  The Campfire Flies.

Very First Live Stream!

Here's my very first "live stream" performance (now archived on youtube).  Jon Fried and I performed at a Zero Hour Records Reunion concert to benefit A Leg To Stand On.  We were excited by all the hearts and messages floating by as we performed!  The event was in the middle of stay-at-home lockdown, May 5, 2020.

Benefit For GlassRoots

Jon Fried and I were very proud to take part in an online benefit for GlassRoots.  We were supposed to perform live in  their studios, but covid-19 made us move the party online.  Here's archived version of the concert.