Sleepy Hollow: News

The proofs are in and OK's by the band. The new Sleepy Hollow release titled Legend will be available in 2 weeks! Yes, it is finally ready! After over 3 years of waiting. This 20 song masterpiece! The band has decribed it as having 3 albums in one, an acoustic, acid rock and heavy metal album. All involved are excited about this long awaited release. Joe Dell, "Yes, we are! Mole started the wheels turning on this one God Bless 'im! We released Lazarus Project to tide the fans over until we had everything done well. I wasn't happy with my original vocals on Unslefconcious. Plus other odds and ends. I still feel having the Lazarus project along with Legend would be the way to go, both versions are great and you get Nightshift Blues and some awsome raw music on the Spectrum Green bonus tracks. I would like everyone to get to know my good friend Mike Allen through his wonderful guitar work at such a young age, God rest his soul." The album will be availible at cdbaby.com, amazon.com, ebay.com, off this web site, and Borders books. If you don't see it at your local record shop or hear it on your local radio station, tell the buggers to STEP IT UP!

Today Joe Dell laid to rest the ashes of his cousin Mike Morosca along with immediate family and friends. Joe Dell, "I laid to rest my cousin Mike, who was like a guardian angel to me when I was young. I would like extend my thanks and gratitude to Donna & Mike Aragona who were 2 of Mike's best friends. They were so kind as to feed us afterwards as well as the day of the wake. They are 2 wonderful people who's love, kindness & generosity were much appreciated through this tough time."

Joe Dell took a trip into the Big City yesterday. He met up with Scott Pollack from A to Z Media at 650 Broadway. They had a sit down to discuss the new album's pressing. It will be a gatefold cd jacket with a 16 page booklet. The booklet will contain the lyrics. It is based off of an old story book concept. It will have the Ken Kelly Headless Horseman as the cover. If all goes according to schedule it will be ready in late June...as promised!

To the dismay of the band, the graphic arts had to be recreated from scratch. Joe Dell along with graphic arts designer Juan DeJesus recreated the art to the specifications sent by Nick from AtoZ Media in New York. They took another 14 hours to complete it. It is now ready for pressing! In late June, the world will recieve a long awaited materpiece titled Sleepy Hollow Legend! Joe Dell was very grateful for Mama DeJesus' tasty Chicken.

Ok, boys and girls, here is a story from the medieval times. Once upon a time in a land of great distance, from an age long long ago. There lived this great and powerful king. King Mole. He had great wealth and was feared by many, especially ones who had large storages of nurishing provisions. He had a lowly peasant boy by the name of Bop. Now, King Mole lived in a great castle far atop these high mountains. King Mole would stretch out his hand and strike judgement on the poor peasant boy. He would throw his riches down from the high mountain into the hands of poor Bop. Bop, who feared this great and powerful king, would take his riches and run errunds that he was commanded by this king to accomplish.
Bop, had his first mission. He met up with court jester. This jester went by the name Recordin' fool. They were in charge of the King's minstrels. King Mole would strike vengence upon these lonesome 2 if they did not present the minstrels in the fashon that King Mole saw fit. They worked and sweated dillagently. Poor Bop would take a trip through the hills to meet with Recordin' Fool once a week to obtain the objective for King Mole. Even a few times his mighty stead was struck down. Eventually, they came out from the hills with the King's minstrels. The Minstrels would now play the way the Mighty King saw fit. The King was very pleased.
Now, King Mole had another adventure. He would send the lowly peasant boy out the this great city in a vast expansion. Bop, was now in charge of producing the King's scrolls. Now, these scrolls were written in a language foreign to Bop. So there was great confusion. The Mighty King saught holiday in a sunny land to the far west. So, he took his fair maiden and retreated from the mountains to this sunny land. Whilest, poor Bop was left in the dirty streets of the great city, left to do the evil king's bidding. Now, this king did not leave poor Bop on his own. He sent one of his Soldier's with him. Now, this was no ordinary Soldier. He was the greatest in all the kings army. He was well equipted and held great knowledge of strange lands. They ventured to the west side of this great city. They met with a man that would help document these important scrolls. He went by the name Sir John of Jesus. Now, Sir John, brought the tired and broken down peasant boy along with this mighty Soldier into his abode and fed them and gave them solice. He knew of this King's viscious hand. They spent a morn, day, night, then morn again on these mysterious scrolls. When, they were finished, the might King Mole was not pleased. He held great anger towards the peasant boy Bop. Now, Bop, was prepared for his adventure into the great city. He would take the kings scrolls and the kings minstrels to the great city.
In the end, many rejoiced, they all cheered the King's music, and the King's stories, which were both of great mystery.
The Mighty King Mole was not pleased, for he never is. He lowered his hand which held great power and saught death upon the lowely peasant boy Bop.
But, the peasant boy had found great favor in many. For this peasant boy brought love and joy with him, and an occasional pizza. Bop and Soldier would find a small area of the wood to hide from this kings anger.
Eventually time would pass. The king finally saw whaat great wealth, power and fame was brought to his kingdom through the hard work of Fool, Soldier, Sir Juan, Sir Scott and most of all Bop. The Mighty King Mole raised his hand once more towards poor Bop, but wait! This time in was not out of anger! It was to commemorate his hard work and fortitude. For now, the lowely peasant boy was knighted! King Mole pronounced, from this day forth you shall be known as Sir Bop of Fortitude. The people rejoiced in the land of Sleepy Hollow. The End

Joe Dell worked with Juan DeJesus til 5 in the morning finishing up the graphic arts. Soldier popped in and lent a helping eye. They worked hard on getting the art ready. Fronting the album will be a headless horseman drawn by the Legendary Fantasy artist Ken Kelly. Some realtercations are needed for the cd pressing, which will be completed over the weekend. Joe will be meeting with Scott Pollack at AtoZ Media in New York next week. They are planning to have Legend released in late June. Keep you eyes and ears open kids. This is goin to be a HOT one!

Joe Dell will be sitting down with graphic artist Juan DeJesus tomorrow and finishing up the album art! They will be meeting at 9 AM and working on it until complete and ready for pressing. Expect the new Sleepy Hollow album to be out in late June!

The band have been huge fans of Dio for centuries. From his Rainbow & Sabbath days to his incredible solo career. Joe Dell, "Ronnie was always on his A game. In the studio and live. You will never find a bootleg where he had an off night. Every singer should be as professional as he was. God rest his soul. I know I was trying for his style when recording 'Seedy Sale' even though I sound nothing like him. He had a good thick sound to his voice. His high notes never sounded weak. Rainbow Rising gave life to the heavy metal we know today. You will find his influence in so much rock and metal. Give 'Gates of Babylon' a listen. I feel that was his greatest vocal performance ever." Just for a reference, the Dio DVD Evil or Devine. If you look in the crowd shots, you can spot Joe Dell, Soldier and the top of Mole's head now and then. They were at the show for the filming in New York.

Joe Dell finished the last of the tweaks with Bob Both yesterday. The music portion is ready for pressing! 20 songs, and over 2 hours of music! They are waiting on the graphic arts and the project will be complete!
Song Line up:
Disc 1
Out Of the Mist : song about witchcraft and the occult. rocker that ends with a flute solo
The Mirror: jazz based piece
Cousin Katie: piano and flut instrumnetal
The Wanderer: acoustic guitar and pipe organ based! a prog masterpiece!
Come with me Melina
a)the haunting
b)the chase
c)the battle
a gothic love story!
Too Late: the ballad ov the album, piano & flute
Nadia's Song: speed metal done acoustic! ground breaking!
Soldier's Lament: the stairway to heaven of the album, inovative battle between acoustic and electric instrumnet in later middle!
Butterfly Queen: piano/vocal
Sorrow's Might a 13 minute plus epic! must for heavt prog heads!
Disc 2
Farewell to Wilderness: clasic metal that is keyboard driven!
Armageddon: the death metal epic with classic guitar lead at end!
Unselfconcious: great buling piece with orchestration!
Joan: classical piano piece
Troubled Times: thrash metal at its worst! gotta love it!
For the World is Hollow (and I have touched the sky): the heavy song with a melodic ending!
La Femme Arme: as the album gets stranger! a Mole dimented master piece!
I'm Insane: the dark, sad acoustic song with great mellotron!
Aristotle's Lantern: prog metal at its best! dare you to learn it!!!!
The Hall of Voices (incl:Ursula's Night mare and Bob's Astral Door) The psychedelic/acid piece, get the LSD ready kids!
This is over 2 hours of music and a wide variation of songs from under a minute to almost 20! This album will trump all of this millenium's predicessors! Never before has an independent band released such a monster!

Today Joe Dell, keyboard player for Sleepy Hollow will enter the studio with Legendary Engineer Bob Both to make final tweaks for the long awaited 4th release Legend! The band is very excited about this release. They feel it is far superior to all of its predicesors. The album will contain 20 tracks. Over 2 hours of music. Tracks ranging from 50 seconds to 20 minutes long. The band is very grateful to all who contributed to its creation: Matt Schwarz, Joe & Annie Dell, Gary Rinaldi, Mike Allen (R.I.P.), Tony Renda, Gary Luhrman, Jennifer Scott, Christina Kirk, Anne LaBella, Tom Catuosco, Lisa Thompson, Ken (brush master) Kelly, Erol Kotsev, Juan DeJesus, Ernie Iodaci, Luigi Iorio, Danny Lee, Anna, Ba Ahkmed, and last but certainly not least MISTER BOB BOTH.

The boys in the band are finding themselves close to satisfied! The mixes are proving themselves album worthy and will surpass the teaser 'The Lazarus Project'. New mixes were done. New tracks laid down. The Hall of Voices and Ursula's Nightmares will be mixed down as a single track. This is the making of a true psychedlic experience! Keep your ears and eyes open boys and girls. One of the greatest albums of the new Millenium is about to be released!!!

Joe Dell entered the studio with Bob Both yesterday. They finished the tweaks on the 20 songs that will comprise the new release "Legend". Joe, "Whew! Ok, boys and girls! We are almost there! We are very grateful to the fans for being so patient with us. I know it has been over 3 years since we started this project. This is why we released the teaser 'Lazarus Project' to tide them over. We have put a tremendous amount of work into this album. IT SHOWS! I mean, not only the band, but Bob as well and all the guests that appear on this album. We know that this will put the band permenantly on the map. Every song is a work of art. We have NEVER been a band that labels stick to. Each song stands on its own and we like it that way."

Sleepy Hollow are proud to announce that they have an exclusive Ken Kelly drawing for their upcoming double cd release titled Legend. Soldier was sent out on the mission yesterday. Ken who is the greatest fantasy artist of our time provided a headless horseman drawing that will be exclusive to the band. Ken is well know for his work with Rainbow, Kiss and Manowar to name a few. The band are excited about the artwork. Joe, "This is the first time we will have a professional artist's work for an album! Pru is a treamendous artist in her own right and has a successful career with MacFarland toys. But, we grew up on Ken's artwork. Had posters hung on our walls. Plus, he is a true gentleman." More news as it developes....

Matt Rose, head of the Castle Rock Orchestra with which Matt "the Mole" Schwarz performs, has asked the Mole to play on a few pieces of the Orchestra's forthcoming CD of film music. Mole will be providing tinkly bits for music from the Lord of the Rings and Narnia soundtracks.
The related Castle Musicale "Medieval Christmas" CD, which the Mole also guests on, is now linked for listening/purchase on our merchandise page (through CD Baby), and the Irish Jam CD he plays on with them shall be added in a week or two.

Joe Dell entered the studio with Bob Both and completed the mix down of the last 3 tracks Aristotle's Lantern, Hall of Voices & Ursula's Nightmare! Joe broke down on the way up to the studio again, but made it in to finish mixed. He and Soldier were up to the wee hours recording for the Hall of voices. Joe," Whew! Ok, now we are set. I am excited about the hall of voices. No one has ever done anything like this on a rock album or any other for that fact! 3D sound! You will see. I like our ending of the album. Very Psychedelic. Soldier was a big help. We have done it! Just one or 2 more tweak day and once the graphic arts are finished, we are ready to press!" In other news, Mole, who thought he lost his hot dog, gladly found it. He discovered it was blocked by about 12,000 calories!

Today Joe Dell will enter the studio to finish of mixes with Bob Both. They will mix down Aristotle's Lantern, Ursula's Nightmares and the long awaited Hall of Voices. Joe, " Soldier and I got the last of what we need for the Hall of Voices. I haven't a clue of what this will end up sounding like, but that is the magnificense of art! I wont know what we have until later on today, this is going to be a good one!!!"

Sleepy Hollow have made an official announcement that legendary artist Ken Kelly (famous for his work with Kiss, Rainbow, and Manowar) will have his artwork on their new double cd release "Legend". Soldier is in the works of making a deal for Ken's Headless Horseman drawing. Joe, "Ken is one of, if not THE, greatest fantasy artists of our time. I had the pleasure of meeting him with Soldier at a local Horror fest. Ken is a true gentleman and one of the koolest guys in the world. Soldier, being the biggest Man-o-war fan in the country has come to know Ken closely. Soldier has his fair share of fantastic art pieces from Ken. I feel that "Legend", which comprises 20 songs, is our best work to date. Engineered by Bob Both (James Brown) and with art work by Ken Kelly (Rainbow, Kiss, Manowar) it will put us over the top of our contemporaries and prove that we have a well deserved spot in the Rock n Roll History books!"

Joe Dell & Bob Both mix down 8 tracks for Disc 2 of Legend. Yesterday was a day of accomplishment. Joe Dell completed his vocals for the track Un-self-concious. Joe,"Bob was a big help, as always. I was unhappy with the 3rd verse; Bob helped me through it. Un-self-concious has what I feel to be my most meaningful lyrics to date, so I don't want to turn the listener off with bad vocals." They also mixed down 8 more tracks. leaving Aristotle's Lantern and Ursula's Nightmare for next week. The 'Hall of Voices' track is still in production. Unfortunately for Joe, his car broke down in front of Twain studios, and had to be towed. Joe,"Well, still got me health!" laughing. "we always had the curse of Sleepy Hollow over our heads. Since the incarnation of the band back in 1999, we always had bad luck, so to say, if you believe in that sorta nonsense. I leave everything in God's hands. I like to think that we are doing good, that is why the devil likes to pop his mischievious head in and try to send things afowl." On another note. Soldier has dug up old Spectrum Green tapes. He found the legendary Triple B audition tape! He has been hard at work compiling old rehearsals, jams and such for bonus material for the re-release of Goin' Over. The band wants to have some goodies in store for disc 2 bonus material. They have a track titled 'Taciturnity Blues" in the can and waiting for the re-release. Due to the recent passing of Mike "Triple B" Allen, they would like to tribute him by adding some material at the end of disc 2 in his memory. His contributions to Armageddon and Farewell to Wilderness will be heard and appreciated on Legend. He is deeply missed.

Joe Dell will be entering the studio to day with Mr. Bob Both. Their goal is to mix down the first half of disc 2 for the project Legend. Legend will consist of 20 songs and over 2 hours worth of music. Diversity is key here. They have 6 different vocalists, both male and female voice. Guest musicians varying from old band mates to classicaly trained musicians. Even Bob Both himslef laid down a guitar lead. Joe Dell, " I am really proud of what we are doing here. there are so many new breakthroughs. we find the little cracks in rock that many have missed or feared exploring. This new album will keep goin the flame of the underground. you see....the underground music is the pizzaria in your neighborhood that is owned by the family of Italian immigrants, mainstream rock is pizza hut..."

Joe Dell and his wife Annie are celebrating 3 years of being April Fools! Which also brings us to the 3 year mark of the recording of Legend. They were hard at work for the past 3 years developing what is one of the most creative, innovative and talented album ever to date! You will find all diferent moods, styles and instruments on Legend. Sleepy Hollow have been a major influence in the underground for a decade and this album is assured to direct many bands as such with the earlier releases Sleepy Hollow, Goin' Over and the Lazarus project!

No, Mole has NOT been brought in to represent Chewbacca, but is performing with the Castle Rock Orchestra at the Starfest event in Denver. Friday, April 16. The orchestra concert is 9-10 PM and will feature a variety of science fiction movie and television theme music - some of which (let's face it, the good ones) even have a harp part for the mole to play. Nothin' says "Darth Vader's here to kick your ass" like the mole going "briiinggggg" on the harp, eh?

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Good news Sleepy Hollow fans! Disc 1 of the upcoming 2 disc set 'Legend' has been mixed down today! The 12 tracks that will comprise the first cd has been mixed down and will be ready for tweaking. Bob Both and Joe Dell will be working on mixing down the second disc next week. Joe Dell, " Wow man! There is a lot of groundbreaking stuff here! I haven't heard some of these tracks or sections in over a year or so. I am psyched about getting this one out to the fans. There is some great music here. A lot of contributions, Bob Both has also contributed a guitar lead! Yes, the legendary James Brown engineer! Every song is a work of art. I am also looking foward to working with NOOSE." More news to come as it develops.

Hi Joe!

Consider me amongst the masses of
Sleepy Hollow converts! I haven't gone thru all of the CD's. I always try to give new music at least a few plays.

Accomplished musicianship, creative lyrics and dialogue. I literally haven't been able to remove it my CD player!

Many Thanks,
Cousin Frank

This is an example of how Sleepy Hollow are continually reaching many in the underground. Mainstream music DOES NOT effect people like this. Sleepy Hollow is filet mignon, where commercial music of the new millenium is Mc Donalds......

Joe Dell mixed down 2 more tracks with legedary producer/engineer Bob Both. Best know for his work with James Brown. They mixed the tracks 'Farewell to Wilderness' and 'Un-self-concious'. Rumors are flying about Bob Both making a special appearance of the album. We shall see......

Joe Dell will be heading into the studio Tues with Bob Both. They will start the final mix down of the long awaited Legend album. All tracks have been recorded. Joe. "OK, now we are ready to roll. I am happy with the vocals I laid down last week for Un-self-concious. With the help of Bob as always. Now we are set. We have most of the artwork and are only awaiting tracks for the 'Hall of Voices' and flute tracks for 'Too Late'. I am also psyched about the collaboration with NOOSE. He has A LOT of potential and I believe that his open minded approach will set him above the rest."