Cracker

So again, he brings in a new producer, um, in this case, two producers, David Lowery and Dennis Herring, who were, uh, you know...

David Lowery's the front man for Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, and Dennis Herring had worked on a lot of the Camper Van Beethoven and, and Cracker material.

And so the two of them are producing, and Adam has this kind of idea of a, of a, you know, hip hop beat with a piano loop, and ultimately, it's built on a whole series.

There's, like, eight piano loops going around and around in that song.

Listen to the bass.

It's incredible.

They brought in a former member of Cracker and a studio musician, a really good bass player named David, uh, Davey Faragher, and he played bass on it, and it just transformed the whole song.

When you hear the bass kick in, it's like, wow.

She's gonna join me in the WTMJ studio with the good news and the haunting way to enjoy history.

Just before 7:00, the song you need to hear, '90s alt rockers Cracker.

Uh, they're gonna [laughs] have a special matinee stop tomorrow at Schank Hall, and then driving to Madison to play at the Majestic Theatre.

So kind of a double-header, so I thought I'd play one of their tunes for the song you need to hear.

Have a good one.

And the song you need to hear next is by a band doing double duty in Wisconsin tomorrow, a noon show at Shank Hall, then a night show at Madison's Majestic Theater.

Cracker has the song you need to hear next on What's on Tap? [upbeat music]

And now feast your ears.