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With a new album—The Far Field—and a slew of late-night television and festival appearances on the docket, Baltimore’s Future Islands is currently riding high in the saddle.
But when asked to reflect on the band’s success, bassist William Cashion recalled the trio’s roots, from forming multiple bands during high school to meeting frontman Samuel T. Herring and keyboardist Gerrit Welmers in their native North Carolina, gelling as a band (then called Art Lord and the Self Portraits) and finally making the move to the vibrant creative scene of Charm City.
“When we first started, I really wanted to play keyboards,” Cashion said. “I was really in to Kraftwerk, and I was doing some programming in high school. That CD is what I first gave to Sam. I met him on my first day of class at (East Carolina University) and I said, ‘I’ve got this weird music that I made. What do you think?’
“He wanted to start a rap project. I didn’t think he could rap to it, but it was something. We quickly started talking about starting a project. When I got to college, I knew I wanted to start a band. Right off, I grabbed some keyboards from friends and my parents’ house, and the first show was largely keys. The second show was when we brought Gerrit in, and the house that we practiced at had a Jazz
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Billy Sheehan
American bassist (born 1953)
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Career
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1951
Born in the Bronx
1971
Enters the music scene playing Studio We, Studio Rivbea, Hilly’s on The Bowery, Salt and Pepper, Club and The Baby Grand
1973
Forms the collective The Music Ensemble
Performs with Cooper-Moore, Billy Bang, Billy Higgins, Frank Lowe, Sunny Murray, David S. Ware, and others at Ornette Coleman’s Artist House, Studio Rivbea, Studio WE, and the East
1974
Performs with Cecil Taylor’s big band at Carnegie Hall
Co-founds Centering Music/Dance Ensemble with choreographer Patricia Nicholson
1975
Moves to LES
Performs at the Five Spot with Don Cherry
1976
Composes and presents ballet, "Dawn Voice" and many dance/music concerts at St. Mark's on the Bowery and Environ
1977
Composes and presents ballets "Liberation Folk Suite" and "Sun Garden" for mixed ensemble with reeds, strings, and voice
1978
Participates in CETA Artist Program with Theatre for Forgotten
1979
Composes and presents "Light Slices My Heart," a ballet with string quartet, and music for voices and small ensemble, inspired by Aztec poetry
1980
Joins the Cecil Taylor Unit
Composes and performs “Night Skies,” a modern ballet in collaboration with choreographer Patricia Nicholson
1981
Concerts for solo bass in Berlin
Composes “Peace Suite,” a compos