Dave Matthews and Jakob Dylan have a new project that also includes Bob Dylan guitarist Charlie Sexton, his brother Will Sexton and drummer Brady Blade. Jambase reported that the new band, called The Nauts has already been underway at Brady's Blade Studios in Shreveport, LA.
Details for on what the new band has been up to were posted on a Shreveport music website Unscene!:
"What started out as a fun project for Brady Blade to get some musicians together and jam-such as Dave Matthews, Jakob Dylan, Charlie Sexton and Will Sexton-has turned into a full-fledged band called The Nauts, and this newly formed group has been working on a forthcoming record. Blade, a rock/pop/country drummer, record producer, composer, and Blade Studios partner-along with Scott Crompton (executive producer and CEO) and mix engineer Chris Bell-is also a part of The Nauts, who recorded the new material in the Russ Berger-designed Studio A on a 48-channel SSL Duality SE. Other equipment of note includes Neve 1081 and API 512mic preamps; Universal Audio LA-2A compressors; and Telefunken 251, Mojave 300 and Royer R-122 mics. The Nauts produced the tracks, with Bell serving as engineer."
As Rolling Stone reported back in November, Matthews said that had teamed up with producer Rob Cavallo and engineer Doug McKean for a new Dave Matthews Band record. "I've been in the studio trying to get a couple of things ready for the band to go back in, having fun," Matthews said. "I'm just trying to come up with something that doesn't sound like the past."
It's not clear at this point if he's working on two totally separate projects currently or if one will get put on hold until the other one is complete. Matthews is clearly a busy man. It'll be interesting to see what The Nauts' sound is like. The crossover between Matthews' music and Dylan's could be a pretty perfect fit.
