Donovan's Brain

Work on the follow up to Fires Which Burnt Brightly continues, with 39 songs written and recording sessions continuing. Spring 2013 is the target date for the first release from this mountain of material. The next two will follow soon after. You can follow the progress of this new album on the History Page. A second project, the restoration of the "lost" debut album Shambaholic is also on the current agenda.

A track for a tribute album dedicated to the band The Records is also being prepared.

Fires Which Burnt Brightly, the sixth full album from Donovan's Brain, was released on October 20, 2009. You can buy it from Career Records, iTunes, CD Baby, or your local indie records shop. The response has been very favorable, calling it the best Brain so far.Review here.

Donovan's Brain appear on the Tribute To Micky Jones Album, released April 2011. Micky was the guitarist for the Welsh band Man, and a friend of Ron's. This is a very limited release, with all proceeds going to charity. Read about it here. The Career Shop has a few copies.

The one constant since the inception of Donovan's Brain has been instigator, Ron Sanchez. The Donovan's Brain universe has expanded to include a star cluster of talent. The current recording group is staffed by Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) and Bobby Sutliff (The Windbreakers), Tony Miller (Ideal Free Distribution), bassist Bob Brown (Deniz Tek Group), drummer Ric Parnell (Spinal Tap, Atomic Rooster), and Scott Sutherland (Model Rockets). Over the past 17 years, Donovan's Brain has been joined in the studio and on stage by many of our friends: Jason Lytle, The Young Fresh Fellows, Matt Piucci (Rain Parade) and members of The Posies, Help Yourself, Man, The Idle Race, Plummet Airlines, and the Nomads. Donovan's Brain also serve as the Career Records house band, having recorded with Deniz Tek, Angie Pepper, Roy Loney, The Plaintiffs, Penny Ikinger and Richard Booth.

This Montana based recording workshop was formed as a reply to the "anyone can start a band" philosophy found in the mid 80's local Bozeman music scene. Donovan's Brain first entered your consciousness in 1994 when they appeared on the premier edition of the Hit The Hay compilations. The path the band has followed over the next two decades has been as complex and unexpected, much like the modern psychedelic sounds they create.

A trip around this site will reveal some of the answers you might be looking for about Donovan's Brain. If you landed here looking to purchase any Donovan's Brain music, the Discography Pages now have a link to the Career Shop, the best place to buy all the Brain CD and vinyl releases. You will find links to iTunes and CD Baby when you arrive at the store. You might want to visit the Career Records site for news and updates about the Donovan's Brain and all Career artists and our friends...

Last Update: 18 April, 2012 10:17 PM