AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Ty Segall

Artist:Ty Segall

Song:Every 1's a Winner

Album:Freedom's Goblin

Singer songwriter Ty Segall is at the forefront of neo psychedelia and the garage rock revival. He records a lot. These days he records with his band The Freedom Band and sometimes solo. He's never had a hit single and doesn't record for a major label. That way he can do what he wants and he sells enough albums and concert tickets. He was born June 8, 1987 in Laguna Beach, CA. He got interested in music when he was in high school. This was when MTV filmed the reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange Country. Segall hated the show so much that he and his high school buddy Mikal Cronin parodied the show in a 2007 music video by their band Epsilon. After high school, Segall earned a degree in Media Studies at the University of San Francisco. He started out self releasing music in 2008. Then John Dwyer of the bands Thee Oh Sees and Coachwhips offered to release Segall's album on his label. Then he released a couple of albums on the indie label Goner. Since then he has recorded for the Chicago based indie label Drag City. Segall records all kinds of music. He says he recorded the 2012 album Twins as a Hawkwind or Black Sabbath tribute just to be unpredictable. He also recorded the 2013 acoustic album Sleeper which got him mainstream critical acclaim. And he recorded the 2015 album Emotional Muggers where Segall and his band were playing masked characters on stage. This cover of Hot Chocolate's Every 1's a Winner is from the 2018 album Freedom's Goblin. This was Segall's first album with his new band The Freedom Band. Other members are Segall's long time buddy Mikal Cronin on bass, another long time pal Charles Moothart on drums, Emmett Kelly of The Cairo Gang on piano and Ben Boye on electric keyboards. He has worked with Segall on other projects. Except for Every 1's a Winner, Segall wrote all the songs. Segall's latest album Three Bells was released in January. He has no band on this album. But The Freedom Band is still around. They are currently on a European tour. Here's Ty Segall and The Freedom Band performing Every 1's a Winner on a 2017 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.