{"id":8108,"date":"2026-01-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-sha-la-das-stay-in-the-picture\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:00:00","slug":"the-sha-la-das-stay-in-the-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-sha-la-das-stay-in-the-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sha La Das Stay in the Picture\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Sha La Das’ new album, ‘Your Picture.’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the Sha La Das released their 2018 debut, Love in the Wind<\/em>, it was a bit like the discovery of an animal long thought extinct. A doo-wop group releasing new music in the 21st century? Sure, Frankie Valli\u2019s still hanging on, and close-harmony crooning can be heard at civic centers, retirement homes, and casinos across the land. But a real band with members under retirement age, performing original songs? That was something else. Fittingly, the band\u2019s origins had some of the serendipity of a fairy tale: Paul Schalda and Tom Brenneck met as members of sadly deceased soul revivalist Charles Bradley\u2019s band The Extraordinaires, Brenneck got to know Paul\u2019s father Bill, yada yada yada. Bill cuts a doo-wop album with Paul and two other Schalda offspring, Willam Jr. and Carmine, which Brenneck produces.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And now, seven years later, the Sha La Das prove that they\u2019re more than a serendipitous one-off. Your Picture<\/em> has all the hallmarks that made Love in the Wind<\/em> a winner: Bill\u2019s supple voice, which can slide into a falsetto remarkably smoothly for a guy pushing 80; the warm, overlapping harmonies that can only be produced by people who\u2019ve spent a good chunk of their lives together; and a firm grasp on classic doo-wop rhythms and melodies that makes room for outside influences from the realms of soul, rock and psychedelia.<\/p>\n

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