Don Caballero
// Damon Che, drummerDON CABALLERO are an instrumental-rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “For Respect” (1993), “Don Caballero 2” (1995), “What Burns Never Returns” (1998), “Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)” (1999), “American Don” (2000) are all available from Touch And Go Records, and “World Class Listening Problem” (2006) is available from Relapse Records. Don Caballero take their name from the character Guy Caballero, played by Joe Flaherty on the comedy sketch show Second City Television.
MySpace: www.myspace.com/doncaballeropgh
Photo: Don Caballero
Interview:
I have heard many different explanations regarding the spiritual significance of music. I have even had people tell me that my music was spiritual, but what does this mean? I am going to take the easy way out, and say in a Pantheistic sense, that all of the explanations out there are true. In the manner that everyone has their own truth that maybe way out of sync with someone else’s truth, but it’s still their truth. Many people in all fields of study, including parapsychology, hypnotherapy, and even cutting edge personalgrowth practices, are all in agreement that if you believe it, then for you, it is true. My brother once told me that he believes songs are prayers. I don’t know if I believe that, but the most interesting thing I’ve ever heard on this subject was from a guest on George Noory’s radio show, who clearly believed in many other more advanced beings occupying the universe besides ourselves. He postulated that while we may not be the most advanced, we were still incredibly gifted because we are in fact the only beings in the universe that can create, appreciate, and understand music. Now if that is true, then I would have to be in awe of it as a fact.
“We are in fact the only beings in the universe that can create, appreciate, and understand music.”
– Damon Che, drummer in Don Caballero
