Tom Maxwell & The Minor Drag - Tom Maxwell & The Minor Drag

After an almost ten year hiatus from recording, the former lead singer of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tom Maxwell returns with a new album and a new band Tom Maxwell & The Minor Drag. As a member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers between 1994 and 1999, Maxwell became a critic's darling and his song Hell� became a smash hit at radio.Tom's songs propelled the Squirrel Nut Zippers to multi-platinum status selling over 3 million albums. His new self-titled album was recorded with long-time Zippers producer Mike Napolitano and features guest vocals by Ani DiFranco. The Minor Drag is an extraordinary collection of musicians, featuring members of Lost In The Trees and The Old Ceremony. They display remarkable flexibility and nuance, and boast instrumentation not often found: drums, tuba, vibraphone, piano and guitar. Along with the new album, a memoir written by Maxwell about the Squirrel Nut Zippers?۪ strange rise, Hell, will be published and promoted by Oyster Point Press (formerly Pressque Publishing) on August 26th simultaneous with the release of this album.