Bernhardt Family Band covers Toy Soldiers "Tomorrow To Today" for #CoverClub - A special brand of Philly covers

Welcome back to #CoverClub.  This week we are rotating back to Nomad Recording Studio, after last week's session at Breakneck Recording Studio with Lucy Stone covering Cruiser.   We pick up where we left off at Nomad continuing to release sessions from a very snowy January weekend.  So far, we've hit you with Sean Hoots covering Boyz II Men 'It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday' and DRGN KING's Dominic Angelella covering the iconic Dead Milkmen. 

This week we introduce to you, The Bernhardt Family Band: 

Cover Club | Bernhardt Family Band 
'Tomorrow to Today' (Toy Soldiers)

Photo by Bob Sweeney

Truly a "family band" Kate Bernhardt & Jerry Bernhardt have been crafting "blood harmonies" for years.  Dubbed "Bernhardt Family Band" by Ron Gallo (Toy Soldiers front-man, soloist, and all around show-man), it's no coincidence that they chose to cover Toy Soldiers.  Kate explains, "We have somehow been fortunate enough to meet and play with a lot of Philadelphia’s original musicians locally.  I think, aside from our parents support, this has been the key inspiration and encouragement behind developing our music.

When asked how was their arrangement for "Tomorrow for Today" conceived, Kate responded, "We landed on that song really organically. I was listening to the Maybe Boys album and texted Jerry about it – just as a feeler, one more idea to explore, and he said he had been thinking the same thing. Some of our favorite contemporary musicians have come out of Philadelphia, so it took some vetting before we were convinced that it was the right choice for us. The arrangement was borne of trial and error - we wanted to capture a different interpretation, which led to the rhythm changes and me singing lead, but we also wanted to maintain the song’s emotion and momentum. So we tweaked the structure and added harmonies that we thought would suit our voices and bring an interesting new spin to the Toy Soldier’s recording."

Check back this Wednesday to get to know more about the Bernhardt Family Band.  If you like what you hear, be sure to get tickets for the show also on Wednesday at World Cafe Live
Event details can be found here: Event Details.

 In the meantime, here's the original version for your tasteful comparison.