Pics from the archives.
All Cottonhead photos by Doris Szeto
From left to right: Greg Talenfeld, Jeremy Chatzky, Mary Birdsong, and Joe Mendelson. leaving the photo shoot in Chelsea, 2002.
Greg and Mary at Fez, 2002.
Greg, Mary and Kirsten at the now-defunct “Baby Jupiter” club in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Greg used to hear voices sometimes (other than Mary’s) in the middle of a set, which explains his fixation with the ceiling.
Greg Talenfeld- the man behind it all, father of cottonhead, (and now the father of little baby girl “Lula”)… at Cowboy Technologies studio in Brooklyn.
Jeremy Chatzky at Cowboy Technologies studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Our piano genius, Joe Mendelson, in a less-than-perky moment in a long recording session @ Cowboy Technologies studio in Brooklyn
Beautiful Kirsten Jansen flashing her pearly whites at Cowboy Technologies studio in Brooklyn in 2002.
Mary at Cowboy Technologies studio in Brooklyn, listening back to a freshly recorded track for the 2nd album “Happy Tree”
Mary at Fez, 2002. That’s Jeremy Chatzky on bass in the background.
Mary at Fez, 2002. That’s Kirsten “pro” Jensen in the background on drums.
Greg and Mary sit down at Cowboy Technologies studio in Brooklyn and write a damn song they record a half an hour later on the album “Happy Tree.” It’s the last song on the album (“The Suits and the Sycophants”)
Primping. smoking and smiling- from left to right: Mary Birdsong, Kirsten Jansen, and Joe Mendelson
Will Holshauser at Cowboy Technologies studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Will played accordian and some piano for the album “Happy Tree”




























