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Shawn James And The Shapeshifters, In The Whale, Dan Tedesco 21+
Shawn James and the Shapeshifters - Fayetteville, AR
Shawn & The Shapeshifters are a 4 piece rock band from Fayetteville, Arkansas. At first glimpse, you might confuse them with a bluegrass or metal band, but thats OK.. they fit in very well with those folks too!
* - Viral Video **American Hearts 2.5 Million Views in past 2 months
* Song "The Omen" is opening theme song for TV show Yukon Men on Discovery Channel
* Band tours US and Europe!
V - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCdvKFEXWOU
V - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH28gaXGl-U
V - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PX4mDbIYB0
In The Whale -
http://www.atomicmusicgroup.com/artists/in-the-whale
High-octane punk/alternative/blues rock duo.
New Release late Spring 2016 produced by Bill Stevenson (Descendents).
Nearly 250 dates in 2014 and 2015 across North America including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Riot Fest-Denver, SXSW, and Canadian Music Week.
Past tour support includes The Darkness, Janes Addiction, The Toadies, Agent Orange, Guttermouth and more. Have also shared the stage with The Offspring, GoGol Bordello, Slash, No Age, Murder By Death, and Reverend Horton Heat.
Red Bull Sound Select Priority Artist
Taco Bell Feed the Beat Artist
Featured in national Victory Motorcycle commercial, Never Summer Snowboards 2015-16 video and Why We Ride promotional trailer.
New Music Seminars Artist on The Verge Class of 2015
Press:
Stripped down to a simple essence, the band's hard-edged fare scampers, thrusts and giddily thrashesDirty, fun and caked in garage grime, the songs are unconcerned with trends. Chicago Tribune
In the Whales latest certainly doesnt give two shits about waking the neighbors. Turn this to 11 and let the riffs draw out all that incessant nonsense. Consequences of Sound
http://dptv.denverpost.com/2015/03/23/sxsw-2015-in-the-whale-talks-to-reverb/
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Live at Red Rocks
New Noise Magazine interviews In The Whale at Riot Fest 2014
My story is..that I have no story, per se. I come from a solid family. Its a point of pride. I grew up in the far west suburbs of Chicago. My folks werent rich, but there wasnt much that I was left wanting. Ive never been arrested. Always got good grades. I never developed any major drug addictions (at least, not yet). The only serious addiction in my life, if youd like to call it that, has been with music. Let me bring you up to speed.
Piano at age 5.
Violin at age 9.
Guitar at age 11 after hearing Eddie Van Halen. And that, as they say, is all she wrote. Ive been madly in love with it ever since.
Growing up my ears were fortunate enough to be treated to a fairly eclectic musical mix: The Beatles, Dylan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, The Band, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, CCR, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty. Even a healthy dose of Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner. A friend in my neighborhood used to make cassette mixes for me: The Who, They Might Be Giants, The Police, The Clash. I missed the grunge period, and it wouldnt be until nearly a decade later that Id discover the power of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Once I found the guitar, things focused in a touch. It wasnt unusual for me to fall asleep at night to the sounds of guitar wizards like Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson. And the random Van Halen record was never far away.
Then there was the jazz period. Wes Montgomery. Joe Pass. George Benson. Charlie Christian. John Coltrane. Elvin Jones. McCoy Tyner. The things I learned from those guys. Man. Its everything really. The spirit of jazz. The freedom of it. Thats been its great influence on me.
But I was always a rock n roll kid. Pete Townsend more than Pat Metheny. And, ultimately, I craved power chords over the complex harmonies of jazz.
High school was a weird time. I straddled the jock world, playing baseball, and the music world, as a member of the high school jazz band. Most mornings, after being dropped off by the bus, everyone would hang out in the lunchroom before first period. Not me. Id head straight to a room adjacent to the schools band rehearsal hall, writing music on the computer. Like I said, it was an addiction. Outside of school, I jammed in a duo with one of my best friends, who happened to be a fantastic drummer. We wrote all kinds of stuff. Lots of instrumental music (queue the Satriani). Recorded various demos. But neither of us sang. That made it hard to play out. And most of the other kids were interested in the classics: Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Stones. They werent interested in what we had going on.
So, like many of my heroes, I was a bit of a social outcast. That, if anything, was and has always been my struggle. Everyone has at least one. And I found my comfort, security and confidence in the world out on the fringe, populated by the misfits. The world of rock n roll.
Let Me Play My Old Guitar, and sing for you my song
Let Me Play My Old Guitar, and sing for you my song
I promise you my friend
I Will Not Do You Wrong
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LocationThe Astro Lounge (View)
939 Bond
Bend, OR 97701
United States
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| Minimum Age: 21 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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