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 East River String Band's Profile |
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Friendly Songs for Friendly People. |
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| Location: | NEW YORK, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 31, 2008 (543 days back) |
About Me |
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THE EAST RIVER STRING BAND ARE A DUO THAT PLAY RURAL COUNTRY BLUES AND POPULAR MUSIC OF THE LATE 1920’S AND EARLY 30’S. THEY TRY TO KEEP ALIVE THE RURAL MUSIC TRADITION THAT EXISTED BEFORE 1935 WHEN RADIO BECAME THE CENTRAL MEDIUM BY WHICH PEOPLE HEARD MUSIC, AND MUSIC OF ALL STYLES INSTANTLY HOMOGENIZED. THE EAST RIVER STRING BAND IS FOCUSED ON THE GREAT TRADITION OF THE RURAL BLUES, BUT ALSO PLAYS HILLBILLY AND POP MUSIC OF THE 20’S & EARLY 30’S. COVERING MASTERPIECES BY SUCH GREATS AS CHARLEY PATTON, SKIP JAMES, LOTTIE KIMBROUGH, GEESHIE WILEY, MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT, THE GRANT BROTHERS, THE HOKUM BOYS, MEMPHIS MINNIE, LITTLE HAT JONES, PINK ANDERSON, AND BERTHA CHIPPIE HILL; THE ERSB DRAWS ITS HERITAGE FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST. BASED IN NEW YORK CITY THEY PLAY LOCALLY IN MANHATTAN AND THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE AREA, AND HAVE PLAYED IN CANADA & EUROPE. --------------------------------------- Myspace Layouts - Myspace Editor |
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Music:Member Since: 7/12/2004Band Website: eastriverstringband.com Band Members: ERSB IS:-----EDEN BROWER - VOCALS & UKULELE/JOHN HENEGHAN - VOCALS, GUITAR & KAZOO----------------------------------------------------Joh n Heneghan began playing guitar at age five and became completely bitter and jaded about the idea of trying to play any kind of modern music very soon thereafter. By age seven, John was a loathsome record collector forced to constantly rummage through records anywhere he could find them in an attempt to find something he had never heard before. At around age 16 while digging through a bin of used $1 records in a punk rock record store, John came across a sonic treasure that would change the way he heard all music from that point on: the Yazoo double lp of Charley Patton. This record, a reissue of the recordings of the greatest blues musician of the 1920’s, would soon send John on a journey to find more of these rural country masterpieces on lp and eventually the original 78 records. Finally, John sought to try to recreate this music on the guitar. One day while listening to a 78 record of Memphis Minnie and hearing his girlfriend Eden singing along to it with a beautiful and natural tone that felt like a country night on the porch in 1929, John decided to form his dream band- the East River String Band- in 2004 with Eden Brower. At age six Eden Brower starred in an off off off off-broadway production of Annie playing no one less than that delightful little orphan with curly red hair herself. Her family, thoroughly convinced that this role would lead to an illustrious career jam packed with fame and fortune, regretably quit their jobs and prepared to live off the unlimited wealth their talented middle daughter would surely soon produce. Twenty four years later Eden landed her second singing job in the ERSB, where she sings like a 1920’s barrelhouse angel and plays glorious melodies on the ukulele that would make Ikey Robinson proud! Other than playing ukulele Eden likes vintage clothes. She dislikes not having vintage clothes. The band is primarily a duo although they always enjoy a great musician sitting in and have been blessed to have such old-time music greats as Robert Crumb, Pat Conte & Terry Waldo sit in with the band. John and Eden met at the comic book store Forbidden Planet. At first they did not get along, as John refused to admit that yes, Betty is way hotter than Veronica. Eventually John and Eden realized how much they had in common, such as their mutual love of cheese, and they fell in love. Obviously, the only thing left to do was form a string band and play old-timey hilbilly jug band music from the 1920’s and 30’s. Come and hear them play live and you will hear all of your old-time favorites songs. Influences: Sounds Like: Lottie Kimbrough, Memphis Minnie, Geeshie Whiley, Laura Smith, Heartman's Heartbreakers, Martha Copeland, Hattie Hart, Red Onion Joe, Skip James, Mississippi Sheiks, Memphis Jug band, Hokum Boys, Charlie Patton, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Blind Willie Mctell, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sleepy John Estes, Tampa Red, Gid tanner and his Skillet Lickers, Leak County Revelers, Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers, Sol Hoopii, Tenneva Ramblers, Lowe Stokes, Robert Wilkins, Kessinger Brothers, Chubby Parker, Peg Leg Howell, Bobby Leecan, Tampa Joe & Macon Ed, Sam Collins, Papa Charlie Jackson, Weems String Band, Scottdale String Band, and Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers... Record Label: Please sign us! Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Blues / Roots Music) |
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LP now available! |
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| Some Cold Rainy Day is now available on vinyl!!!Follow the link on our website to purchase it..http://www.eastriverstringband.com/id7.html Posted by East River String Band on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:01:00 PST |
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New Video |
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| Some Cold Rainy Day...
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CD Baby |
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| Our new CD is now available at cdbaby.comhttp://cdbaby.com/cd/ejersbAlso availiable at Amazon..Mp3's are available on Amazon too! Posted by East River String Band on Thu, 01 May 2008 09:04:00 PST |
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Some Cold Rainy Day CD |
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| Is this what it's like to be popular? What an odd feeling...!Our website is down because it is a free webpage and we have apparently exceeded the amount of traffic we are allowed on it...Our website j... Posted by East River String Band on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:53:00 PST |
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Our New CD! |
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| Is available by searching "east river string band" on ebay..or by going to our websitewww.eastriverstringband.com..which just links you back to ebay!Yeah, we're clever like that...that's why we're so ... Posted by East River String Band on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:33:00 PST |
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New York Times! |
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| We got a small mention in the New York Times yesterday! Hells yeah!I told you we were stardust...and golden..Also our new CD should be ready sometime this month..yay!Here's a link to the Times article... Posted by East River String Band on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:43:00 PST |
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ADD JOHNS NEW 78 RPM RECORD PAGE !!!! |
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| my 78 records are now downloadable, the molment you've all been waiting for !
http://www.myspace.com/johnnybittermansrecords Posted by East River String Band on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:18:00 PST |
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Come see us play and get candy! |
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| Well, probably not, but we are playing this coming saturday the 27th with the amazing Otis Brothers! at 171 avenue C..TenEleven Bar(between 10th and 11th streets)...Otis Brothers go on around 8East Ri... Posted by East River String Band on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:01:00 PST |
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2 New Songs on our page-Rolling Log and Future Blues!! |
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| we have two new songs on our profile recorded live at mo pitkin's.1. rolling log blues by lottie kimbrough2. future blues by willie browncheck 'em out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by East River String Band on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:54:00 PST |
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NEW CD IS HERE....WELL NOT HERE EXACTLY... |
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| Our new CD is finally finished and is for sale at CD baby!yee-haw! we will be giving them out at our CD release show at Lakeside Lounge on September 16th...or go to this link to purchase it....then ea... Posted by East River String Band on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:04:00 PST |
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