Whiting Tennis (the rock group?):
Whiting on writing, singing, and electric and acoustic guitars.
Currently playing with:
Barb Antonio on cello, Rusty Willoughby on drums, Charlie Beck on bass guitar, Bill Patton on steel pedal slide and electric guitar
Influences
Cat Power, Ted Nugent, Beck's One foot in the grave, 70's Stones, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Smog, Guided by Voices, Velvet Underground, Modern Lovers, Television Personalities, Elliot Smith, The Minutemen, Damien Jurado, Can, Will Oldham, and....
Hank Williams, George Jones, and.....
Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan and Bob Dylan.
Whiting Tennis lives in Seattle and is currently playing shows solo and with an ensemble that includes bass, drums, cello, and steel pedal slide. He is currently recording and mixing a new CD and LP titled "I Do", which is slotted to be released by Tarnished Records in October, 2009. His last record, "Three Leaf Clover" was released on Tarnished Records in April 2006.
Three Leaf Clover is now available for purchase via InSound.
See photos at:
http://www.slide.com/r/kB4elgNKuD__PeCfoM0U7oymWTnimDkN?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original
History:
Whiting moved back to Seattle in 2004 after living in New York City for 12 years. While in New York he played in a group called The Scholars, and self released "Hello Dolly" in 2000. The Scholars were: Whiting on guitar and vocals, John Devore on Drums, and Hiroshi Kimura on bass, who replaced the original bass player, Pete Moe. Gerald Menke, a fantasic NYC steel pedal slide player, occasionally sat in for shows and recording. Before The Scholars formed, Whiting played in The Klugmen, (later called Savalas), which featured the hilarious and talented frontman Kevin Landers on vocals and sometimes guitar. When that band petered out, Whiting basically canibalized that group to form The Scholars. The original idea and form of The Scholars came about when Whiting met Nathan Johnson, the drummer for the Seattle Rock band Flop (fronted by Rusty Willoughby), who had moved to New York after Flop was dropped from Sony. Nathan and Whiting drank lots of beer and decided to start a band that would only gig in libraries. That group only played in Whiting's Dumbo painting studio, but was full of promise. Nathan eventually moved to northern Europe.
sorry to have missed you at Piecora. we went, but after finding parking, getting bypassed by blockparty, etc we got there too late. Hey, are you needing a bss player 'cause I am looking to play.
Thanks for your friendship + supporting our music! Check out our latest single, "Drop". You can download it FREE at Reverbnation ~ http://www.reverbnation.com/wunderbugg
Arghh I keep trying to send fotos from the Comet and it keeps getting returned something about file! Bah! May have to slide show it again..sorry! Are you Art walking tonight?
