Easy Allen: Guitar, Throat;
Easy Dave: Guitars that scream and wail;
Easy Rob: Keys, Organ, cool sounds from outer space;
Easy Mark: Skins, sticks and such;
Easy Terry: Da Bass
Influences
Too many to count. Between all five Easies; here's the shortlist: Dylan. Springsteen. Clapton. Allmans. Elton. Paul Simon. Elvis Costello. Uzeb. Pat Metheny. StonesWhoBeatlesZep. Joe Pass. Jerry!!! Petty. Eagles. Bowie. No Depression bands like Whiskeytown and Son Volt. Nick Lowe. George Clinton. Faces.
Sounds Like
Whiskeytown, Tom Petty, Wilco, Eric Clapton, Wallflowers, Son Volt, Jackie Greene, The Strangers
Five Easy Pieces are five guys working their asses off in Silicon Valley and blowing off steam through the music they love.
Allen Bush, a veteran of the '90's jam-band circuit by way of The Strangers, met fellow guitarist Dave Colodny in 2005. They shared a passion for good-time guitar licks fueled by boogie beats and beer, and fused it with the rythm section of Mark Miano and Terry Hunt, Dave's old bandmates from The Roustabouts. Luckily Rob Haitani soon joined, a kickass keyboardist Allen played with recently in The New Digs.
The band plays Allen's originals and crunchy genre-spanning covers highlighted by deep album cuts rearranged with a down-home feel. Muscular rythms, bright melodies, sometimes jazzy solos and frequent jams borrow from classic rock, pop, jazz, jam-band groove, americana, old school R&B and motown; but they call the infectious blend Urban Campfire Boogie. Why not?
Thanks for the add. When can we expect the West Coast tour to make it up to Eugene? We can set you up in front of the old TKE house, just like the old days!
Hi Five Easy Pieces, just a quick hello from the Jazz Pistols - hope you are doing fine and the first few weeks of 2007 have been great so far. Wish you all the best for 2007 - thanks for being our friend and good luck for the things you do. Best regards - Christoph
Our Live-DVD will be released on the 1st of February 2007!
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So sorry that we haven't replied yet - but I'm glad i'm finally here listening.. we love the production and feel of your tunes! We would love to come out and see you all live...we're hoping to get up to the san fran area in the fall...so maybe we'll get to a show! Have you played at that club you have listed in Belmont (in sept. i think?) before? We have some friends and family in that area, and I was wondering if there are any good acoustic clubs up around there....just wondering! Hope you're all doing well...
