Adam Sweeney

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Bound to Go

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Released: Jan 1, 2011

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Bound to Go
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Skin to Skin
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Wildest Rose
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The Fall
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Long Road (w/ Tracy Grammer)
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Genre: Folk / Indie / Rock
Location Portland, Oregon, US
Profile Views: 46774
Last Login: 6/8/2012
Member Since 11/3/2004
Website www.adamsweeney.net
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
.. ..“Adam Sweeney is blessed… with an impeccable folkie lineup, wary resolution of the tunes, and the determined conflict and recovery of wry and sweet lyrics.” ..–Suzi Steffen, Eugene Weekly.. ..“Portland provides more folk/rock fuse delight via Adam Sweeney, whose quavering voice and electric spin on traditional folk dishes out something different.” ..-–Monterey County Weekly.. ..“Drawing comparisons to Dave Carter and Gillian Welch, as well as folk revival poets like Paul Simon and Cat Stevens.” ..–Northeast Performer.. ..“Melting some electric noise into his traditional folk and country sound… and also sprinkled with a bit of folk spirituality.”.. –OregonMusicNews.com.. ....BIO:......The music of Adam Sweeney & the Jamboree is like “The Sound of Silence” after the band kicks in: all jangle and harmony, poppy yet literary, brooding and celebratory all at the same time. As a songwriter Sweeney has one foot planted firmly in the folk revivalist tradition, while the other seems to have landed somewhere a bit more edgy, a bit more indie, a bit more electric..... Sweeney’s songs are one part Dylan, one part Simon. Half the time they are poetic vignettes and character-driven narratives in the vein of Josh Ritter or Nebraska-era Springsteen, while the other half is obliquely imagistic and steeped in metaphor, with lyrics akin to those of Jeff Tweedy or Michael Stipe..... But it’s his backing band, The Jamboree, that lifts the music out of the folk singer-songwriter realm and plants it squarely on a rock foundation – with intricate lead guitar work by Jeremie Murphin; Brooklyn-to-Portland transplant Katie Sawicki on banjo and backing vocals; multi-instrumentalist David Fuller on accordion, percussion and atmospheric electrics; Zachary Pace on bass and a rotating cast of drummers including Patrick Hughes (Mnemonic), Peter Van Dyck (The Amity Front), Paul DeMichelle (The Beautiful Trainwrecks), and Jonathan Behr (Anticipate Pie)..... Sweeney has shared the stage with some pretty amazing artists including Laura Gibson, Tracy Grammer, Joy Kills Sorrow, The Nields, Carrie Rodriguez, Cheryl Wheeler, and Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem. .... While the band is in the midst of recording their debut album, Sweeney has two solo folk records available: ..Technicolor Halo.. (2007) and ..Places & Names.. (2004)... ..........................ADAM SWEENEY: Technicolor Halo......Stories of chosen sinners and runaway saints, laced with rickety banjo and sparkling mandolin...........................
Members
Adam Sweeney & the Jamboree is:.... Adam Sweeney - guitar, banjo, vocals.. Katie Sawicki - banjo, vocals.. Zachary Pace - bass.. Jeremie Murphin - electric guitar.. David Fuller - accordion, percussion.. plus a rotating cast of drummers, including but not limited to: Peter VanDyck, Jonathan Behr, Patrick Hughes ..Some Dark Scene @ The White Eagle Saloon.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Fighting Sort @ The White Eagle Saloon.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Heading South @ The White Eagle Saloon.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Life I've Sown @ Mississippi Pizza Pub.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Vertigo - Technicolor Halo CD Release.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Laughlin Boy - playing banjo for Tracy Grammer.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Doomsday Sunday Sermon w/ the Primate Fiasco.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Influences
Josh Ritter, Ryan Adams, R.E.M., Wilco, Simon & Garfunkel
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