with guest appearances by:
Michael Lindner -mandolin
Karen Frindell - banjo
Brian Carlisle - fiddle, mandolin
Historic/occasional memebers:
Randy Meza - drums, percussion
Muir Houghton - upright bass
Influences
Old-Time Music, Sea Songs, Bluegrass, Gypsy, Klezmer, and Celtic folk music, ... the occasional polka...
...and the humorous, challenging experience of being a human on this planet.
Artists who have been inspirations are many, and include The Decemberists, The Roches, Bjork, Beck, Iron and Wine, Johnatha Brooke, P.J. Harvey, Johnny Cash, They Might be Giants... to name a few.
Sounds Like
The Decemberists
The Roches
Your grandma's kitchen.
Distant, dream-like memories of traveling from the Old Country to the New.
Belly laughs and sorrowful mourning sighs.
Selected in Best of the North Bay Bohemian as a Writer's Pick for
"Best Use of Dangerous Instruments"
desciribed as:
"...slowed-down Decemberists songs were they wheezed from an accordion by a camp counselor gone cheerfully goth."
- J.K., The Bohemian
(see "Best of the North Bay" blog for full text)
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Amber Lee and the Anomalies is the realization of accordion-ista and songwriter Amber Lee Baker’s creative dream. Her album combines accordion, banjo, up-right bass, fiddle, and vocals, to tell captivating stories about whaler’s wives, rural cemeteries, glowing estuaries, bumps in the road, and rodeo clowns in roadside bars. With influences ranging between Old-Time music, Gypsy tunes, and Sea Songs her sound suggests distant, dream-like memories of crossing the ocean in a wooden ship by the light of an oil lamp.
She is currently performing as a solo act with her accordion, glockenspiel, percussion frog, and loop station - for an act that is rich with complexity and verging towards a full one-woman-band.
Accordion-ista, vocalist, and songwriter Amber Lee Baker picked up an accordion in a music shop in 2002 and instantly fell in love. A childhood of piano and voice lessons gave her a passion for music, but it was the accordion that really allowed her to find her voice. With a range of folk influences she paints fascinating stories in her well-crafted songs. As the accordion drew her deeper down the rabbit hole, she found it more satisfying than architecture, and thus many songs were born.
Contributer, banjo player, and long time friend, Karen Frindell joined Amber Lee with her old-time-y blue-grass charm. Karen's desire to play the banjo started with a snowstorm-induced vision and she enthusiastically brought her texture and sound to Amber Lee's songs.
Other contributers include Muir Houghton on upright bass with his old-fashioned sensibilities; Jesse Wickman: drummer extraordinaire; Michael Lindner: the multi-instrumental, multi-talented recording engineer; and guest violin players Brian Carlisle, Gary Krohn and Morgan Cocheneure. Preston Booker also appears as the lonely Latin guitar on “Okay.”
Amber Lee and the Anomalies's Friend Space (Top 12)
I've alwasy been a sucker for the squeezebox. Thanks for finding a little space in your heart for a yodeling banjo player. I'll look for you next time I hit California. Sincere Regards, Curtis P. Eller ------------------------------ "Wirewalkers & Assassins" the new CD by Curtis Eller's American Circus Order it online here: Curtis Eller's American Circus www. curtiseller. com
Hey Amber- Great show last Friday! We sure had fun playing with you, and you put on a great show. We'd love to come over your way for a show sometime soon. Keep in touch! Your pals, The Alkali Flats
Grazie dell’amicizia. Sul mio sito web www. giuseppecardaropoli. it è possibile ascoltare e scaricare gratuitamente spartiti, basi, liscio, latino-americano, marce per banda e canzoni. A presto Thanks for friendship. On my website www. giuseppecardaropoli. it you can download and listen for free : orchestra, bases, smooth and latin American , banda marches and songs. See you soon
Gracias por la amistad. En mi sitio web www. giuseppecardaropoli. it puedes descargar y escuchar de forma gratuita: orquesta, bases, sin tropiezos y de América Latina, banda marchas y canciones. Hasta pronto
Amazing show at the Toad, we can't wait to hear the album. And thanks for coming out to play with us at the Hopmonk... Baby Seal Club loves you so much!
