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Andru Bemis
Acoustic / Folk / Indie

"...everybody loves a lonesome banjo player..."

SOUTH HAVEN, Michigan
United States

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Last Login:  5/12/2008
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   Andru Bemis: General Info
Member Since4/1/2006
Band Websiteandrubemis.com
Band MembersAndru Bemis,
Forty Thieves,
& some tramps
Sounds Like

How Big Is Tacoma
Eleven
(2006) - $11.00

7" colored vinyl & 15-song bonus CD! Limited edition of 1,111. Andru plays fiddle, dulcimer, banjo, guitar, and lord-knows what else .... includes How Big Is Tacoma, Cereal At Night and Mountain And The Moon. w/ Jason Webley!

Rail To Reel
Wepecket Island
(2006) - $14.98

Andru interprets traditional tunes and a handful of originals on the banjo, guitar and banjo-ukulele. Forty Thieves and a few tramps play, sing, stomp, stamp and holler along. Includes Two Dollar Bill, Curtains of Night and Banjolele.

Singer
Ground Vinyl
(2004) - $15.00

Fourteen tunes featuring the Forty Thieves on mandolin, upright bass, pump organ and other non-electric instruments. Andru plays the banjo, guitar and sewing machine. Includes I'm Chasing The Moon and Beulah.

Plays Past His Bedtime
Ground Vinyl
(2002) - $15.00

Captured live in one evening at the Vinyl Underground, Andru's studio in West Chicago, Illinois. Eighteen intimate songs on guitar and voice. Features the original recordings of Huck Finn, Ivah and Your Town.

Record LabelGround Vinyl / Wepecket Island / Eleven Records
Type of LabelIndie





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Apr 26 2008 11:00A
EARTH DAY @ CABOOSE PARK BANGOR, Michigan

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   About Andru Bemis
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In five short years, Andru Bemis has wandered the ends, edges and in-betweens of North America more times than he can count. Traveling mostly by passenger train -- occasionally by bus or by thumb -- he's logged hundreds of thousands of miles performing his original songs almost nightly with a beat-up classical guitar, an equally ill-kempt banjo, and an occasional fiddle or banjo ukulele. When he's not riding the rails, Bemis' greatest joys are watching fruit trees bloom, practicing ragtime fiddle tunes, paddling around in little boats and recording himself and others on his old multitrack reel-to-reel.

Andru is a founding member of Ground Vinyl Records, a collectively owned record label featuring independent folk and acoustically minded artists from throughout the US and Canada.

Search for Andru Bemis @ ....

- Archive.org (live recordings)
- Flickr.com (photographs)
- Mojam.com (calendar listings)
- Webshots.com (photographs)
- YouTube.com (videos)


For information regarding booking and promotions, please see Andru's tour worksheet and electronic press kit at booking.andrubemis.com. All other questions and comments may be emailed directly to andru@andrubemis.com.

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Kimmi from The SoupyGato Show podcast





Apr 18 2008 4:51 PM

Hey all fans of Andru Bemis!! Andru Bemis is being featured on this week's SoupyGato Show #145, playing now!

There are several ways to listen to the SoupyGato Show – the easiest is to visit our website: www. soupygato. com – or subscribe to the show by visiting http://www. gcast. com/u/soupygato/main -- and it will download to your Itunes, Ipod, etc.


SoupyGato Show #145


Electric Butterfly -- Butterfly
Andru Bemis -- Huck Finn
The Ovation -- Don't Cry

Of Fate And Chance -- Bravery
Piranha -- Orchestrated Noise
G-Man Blues -- Onederous you
Sadie Burke -- Innocent Heart

Arizona Baby -- Like James Bond
the EZPowell Band -- Bedroom Eyes
FoShowtime Ent. -- Whoop Rico (Green Hits)
Soul David -- Il Solco (DJ COA)
Echo Screen -- The Letter Bomb
Electric Butterfly -- Where Have You Gone To
Of Fate and Chance -- Thulcandra's Illness Silence


If you have enjoyed the show and would like to request more of your favorite independent music to be played, please vote/comment at: http://www. podcastalley. com/one_vote2. php?pod_id=21268 --
You can also hear the show by clicking on my profile -- and find out how to submit your own music as well!
livelydirt





Apr 24 2008 10:23 PM

hey andru! I hope to catch up with you still! keep up your work/life, making me smile still!! thanks!
●♥♪TrEnT♪♥●





Apr 12 2008 4:24 PM

♫♫♫♫HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEMIS♫♫♫♫
Cool As Folk





Apr 6 2008 11:27 PM

Hey Andru! Check out the Cool As Folk show archive or view the playlist for this week’s program HERE.
Lots of great music including...you.
Paul





Apr 5 2008 6:12 PM

lindsey and i loved your set tonight at the corner brewery! thanks for being our friend's dad ;)
okALEYhoma





Mar 31 2008 7:17 PM

howdy andru, you're quite the sweetheart. expect something in the mail soon. knox college misses you.
KATHRYN KEATS





Mar 29 2008 11:49 PM

We DO all love you and your lonesome banjo.
Kathryn Keats
Curtis Eller





Mar 28 2008 8:41 AM

"Wirewalkers & Assassins"
The new CD by
Curtis Eller's American Circus

Order it online here:
Curtis Eller's American Circus
www. curtiseller. com
Ricky Berger (Debut Album Out On June 28!)





Mar 27 2008 12:55 PM

Still listening.
The Dollar Boots Band





Mar 27 2008 11:13 AM

Two-Dollar Bill might be my new favorite tune. Thanks for the inspiration, brother.
Oo-Da-La-Li





Mar 11 2008 6:16 PM

you should come to Portland, OR, man. We need some down home folk stylee in the city.
Scotty





Mar 10 2008 12:35 PM

Remember to come visit us whenever you're in the area :) Keep smiling Andru XxX
Deezel





Mar 10 2008 12:20 AM

HI thnx for the add & friendship !
Think it’s nice to be connected with musicians all over the world !!!
Took some time to listen to your music and it sounds really GREAT ...COOL STUFF ….just love it !!
Greetz from D E E Z E L (Belgium) and lots of luck in every thing you do!!
If you can find the time check out my music too (thnx)
Big Smith





Mar 9 2008 8:18 PM

good greetings and happy travelings to you friend.
Jump, Buck!





Mar 5 2008 5:41 AM

Wonderful tunes, friend :) Be well.
Boke





Mar 5 2008 1:56 AM

thanks so much for adding me,
welcome on my space and
lots of love :)
Ian's Mrs.





Feb 29 2008 9:30 AM

Hope to see you back in Michigan soon! Last year my husband and I saw you at the Grasscup on our wedding anniversary and we haven't seen you since. Banjo withdrawls :)
The Porter Draw





Feb 20 2008 11:52 AM

itd be cool if you came to the southwest.
Fer





Feb 27 2008 9:11 AM

Hey hey ho! How is everything in North America? I've been listening to your CD and I can't say I love your music.
My favorite : "I'm Chasing The Moon"
Keep in touch
Cheers from Mexico City
Fer
okALEYhoma





Feb 14 2008 10:31 AM

merry valentines day.
BobDog Studios





Feb 12 2008 2:16 PM

Andru

Comin to my b-day bash at FitzGerald's this Sunday @ 7PM?

It's only been 6 years since you've made it to one. You a busy man.

Bill Kavanagh @ BobDog Studios
°°°JIM ROYERS the gangster woman°°°





Feb 4 2008 3:32 PM

HEY!!!

you are some inspiration to me!!
one of my dreams is to b a vagabound and i really wanna do it
you are great!
Kimmi from The SoupyGato Show podcast





Feb 4 2008 7:27 PM

Looking forward to meeting you this summer by The Big Blue Water!
SIS





Jan 31 2008 10:29 PM

Why do I suddenly have a hankerin' to hop a freight train with a nice little hobo pack and see where it takes me?
Yay!
Laura





Feb 1 2008 4:35 PM

Hello Mr. Andru,
Just sending some banjo love your way. Hope it's not too cold where you are...Wait...Are you still in Mexico? If so, enjoy your stay! Come around these parts more often dear! We need you!
Bubba





Jan 28 2008 6:41 PM

Huck Finn is sweet and sloe. Will someone please comment on the movement in "Two -Dollar Bill"...oh... wait... I just did.
a merry paramour





Jan 30 2008 6:25 PM

you have played in mpls in january the past two years, and this year you're in new mexico?!

i guess i can't say that i blame you. hope to see you sometime soon!

colleen:)
Meg





Jan 26 2008 3:12 PM

Have fun in Mexico City and enjoy the warmth. Know that I remain jealous of your time in the sunny sunshine of Mexico. I have been listening to Huck Finn a lot lately. I really enjoy it.
Patrick Mura





Jan 22 2008 2:59 AM

Salut Andru!
J'aime écouter tes chansons,elles sont paisibles et belles!
Amitiés,
Patrick
Patrick Mura





Jan 22 2008 2:59 AM

Salut Andru!
J'aime écouter tes chansons,elles sont paisibles et belles!
Amitiés,
Patrick
Federico





Jan 10 2008 7:42 AM

Andru, this is a great picture. Please come visit Myra, Lauren, and I sometime soon. We all miss you (and if you happen to bring your banjo and guitar along for the visit, I doubt there would be much of a fuss put up).
Oo-Da-La-Li





Jan 10 2008 1:44 PM

Comin' to Portland, Oregon any time soon? I missed you last time you came this way. By the way i love that drawing
okALEYhoma





Jan 15 2008 2:57 PM

Photobucket
Bubba





Jan 15 2008 3:07 PM

blood in the streets in the town of south haven. Howdy from Oklahoma. I performed in The Grapes of Wrath this last fall and couldn't get you or The Floorbirds outta my head. our live musicians were a folky-bluegrass sort of sort called Buffalofitz. It turned out. i'll be in chi-town in feb. I'll try to stop by the leetle house. unless of course you're being famous somewhere.
Them Damn Kids





Jan 17 2008 9:14 AM

safe journey to and from mexico city. i've always wanted to go there.
best to you
chris
----------
Jake





Jan 19 2008 6:23 PM

Photobucket

Miss ya Andru!!
Gargoyle Photo





Jan 2 2008 9:29 AM

Thanks for the music. And I love Huck Fin great song.
Michael Hansen





Jan 2 2008 9:53 AM

Happy Merry New Year...hope our paths cross again...when i walk by a library i always look for you...
KATE





Jan 2 2008 11:34 PM

Happy New Year!!-- Will you be passing through the spralwing wonderous monster that is LA --on your way to/from Mexico?
Fundamento Cultural