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My Way, The Highway

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Genre: Folk Rock / Other / Rock
Location Balthrop, Alabama, US
Profile Views: 79302
Last Login: 6/19/2012
Member Since 3/2/2006
Website balthropalabama.com
Record Label End Up Records
Type of Label Indie
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.. Welcome to Balthrop, Alabama. Founded in 1847 in Alabama's Iron Belt. Things to do while you visit: eat at Bompa and Gigi's Late Nite Diner, get your mail posted at the Dairy Queen located on Henry Street, and then find out all about us at a town meeting held the first Monday of every month at 6pm in Elmore's Barber Shop. Hope to see you soon! .... You might have heard that Balthrop was once a booming steel town. However, these days it has relaxed into an easier pace, providing a home to a close-knit community of shopowners, innkeepers, handymen, farmers, students, and a milkman. We do a pretty good job of keeping each others' secrets. Or so you may have heard... .. In fact, the band Balthrop, Alabama was formed in early 2006 in Brooklyn, New York by Alabama-born songwriter-siblings Pascal and Lauren Balthrop and eight or nine of their musically-inclined neighbors. They get together every so often to sing songs about dead people in love... .. .. ..What folks have been saying about the town:.... ....“An impressive début double album…and their approach to performing is equally inventive…”.. ..—The New Yorker.... ....“Elaborate shows which feature the 10 or so members dressed as the aw-shucks residents of a fictional Southern town…breezy, melody-driven pop”.. ..—Village Voice.... ...."What great fun in the form of a band called Balthrop, Alabama!".. ..—Rainn Wilson (of The Office).... ....“Sweetly crooned loved songs inspired by apocalypse — a last kiss before the big bang…”.. ..—Memphis Flyer.... ....“Always melody conscious, with a solid stash of hooks… enough people to fill a school board.”.. ..—Crawdaddy.... ....“Eclectic — with songs of love, loss, and escape…great use of shared male/female vox…”.. ..—My Mix Tapes.... ....“Like a raucous ad-hoc town meeting where everyone brings an instrument to play…”.. ..—Future Montgomery.... ....“I’ve heard of the ‘concept album’, but this appears to be a ‘concept band’…”.. ..—Take Five, Asheville.... ....“…like the touring company of ‘Barack Obama’s Rent’…”.. ..—Black & White, Birmingham......
Members
..Jemison Thorsby.. - Pascal Balthrop.. ..Georgiana Starlington.. - Lauren Balthrop.. ..Douglas Snead.. - Chris Buckridge.. ..Benton Whitehall.. - Matt Moon.. ..Aurora Rockledge.. – Alex Suarez.. ..Miss 12-Year-Old Babbie Jackson.. - Annie Nero.. ..Clanton “Lake” Mitchell.. - Josh Kaufman.. ..Luverne Dozier.. - Therese Cox.. ..Grant Fyffe.. - Kyle Fischer.. ..Titus Falkner.. - Jason Lawrence.. ..Cotton Tyler Guin.. - Andrew Vladeck.. ..Ansley Henderson.. – Mike Quoma.. .. and ..NOW WITH:.... ..Toxey Goodwater.. - Michael Arthur - ink & paper .. ..-------------------------------------------.. ..BOOKING:.. booking@balthropalabama.com
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Bio:

.. Welcome to Balthrop, Alabama. Founded in 1847 in Alabama's Iron Belt. Things to do while you visit: eat at Bompa and Gigi's Late Nite Diner, get your mail posted at the Dairy Queen located on Henry Street, and then find out all about us at a town meeting held the first Monday of every month at 6pm in Elmore's Barber Shop. Hope to see you soon!

You might have heard that Balthrop was once a booming steel town. However, these days it has relaxed into an easier pace, providing a home to a close-knit community of shopowners, innkeepers, handymen, farmers, students, and a milkman. We do a pretty good job of keeping each others' secrets. Or so you may have heard.

In fact, the band Balthrop, Alabama was formed in early 2006 in Brooklyn, New York by Alabama-born songwriter-siblings Pascal and Lauren Balthrop and eight or nine of their musically-inclined neighbors. They get together every so often to sing songs about dead people in love.

What folks have been saying about the town:

“An impressive début double album…and their approach to performing is equally inventive…” —The New Yorker

“Elaborate shows which feature the 10 or so members dressed as the aw-shucks residents of a fictional Southern town…breezy, melody-driven pop” —Village Voice

"What great fun in the form of a band called Balthrop, Alabama!" —Rainn Wilson (of The Office)

“Sweetly crooned loved songs inspired by apocalypse — a last kiss before the big bang…” —Memphis Flyer

“Always melody conscious, with a solid stash of hooks… enough people to fill a school board.” —Crawdaddy

“Eclectic — with songs of love, loss, and escape…great use of shared male/female vox…” —My Mix Tapes

“Like a raucous ad-hoc town meeting where everyone brings an instrument to play…” —Future Montgomery

“I’ve heard of the ‘concept album’, but this appears to be a ‘concept band’…” —Take Five, Asheville

“…like the touring company of ‘Barack Obama’s Rent’…” —Black & White, Birmingham

Member Since:

March 02, 2006

Members:

Jemison Thorsby - Pascal Balthrop
Georgiana Starlington - Lauren Balthrop
Douglas Snead - Chris Buckridge
Benton Whitehall - Matt Moon
Aurora Rockledge – Alex Suarez
Miss 12-Year-Old Babbie Jackson - Annie Nero
Clanton “Lake” Mitchell - Josh Kaufman
Luverne Dozier - Therese Cox
Grant Fyffe - Kyle Fischer
Titus Falkner - Jason Lawrence
Cotton Tyler Guin - Andrew Vladeck
Ansley Henderson – Mike Quoma

and NOW WITH:
Toxey Goodwater - Michael Arthur - ink & paper

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BOOKING: booking@balthropalabama.com