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Balthrop, Alabama
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Member Since3/2/2006
Band Websitebalthropalabama.com
Band MembersJemison Thorsby - Pascal Balthrop
Georgiana Starlington - Lauren Balthrop
Douglas Snead - Chris Buckridge
Benton Whitehall - Matt Moon
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

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

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BOOKING: booking@balthropalabama.com
Sounds LikeA whole town full of people hollerin' about dead people they used to love.
Record LabelEnd Up Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 7 2009 8:00P
Howler’s Coyote Cafe Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 8 2009 8:00P
The Strutt Kalamazoo, Michigan
Jul 9 2009 8:00P
Reggie’s Music Joint Chicago, Illinois
Jul 10 2009 7:00P
The Ring Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
The Fallout Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jul 12 2009 6:00P
The Aquarium w/ Josh Ritter!! Fargo, North Dakota
Jul 14 2009 8:00P
Bones Brewing Billings, Montana
Jul 15 2009 8:00P
The Badlander Missoula, Montana
Jul 16 2009 8:00P
The Blvd Spokane, Washington
Jul 19 2009 8:00P
Dante’s Portland, Oregon
Jul 20 2009 9:00P
Elbo Room San Francisco, California
Jul 22 2009 6:00P
Last Stage West BBQ Atascadero, California
Jul 23 2009 11:00P
Molly Malone’s Los Angeles, California
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
The Rogue Bar Phoenix, Arizona
Jul 26 2009 9:30P
The Hut Tucson, Arizona
Jul 27 2009 8:00P
Burt’s Tiki Lounge Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jul 28 2009 8:00P
Golden Light Cafe Amarillo, Texas
Jul 29 2009 8:00P
The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jul 31 2009 8:00P
Casa Cantina Athens, Ohio
Aug 1 2009 10:00P
Tritone Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 29 2009 8:00P
MASS MoCA North Adams, Massachusetts

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   About Balthrop, Alabama
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



Subway Songs - Cowboys Songs Tour 2009 Poster
by Alex Brooks at Press 817



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Susan Chamberlain





Jul 4 2009 12:15 AM

Dearest Balthrop, your tunes make me want to hitch a ride with a handsome cowboy....pack one suitcase filled with uke's and bells....and go skinny dipping in a song river where there's a band of trumpets on the shore.....the saloon door is still a swingin-

sending you starshine for your summer tour
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Jun 21 2009 1:08 AM

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Jun 19 2009 11:40 PM

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Fanny





Jun 17 2009 3:24 PM

thankx for adding ... muacks
Joshawere





Jun 11 2009 4:58 PM

Please come back to AMABALA
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Jun 11 2009 1:23 PM

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The Honeycutters





Jun 5 2009 5:28 PM

Hey, looks like we're gonna be opening up for ya'll at the Casa! Looking forward to it!
lizzie





May 18 2009 5:53 PM

hey great show at the nelsonville music fest you guys rocked it even with the weather on saturday!!! keep a rockin'!!!
Fanny





May 12 2009 10:06 PM

hi there
thankx for adding
keep in touch
stay coOL
*HUGZ*
Andrew Vladeck





May 12 2009 2:09 AM

i love you guys.
Wayango





May 11 2009 3:53 PM

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Stacy





May 5 2009 9:05 PM

I found your music searching my last name "Balthrop." I love your music. Why Balthrop? If you ever come to Memphis I would like for you guys to come record at Sun Studio. Watched your drunk journal- Wow that must run in the family.It looks all to familiar
Dawn Drake





May 4 2009 9:10 PM

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Apr 22 2009 6:57 PM

what up BALTHROP!!!?!?!?!?!? love
MoonAngel





Apr 16 2009 3:43 AM

Yay for Rainn! I love your music!
Peace ~A~
a million billion





Apr 11 2009 6:42 PM

the delancey show was incredible!
Caithlin De Marrais





Mar 28 2009 4:04 PM

Good morning.
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Mar 21 2009 7:51 PM

so what's the deal with the montevallo show?
The LowDown ThrowDown





Feb 23 2009 8:53 PM

Can't wait for the show at Fred's Feed and Seed! Loachapoka loves you
Jayme B





Feb 17 2009 5:58 PM

Awesome!!! Well if any of ya'll need some sleepin arrangements or anythin let us know Can't Wait to See You Guys in Action Again!!!!
Jayme B





Feb 16 2009 5:07 PM

Hey Guys We Miss You here in Huntsville We'll prolly make the short trip when ya get to B-HaM BUT you guys and gals should definately come back to Huntsville!!! I'd be more than happy to convert my livin room into a motel of sorts anytime you're always welcome!!!
Anvil Thunderhead





Feb 12 2009 3:19 PM

Thanks for the friendship, Anvil digs your sound!
Carly Ann





Feb 11 2009 7:33 PM

Memphis? You guys should come through Nashville! :)
*** General Muffin Stonewall Kissinger





Feb 4 2009 9:07 PM

i don't know but i will check when i go on thursday
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