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Blind Pilot
Acoustic / Indie / Pop

www.blindpilotmusic.com



Portland, Oregon
United States

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Member Since7/19/2006
Band Websitewww.blindpilotmusic.com
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Publicity
In Music We Trust
EMAIL
503.557.9661


Sacks & Co.
EMAIL
212.741.1000


Booking
Paradigm
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212.897.6400

Management
Red Light Management
EMAIL
434.245.4900

Record LabelExpunged Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 20 2009 8:00P
Bell House w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Brooklyn, New York
Nov 21 2009 9:00P
Club Cafe w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov 23 2009 8:00P
The Ark w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Ann Arbor, Michigan
Nov 24 2009 8:00P
Radio Radio w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov 25 2009 8:00P
Lincoln Hall w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Chicago, Illinois
Nov 27 2009 10:00P
Jackpot Saloon w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Lawrence, Kansas
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
Bluebird Theater w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Denver, Colorado
Nov 29 2009 9:00P
Urban Lounge w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov 30 2009 8:00P
The Linen Building w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Boise, Idaho
Dec 2 2009 8:00P
Neumos w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Seattle, Washington
Dec 3 2009 8:00P
Biltmore Cabaret w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames (**NOTE VENUE CHANGE**) Vancouver, British Columbia
Dec 4 2009 8:00P
Wonder Ballroom w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Portland, Oregon
Dec 5 2009 8:00P
Wonder Ballroom w/ Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames Portland, Oregon

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There’s no shortage of angles to Blind Pilot’s story: the tours by bicycle, the sheer volume of iTunes downloads, the dizzying ride from relative obscurity to headlining a national club tour in less than a year. But the real story of Portland, Oregon’s Blind Pilot is about the songs. Led by the acoustic guitar and gentle voice of songwriter Israel Nebeker, Blind Pilot’s heartfelt music is the sort that cultivates devotion among fans, that elicits sing-alongs at concerts, that inspires late- night mixtapes.

Portland is a city positively littered with folk-pop bands, but the sincerity and modesty of Blind Pilot’s music stands out from the pack. Once heard, the gorgeously seductive songs are not easily shaken or forgotten, as more and more people are discovering. The band has performed on Carson Daly’s show, has opened arena shows in England, has been selected as iTunes’ Single of the Week—but these achievements belie the intimacy of the group’s music. After a busy summer that included the Lollapalooza, Sasquatch!, and Outside Lands festivals and a high-profile slot opening for fellow Portlanders the Decemberists on select dates, Blind Pilot is embarking on a national headlining tour to support their magnanimous debut, 3 Rounds and a Sound, released last year on Expunged Records. Initially a duo of Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski, the group now includes Kati Claborn on banjo and dulcimer, Luke Ydstie on upright bass, Dave Jorgensen on trumpet and harmonium, and Ian Krist on vibraphone.

Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski first met as college students at the University of Oregon. They played together in the occasional band, but the roots of Blind Pilot didn’t take hold until the two friends spent a summer abroad in Newquay, England, a laidback surfing town in the coastal county of Cornwall. Nebeker says, “The first night we saw a musician playing on the street. A cop came up and we thought, ‘This guy’s going to get busted.’ But the cop stood and listened, then flipped a pound into the guy’s case and walked off. So we said, ‘Oh, we’re doing this!’” Nebeker strummed an acoustic guitar while Dobrowski, a fine art student, kept time on a makeshift percussion kit constructed out of a sketchpad and pencil tin. “I used that sketchpad more as an instrument than for artwork,” laughs Dobrowski. “By the end of the summer, the tin was all flared out from me hitting it.”

After that summer of busking by the English seaside, it was a couple more years before Blind Pilot became a serious endeavor, but when Nebeker and Dobrowski decided to focus on making music as a duo, they again sought the ocean air for inspiration. In 2006, the pair relocated to the dramatic landscape of Oregon’s Pacific coast, a few miles north of Gearhart, Oregon, where Nebeker grew up. His hometown memories are strung throughout the lyrics to 3 Rounds’ “Things I Cannot Recall”: “We took off sleeping by the river and the beaches in your car/Up where you taught me how to drive a stick and told me your family secret.”

In the fishing town of neighboring Astoria, Oregon, the pair camped out on the top floor of an old cannery to prepare songs without outside distraction. The building jutted out into the water, not far from where the Columbia River’s broad mouth collides with the Pacific Ocean. Against that tumultuous backdrop, the gentle songs took sturdy formation. Nebeker’s honest delivery, accompanied by Dobrowski’s uncluttered timekeeping, steered a batch of very personal songs to completion—much like the river’s pilot boats, from which Blind Pilot derived their name, guide the mammoth, freight-laden barges up the Columbia.

Both avid cyclists, Nebeker and Dobrowski decided their next move would be a tour by bicycle. Once the songs were together, and a batch of CDRs was readied and hand-pressed, the two embarked without a map or any gigs scheduled. They biked down the West Coast, playing wherever they could along the way. The effort of touring by bicycle was reward in itself. “If we rode all day and we couldn’t find a show, or we played for just ten people, we still felt good about our day,” remembers Dobrowski.

The first Blind Pilot bike tour started in Vancouver and ended abruptly in San Francisco after their bikes were stolen. But when 3 Rounds and a Sound was finished in Portland last year, they toured again by bicycle, this time making it all the way down to San Diego with new members Claborn and Ydstie in tow—Ydstie’s upright bass lumbering behind in a coffin-like trailer. Says Nebeker of touring by bike, “Ironically, the harder you worked, the more fun you had, as long as it’s good work for a good reason. When you just sit all day in a van, that’s not as much fun.” Of course, for this upcoming national tour, Blind Pilot will be traveling by van—a circumstance borne out of practicality, and a necessary side effect of the group’s remarkably quick success—but they hold future hopes to tour by bicycle again as soon as possible.

In the meantime, the songs of 3 Rounds and a Sound have stood up after countless miles of road- travel, and Blind Pilot has evolved into a live unit whose group dynamic elevates the music with a seemingly effortless grace. On record, songs like “The Story I Heard,” and “Go On, Say It” are intimately personal meditations, but in the live setting, they take on a communal, celebratory air. The luminosity of Nebeker’s voice is buttressed by Claborn’s and Ydstie’s soaring harmonies, and the folk-spun, roots-inspired arrangements take on both the austere gorgeousness of classical chamber music, and the breathing, perspiring qualities of a great rock ’n’ roll show.

“They’re playing our song/Can you see the lights?” sings Nebeker in 3 Rounds’ title track. “Can you hear the hum of our song? I hope they get it right/I hope we dance tonight before we get it wrong/And the seasons will change us new.”

Those lyrics are of careful optimism, accepting of the ever-changing nature of things—but Blind Pilot already has much to look forward to. Very near the start of their journey, they’ve reached a broader audience than they’d ever imagined, yet they’re not willing to make themselves comfortable, even insisting that their first European tour will be via bicycle. “And one of the things I’m most excited about recording the next album is to see how different we can make it,” Nebeker adds. “The sound that we have going is working really well right now, but I’m totally excited to mess it up.” !!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!! Custom top banner code by Eileen !!! End Code To Apply Top Banner !!!

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vintagemania

Vintage Mania



Nov 22 2009 7:48 PM

thanks 4 the add, nice music...
ArtsavesLife☮

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Nov 22 2009 5:31 AM

yay!
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Lydia marlene

Lydia marlene



Nov 20 2009 9:25 PM

Hello.
I ve got new songs and you are really welcome to listen to them
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It would be nice for me to know your opinion.
see you later
Greetings Lydia marlene : )
AnGeLa D

Angela D



Nov 19 2009 11:40 PM

See you at the Bowery tonight!
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Nov 19 2009 4:45 PM

I really wish your tour would stop by California. :[
Strangeletter

Strangeletter



Nov 19 2009 9:42 AM

Hey, we're playing at the Ash Street Saloon.....Nov 22nd....CDs WILL BE available!!.....also, we'll have music available at CDBaby.com and iTunes, soon......hope to see ya there....
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Courtney

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Nov 18 2009 12:59 AM

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Annapurna Mellor



Nov 17 2009 7:39 PM

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your music is so beautiful!
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Courtney

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Nov 17 2009 12:12 PM

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Nov 16 2009 3:48 AM

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Courtney

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Nov 14 2009 3:26 PM

Good morning,

thanks for the add..happy to have you as a friend here.

Have a great week ahead!


:)
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Nov 13 2009 10:32 PM

Hi Guy's..Stopping By To Wish You A Wonderful & Safe Weekend..Your Friend Jimmy Drew
le.ah

Leah Blumer



Nov 13 2009 9:18 PM

I don't plan ANYTHING, however, my December 2nd is penciled in. Yeah, yeah, yeah! And at Neumos...just up the street. Perfect. Can't wait, it's been too long! xo, l
Archeology (has NEW MUSIC up!)

Archeology (has NEW MUSIC up!)



Nov 13 2009 7:40 PM

way to represent Portland guys!
caught the last show in town and it was incredible

cordially,
archeology
Haqim

Haqim



Nov 12 2009 6:10 AM

wonderful
cheers :D
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Nov 11 2009 5:50 PM

Thank you so much for the add! Your support means so much to us! And remember: If you like what you hear, send us your e-mail address! We will send you "New Beginnings" and "Tek No" for free! :) Have a great day!

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austin miller [music]

austin miller [music]



Nov 9 2009 8:56 AM

amazing show in orlando. i really hope i'll be able to see you guys again soon. best of luck on the rest of the tour!
Pedantic Music Promotions

Pedantic Music Promotions



Nov 9 2009 6:43 AM

Hi everyone!!

For the month of November only we are offering 250 business cards AND 100 postcards to advertise your band/business for only $40!!

If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer then email:

pedanticmusicpromotions@gmail.com

We can forward you the photoshop template which you can use to create your own artwork, or for $60 we can create the artwork for you, based on the ideas you have.

It's very simple, and delivery is included in the price!!

Look forward to hearing from you,

Sincerely,

Daniel

Pedantic Music Promotions
nikki

nikki



Nov 7 2009 4:11 PM

Saw you in Tallahassee, FL a few days ago. You guys were brilliant! I hope you make it back to Florida next time you tour! I took some photos at the show, too... =)

http://i36.tinypic.com/2v00bck.jpg

Have fun with the rest of the tour!

~Nikki
Venus in the dust

Venus in the dust



Nov 7 2009 8:57 AM

Thanks for the add! Have a great weekend!

Venus

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Sunset Empire

Sunset Empire



Nov 7 2009 3:10 AM

watch out for Taco Bell. I'm serious, it'll kill you, sure they've got the black jack and the volcano, not to forget the ever tempting chalupa... just don't succumb.

good luck on the tour, catch you sometime on the otherside. But, seriously... don't do it.
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