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Brooks West

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Released: Jan 23, 2006
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    dictator

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General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Folk Rock

    Location Fargo, North Dakota, Un

    Profile Views: 57871

    Last Login: 8/12/2012

    Member Since 1/22/2006

    Website www.brookswestmusic.com

    Record Label Magnolia Recording Company

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    The first guitar Brooks West picked up belonged to his uncle, a wheat farmer in North Dakota (and not a guitar player himself). Since then, this Fargo North Dakota native has gone on to write well over one hundred songs, blending elements of contemporary folk, country, and pop. The son of a mortician and a school teacher, Brooks has a unique outlook on life that shapes his eclectic repertoire. His songs cover subjects ranging from death and destruction to love and hope and even the occasional ballad to office supplies. Over the past ten years, Brooks has performed in coffee shops, bars, colleges, festivals, and benefits across a good portion of the country. Some career highlights have included playing the national anthem for a sell-out crowd of more than 4,500 minor league baseball fans, and having opening slots for such nationally known acts as Grammy Award winner, Doc Watson, The Duhks, Dan Bern, Jeffrey Gaines, The Roches, KellyJoe Phelps,The Hackensaw Boys, Jeff Lang, Ingrid Michaelson, Shawn Mullins and more. After spending seven years in Pennsylvania and one in Nashville, Brooks has returned to his midwestern roots where he continues to play and write.

  • Members

    99% of the time i'm all alone up there, but every once in a while i find a friend. Matt Raum is the mandolinist/multi-instrumentalist who has been my main man when it comes to fleshing out my albums, but my pal Greg Koons has played some guitar at some shows as well. ..

  • Influences

    Dylan, Difranco, Springsteen, Dan Bern, Stuart Davis, Patty Griffin, Peter Gabriel, Greg Brown, Chris Smither, and the list goes on and on. oh, also alcohol, my parents, my mood, and peer pressure.

  • Sounds Like

    Loudon Wainwright III, Richard Shindell, Dan Bern

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  1. Brooks West

    Brooks West has a show on 05/12/2013 at 07:00 PM @ The Ho Do Lounge in Fargo, ND http://lnk.ms/f1xTT #concert

  2. Brooks West

    Brooks West has a show on 05/05/2013 at 06:00 PM @ Bar Nine in West Fargo, ND http://lnk.ms/f8qD6 #concert

  3. Brooks West

    Brooks West has a show on 05/05/2013 at 06:00 PM @ Bar Nine in West Fargo, ND http://lnk.ms/f87YJ #concert

  4. Brooks West

    Brooks West has a show on 04/24/2013 at 08:00 PM @ John Alexander's in Moorhead, MN http://lnk.ms/dz3Q7 #concert

  5. Brooks West

    Brooks West has a show on 04/14/2013 at 07:00 PM @ The Ho Do Lounge in Fargo, ND http://lnk.ms/f5Tm8 #concert

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