WHO WE'VE PLAYED WITH:
M. Ward, Okkervil River, Akron/Family, Howe Gelb, Smog, Lambchop, The Black Heart Proccssion, Autumn Defense (members of Wilco), Little Wings, Richard Buckner, Nik Frietas, Lowlights, Charlamagne, Golden Boots, Kimya Dawson, Brett Dennon, The Cairo Gang, Haley Bonner, Norfolk & Western, Laura Viers, Karl Blau, Neko Case, Mendoza Line, Scout Niblet, Holly Throsby, Danny Barnes (Bad Livers), +many others.
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STUFF PEOPLE SAY:
" exhilarating."
-San Francisco Chronicle
" Clever and perfect ."
-Smother Magazine
" a small epic."
-Slightly Confusing To A Stranger
" deft wordplay"
-2005 TAMMIES Best New Band Runner-Up (Critics Choice)
"Equal parts Neil Young, Giant Sand and Will Oldham... Laid back, thoughtful, sad and heartbreakingly beautiful."
"'fabulous word play... genius. Comprised of beautiful melodies and laid-back grooves saturated by affecting, poignant poetry -'Songs' is a must-have." -Jamie Manser, Downtown Tucsonan
"Highly entertaining.... gorgeous."
-aznightbuzz.com
"A fine songwriter who... invoked the cracked tones of Will Oldham. Highlights were many "
- Stephen Siegel, Tucson Weekly
The record setting heat wave that crashed Tucson, AZ's summer of 2003 provided ample inspiration to head for the indoors and hit the fans, sync up the old Tascams and make use of the red buttons and battered Music Man amplifiers. With heat stroked back drop and rhythm section provided by the wonderous Golden Boots, Campo Bravo was born a celebratory, if premature, birth.
The first demos, packaged as 'Electric Jumping Horses', began circulating the cozy confines of Tucson's adobe abodes in 2004 and soon Campo Bravo was opening for the likes of M. ward, Smog, Akron/Family, and Okkervil River. Eventually headlining capacity shows at Tucson's best venues and traversing America's fractured landscape in the kind of vans that had mechanic's cringing, all the while willing to take our meager road funds for services exchaged.
By 2006 Campo Bravo had released an EP and a full length on KEEP Recordings and was touring nationally with Darla Records' The Lowlights and Side Cho's Charlamagne. In Madison Wisconsin doses of LSD were administered and time was stopped, matters considered. In a fit of barefooted vision, MM pulled the plug on the Tucson model of Campo Bravo, packed his suitcase and headed home to San Francisco to reform the band in it's spiritual and musical home on the egge of the continent. Rock n Roll monster drummer Anthony Orion, guitar destroyer Ben Reisdorph and Lesh-ian explorer Steve Spar were brought in and offered equal shares in the company. The boys jelled, the rock n roll began to rock, things got dirty and, eventually, filthy.
Somewhere betwixt, MM and SS flew to Denver CO and recorded a batch of songs with Chris Adolf (Love Letter Band) and later honed and added parts with Nik Freitas (Team Love Records) in his Los Angeles studio, Poppy Peak. That album is called 'Denver Lights & Eagle Rock Dreamer' and we hope you like it, we understand if you dont, no radio dreams here, only rock n roll voices in our heads, acid gospel hollers and late night stage fallers.
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hey remember when we were listening to Sketches of Spain while working and this customer guy comes up to us and asks, "can you play something that is more easy on the ear?" And you said, "this is Miles Davis. "
you might have escaped the wrath of mertlyn last fortnight. but the east bay cauldron shall stir a primal fog to follow you. For our next cackling dance shall be in ye castle o Edinburgh
Bravo!.... Campo... Congrats on the new indie label signing. Italy, eh?... Puh-retty sa-weet. Take me with you. I'll learn the freakin french horn if that's what it takes!
