Doug Kwartler - lead vox, guitars
John Henry Trinko - piano, hammond, melodica, accordian, back vox
Doug Drewes - upright bass & bass guitar
Michael Leuci - drums
Influences
Springsteen, Pat Martino, Jackson Browne, Wilco, Son Volt, Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Tim Easton, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Kathleen Edwards, Tom Petty, Brian Setzer, The Who, T.Bone Burnett, Ray Lamontagne, Brandi Carlile, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., John Henry Trinko, Michael Leuci, Austin Kuebler...
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Silver Meteor is Doug Kwartlers second solo release and sticks close to his alternative country roots. Kwartler paints incredibly vivid pictures of the American landscape, and the imagery created is rich and meaningful. Lyrics on Come on City Save My Soul (Wilmington)" create a sense of mysterious hope such as when you return home after being away for too long. The songs on Silver Meteor, all written by Kwartler, are country-breathed and as honest as they are haunting. The lyrics are fantastic. Show me your bullets and Ill show you my gun, from I Need Your Darkness is dazzling in its effectiveness. The playing on Silver Meteor is just as evolved as the songwriting. Kwartler, who has been playing guitar since he was 15, does a masterful job escorting the music through the songs and shows a knack for creating drama in the music; a pause here and there to allow the piano or fiddle to come through sets the dramatic tone of the record without weighing it down. (Lance Looper) - Pop Culture Press, Austin, TX
Silver Meteor is an act of faith. It has to be. There is such a quiet sense of urgency to this record, the second solo release by New York songwriter Doug Kwartler, that it needs to be rooted in the music that got us through -- folk, country, rock and roll, and whatever else it has been cross-pollinated or categorized with; in other words, American roots music. The lineage of great voices we know - Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Jay Farrar - have used this music as a palette of vast expression. At times, even in these great careers, this power comes across with impatience and restlessness. In the finest instances though, these voices create documents that capture a moving moment in an artist's history. These cases -- Nebraska, Trace, Blood on the Tracks, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road -- are steeped faithfully in American roots music as if there's no time to stray while speaking breathlessly in unbelievable spaces, as if there are no words to spare. - Austin Kuebler
Bio
Doug Kwartler's musical upbringing was filled with the enduring storytelling of Bruce Springsteen, the in-your-face folk-rock of Tom Petty and the rockabilly twang of Brian Setzer. He began playing guitar at age 15.
Initially influenced by Brian Setzer, a fellow Long Islander, Kwartler soon bought his first guitar - a 1963 Gretsch Atkins Nashville Model. He quickly learned the rockabilly riffs of Perkins, Cochran, Vincent and of course, Setzer.
Soon, other guitarists like Keith Richards and Pete Townshend would influence his style. It was their influence that made Doug want to perform on stage. At that time however, his dream was only to become a great guitar player. All that changed when in 1984, Doug's older brother brought home Born In The USA. "Springsteen has been the most influential artist on me as a musician. He made me want to be a songwriter. "Additional influences Doug sites are Tom Petty, Dylan, Johnny Cash, Jay Farrar, Jackson Browne and Woody Guthrie.
In addition to being a songwriter and performer, Doug also produces and records albums and music for other artists in his Long Island, NY, Hollow Body Studios. Artists such as: Austin Kuebler, Alli Collis, Dave Isaacs, David Jaye, Stuart Markus, Deborah Lombardi and The Repercussions have all recorded there. Hollow Body Studios website: www.hollowbodystudios.com
Check out a video from Doug's other project The Northerners @ the Mercury Lounge in NYC. Click
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The Darnell Rancher album is great, especially because Hadley Mollay plays bass on it...everyone thought he was done with music after that equestrian accident.
Ghost is one of my favorites. Thank you for your compliments on the new song. Still working out the phrasing a little bit and then I am going to attempt a real recording of it.
