Dum Spiro Spero

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Black Sheep

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Black Sheep
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When the Dust Settles
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Eleven Arrows
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Georgia
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Latest Blog Entries

Aug 14, 2010 7:00 AM Illegitimus non Carborundum Tour 2010
Aug 14, 2010 5:33 AM Illegitimus non Carborundum Tour 2010
Sep 12, 2009 6:00 AM Interview with Jesse Guy Noll and Dum Spiro Spero in Ashland OR
Sep 12, 2009 5:59 AM DumSpiroSpero.mp3 - Cara Cottingham's MySpace Blog |
Jul 16, 2009 8:15 PM Last day on the road...

General Info

Genre: Folk Rock / Fusion / Roots Music
Location San Francisco Bay Area, Un
Profile Views: 29545
Last Login: 3/7/2013
Member Since 10/28/2008
Website www.dumspirosperomusic.com
Record Label I Am We Productions
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Many bands come and go, but Dum Spiro Spero is here to stay for as long as they are alive and breathing. The band's name, Dum Spiro Spero, is latin for "While I Breathe I Hope", and the group has been breathing and hoping and bringing new life to music and new music to life for over 7 years now. The band was originally formed on a train traveling north to Seattle after seeing a passage of poetry tattooed on a stranger aboard. The passage became the band's name and motto from that moment forward. They incorporated the message along with the many various forms of music they were inspired by to drive the direction they would go in. The band feels they cross many genres such as Hard Folk, Gothic Americana, and Alternative Rock without ever falling stagnant into one concrete sound. Though this variation in genre and tone can vary from song to song, Dum Spiro Spero says, "our music is unified by a driving theme: The creative rebirth of hope out of the decay of apathy and destruction. We weave new tapestries of soundscape that sets us apart from the common thread. We have dreams of travel, music, art, self sufficiency, land stewardship, bringing people together and changing the world." The actual make-up of the band is one part that has changed with time. After traveling down from Seattle, the band really started to take shape on the tailgate of a pickup truck in an old gas station parking lot in Berkeley, California. At this point Dum Spiro Spero was a guitar and banjo songwriting duo. The first addition came from another unlikely location; a violinist and a saw player were found in a horse barn in the Oakland Hills. Since then the band has added and changed members but the current lineup usually consists of a banjo/guitarist, vocals, saw/accordionist, violinist, an upright bass and drummer. Dum Spiro Spero currently has two self released EPs: 2009 Caveat Emptor 2010 Illegitimus non Carborundum. Their third EP, entitled Carpe Diem, Carpe Nocturnum is due out this Fall. They have been on 4 west coast tours and 1 US tour last summer. Dum Spiro Spero regularly plays at many local bay area venues and their events can be found on their website or on Facebook.
Members
Bowie Johnson (Guitar, Banjo, Vox) Anthony Yousko (Saw) Mouse Menough (Drums) Rafael Rangell (Violin) Past Musicians: Tom Ferguson (Bass) Autumn Turley (Violin, Cello) Rik Murray (Bass, Vox) Mark Koperweis (Drums) Anthony Sanchez (Guitar, Vox) Chad Owens (Lead Guitar, Vox) Jude Wright (Bass) Missa (Trumpet, Flute) Ricky from Blue Velvet Gypsy(guitar)
Influences
The World... It is Alive... With the Sound of Music. The Living. The Dead. Turn Signals and Rain Drops. Engines of Progress, Catalysts of Change. Manifesting OUR own realities TOGETHER...LOVE, Unity, The Elements, THe Kosmos, REason, Logic, PEACE, war, PHILOsophy...ETERNITY...
Sounds Like
A Symphonic Universe painted with Rainbows and Birdsong and Shellacked in Thunder Claps ..