Durham Rule includes songwriter Rob Storrs on lead vocals, rhythm acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, and mandolin; David Taylor on lead electric guitar; Rebecca Agiewich on keyboards and lead and harmony vocals; Shae Fredericks on bass and lead and harmony vocals; and Dan Reed on drums.
Here's Dan Reed playing drums in his 80's band Overwhelming Colorfast!
Influences
Steve Earle, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, Uncle Tupelo, Bruce Springsteen, Gillian Welch, Jay Farrar, Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Iris Dement, Elvis Costello, and the Beatles are all major influences on my songwriting.
Here we are playing Gram Parsons' "High Fashion Queen" and Steve Earle's "Home to Houston".
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Sounds Like
Rob Storrs' songs incorporate many elements of American music. Traditional country, bluegrass, folk, mountain, pop, blues, and rock 'n' roll are combined to create his unique sound. Vocally, he is allegedly reminiscent of a strange union of Steve Earle and Elvis Costello. Durham Rule develops his sound further, exploring the wide musical range found in artists like Neil Young, Ryan Adams and Whiskeytown, Uncle Tupelo, and Steve Earle. Listen to this:
Born in Rota, Spain, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rob Storrs grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. His roots-based songs are reminiscent of such American artists as Steve Earle and Woody Guthrie. In addition to the aforementioned musicians, Storrs lists Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo and Jay Farrar, Ryan Adams, Neil Young, and Gram Parsons as major influences.
Starting with the drumkit at the age of 12, Storrs has consistently added to his palette of musical voices. He now focuses primarily on acoustic guitar and harmonica, though he is equally comfortable on bass; the mandolin has been his most recent, albeit burgeoning, addition.
Storrs has been in a variety of performing bands over the years, most recently Seattle's acoustic alt-country Dry & Dusty. His solo performance of the original composition "Barroom Girls" can be found on the Snoqualmie Valley Artists compilation Down at the Pumps and Grinds, recorded at Top of the Hill Music. Storrs also contributes vocals to the theme song "Down at the Pumps and Grinds" and bass to Lyn Jackson's "Magic Star".
Rob Storrs and Dave Taylor started playing together in the winter of 2005. They immediately hit it off and decided to form an Americana band; they had tremendous luck finding like-minded musicians in the Seattle area. First on board was vocalist and keyboardist (and published author) Rebecca Agiewich. Not too long after, bassist and vocalist Shae Fredericks joined. Original drummer Gary Miller was replaced by Dan Reed in the summer of 2006.
Hi, Great to have you as a friend!! Best wishes, Mike (Brett Huckfield's promo team). PS Please check out Brett's debut release 'Here Again' (available on iTunes, Amazon, Napster etc.) Hope you enjoy the music!!
Hey, Meltdown Festival Fans!
It's that time of year again, festival season is approaching. So a couple very important things to share with our friends, we moved the date of Meltdown this year a week later, August 14th-16th, 2009, same awesome location at the awe inspiring Darrington Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater! This is an initial line up below with many more bands about to be announced in the coming weeks! Click on the poster image and you can visit our website for more info on the bands and what is to come. Now is the time to mark your calendars and tell your friends about Meltdown Number 9. This is going to be one of the best years yet, but we are dependent upon people like you to spread the word and get your friends out to see what Meltdown is about.
Suite à la sortie toute récente de mon album, j’arrive en France pour une série de concerts. J’espère vous y croiser.
VICTOR DEME en tournée dans toute la France
MAI 2008 : 16 : Les Nuits Zébrées de Radio Nova (Paris) 17 : La Batterie à Guyancourt (78) 20 : l'Européen (Paris) JUIN 2008 : 21 : Fête de la Musique à Granville 28 : Fête d'été au Havre 29 : Fête d'été au Havre JUILLET 2008 : 03 : Festival LES NUITS COULEURS à Gignac (34) 05 : Festival des NUITS BLANCHES au Cannet des Maures (83) 11 : Festival MUSIQUES D'ETE à Cran-Gevrier (74)
18 : Festival des SUDS à ARLES (13) 25 : Festival SOIREES D'ETE à Chateau Giron (35)
27 : Festival SFINKS (Belgique) 30 : Festival ODYSSEY à Hagen (Allemagne) AOUT 2008 : 01er : Festival ODYSSEY à Mulheim (Allemagne) 02 : Festival ODYSSEY à Bochum (Allemagne) 08 : Festival ARD'AFRIQUE à Les Vans (07) 10 : Festival DU BOUT DU MONDE à Crozon (29)
A très bientôt,
PS : La semaine du 12 au 22 mai, vous pourrez aussi m’entendre en interview et en musique sur ces programmes :
Hey Hey,
Just checking in to see how things are going these days? Looking forward to meeting up at a show at some point. Keep in touch.
Cheers,
Matt & Kane
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