Eliza Jane Schneider, James Wylder, Lon Miller, Steve Sherak
Influences
Patsy Cline, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, Suzanne Vega, The Abajo, Linda Ronstadt, The Beatles, Dixie Chicks, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Imogen Heap, Bjork, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Indigo Girls, Uncle Earl, Old Crow Medicine Show, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Carter Family, Loretta Lynn, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Diamanda Galas, Kate Bush, Peter, Paul, & Mary
You've probably heard her voice several times without realizing it was her. Eliza Jane has talked and sung to you from your TV set in the voices of most of the female characters on Comedy Central's hit animated series, "South Park" and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, among countless others. Now listen to her real voice, blended harmoniously with the best musicians she could find from coast to coast: The Barnyard Gypsies.
The Gypsies cover Joni and Patsy tunes in a hilarious exact impression of the great singers, and then break the songs down into their own high-stepping fiddle enhanced interpretations. They play everything from hobo music --akin to that of the late Jimmy Rodgers-- in harmonies reminiscent of the Carter Family, to a unique feminist interpretation of Charlie Daniels’ hit, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” James Wylder’s deep haunting vocals bring to mind Johnny Cash, and when combined with Eliza Jane’s Emmylou Harris–like soprano, floating over their syncopated picking patterns on the twelve string guitar, bluegrass mandolin, and gypsy violin, audiences have been known to keep the band up all night, kicking up their heels, and begging for more.
History: Eliza Jane has fronting rock bands since she was sixteen. Her first was "IT'S MY PARTY!" a 60's style girl band that toured Rochester, NY. At UCLA, she played violin in "Gefilte Fuck," LA's favorite Jewish punk band. "Blue Girl" was her underground operatic electronica Burning Man science fiction rock opera about the return of the goddess, which won "Best of LA" in 2000, and then she sang for Electric Skychurch in Miami, recorded an album with country trio, "Honeypig," had a two week bluegrass stint with the Topanga Mountain Tree-O, played fiddle & sang with Old Bull, and just got off of a tour of the Caribbean, playing twin fiddles with The Fiddler, Dick Solberg, and The Sun Mountain Band. Now for the first time, she is appearing simply as Eliza Jane, performing and recording her own middle-eastern/ bluegrass acoustic rock solo music. Known in the voice-over & animation world as "The Woman of a Thousand Voices," more about Eliza Jane can be found at www.elizajane.com.
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Happy New Year! We wish you a very happy and healthy year. We hope it's a year of peace and prosperity for all. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
It was great spending time with you at the FAR-West conference this past weekend. We hope you had as much fun as we did. It's always tough to have to get back to the real world afterwards.
MISS ELIZA JANE THANKS FOR PLAYING YOUR HEART OUT YOU SOUNDED LOVELY AS ALWAYS... BEST WISHES IN YOUR TRAVELS, SEE YOU IN YOUR SAFE RETURN. PEACE KILLING CASSANOVA
GREAT GREAT GREAT NIGHT OF TUNES THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR GRACE AND THE SALOON MONDAY STAGE. CANT WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN MARCH 3RD SALOON MONDAY AT THE DRAGONFLY, WITH ANOTHER GREAT LINE UP... TIM O'GARA, AMILIA K SPICER, THE SKATANIC REDNECKS, JASON AND THE PUNKNECKS, AND YOURS TRUELY KILLING CASSANOVA... TIL WE SING AGAIN PEACE KILLING CASSANOVA AND THE SALOON MONDAY FRIENDS
Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucinations
It was a real pleasure getting to know you this weekend on our way to and at the FAR-West conference. We hope you enjoyed the weekend as much as we did. What an amazing few days. Let's do it again next year!
EJ: You are WONDERFUL! Love your music... great to meet you & glad we were able to share some time, some music & the show at Alberta Street. See ya down the road & best of luck to you!
