forrest whitlow (www.forrestwhitlow.com)...songwriter, singer, guitars, harmonica..................................................................................
My new CD, 7, is out and available at CDBaby.com or at live shows. .................................................................................................
http://cdbaby.com/cd/whitlow5 .......................................................................................................
I'm doing mostly solo gigs and with Rick Gray on lead guitar.
Influences
Beck, Ryan Adams, Todd Wiseman, Yo La Tengo, Luna, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch, Andrew Gold, Roberta Flack, Wilco, Pixies, SonVolt, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Matthew Sweet, Concrete Blonde, Nick Drake, Aimee Mann, Bruce Cockburn, Neil Young, Oh My God, The Motels, Crash Test Dummies, Bob Dylan, Beatles, John Lennon, Bread, EmmyLou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and The Pretenders and Jackson Brown and Joe Walsh. yes.....and not to forget The Dandy Warhols, Badly Drawn Boy, Nuetral Milk Hotel, and Spoon and yes Pearl Jam. Most of all not to forget Elliott Smith and Nirvana. (and Craig Keen, my philosophy prof.)
Sounds Like
Beck, Elliott Smith, Neil Young, shite, Luna, Merle Haggard, Wilco, aaaaaa forrest whitlow/??????? ".....a cross between fats domino and pancho garcia"....NME
I am from kentucky. I went to college in Tennessee. I went to graduate school in Kansas City. I lived three years in the lone star state (DFW). The heat became unbearable and so did the weather. I left her or she left me and i moved around a bit from texas to michigan to kentucky to kansas. i was too serious a student in philosophy and theological studies to enjoy the music scene in Nashville when i lived there for my bachelor's degree. my musical life rebellion started relatively late. though i was given an electric guitar when i was a wee tike, and there was a piano in the house, and i sung in church and college choirs. i didn't start writing songs on acoustic guitar till my late 20's. Poetry came first in college and graduate school and then after my world view collapsed in texas or as it was collapsing i started writing songs on the Fender acoustic i got in my early 20's. when i finally worked my way (broke as a cardboard sign carrying street person) back to Kansas City in the early 90's...i traded my fender straight up with a friend for a black yamaha acoustic that i still have. i started attending less church and more bars or more music started to come out of me. back in the 80's...my first tour of KC i got my master's of divinity at Nazarene Theological Seminary. there i concentrated in philosophical and theological studies. My second tour was to break free from the crutch of a god filled world to one of creating my own world without the constructs of the church or any organizations of dogma. by the early 90's i considered myself a songwriter, and an agnostic. I still believed in the world, the universe, the natural law and chaos of things. i joined a songwriter's guild, built my confidence there, playing out in coffee houses every weekend. then i started getting my own solo gigs. by then i had surrounded myself with musician friends and made my first studio recording of 8 songs back in 1993. That one was never released but it's in the vault. My first studio recording for release came in 1995. November 24. One day we recorded 10 songs and added another from another session which was the title track "Vacation". Everybody loved that acoustic quiet record. rick gray, todd wiseman and rechelle malin were on that record. to this day it's the fave of many of my fans. in fact, some like nothing else i've done since. HELLO!...in the next 10 years i've recorded and self-released 5 more full length recordings on my Neitzsche influenced record label "Eternal Return Music": Love and Garbage '98, Patch of Blue '01, Into the Gloaming '02, Land of X '03, and Sunrise in Reverse '05. Currently as we enter '07, i'm recording a new record. it'll be number 7. Music is only part of my life. I have a day job working with my favorite people, the chronically and severely mentally ill. My gigs and my caseloads ... this is my parish. I spread the gospel according to forrest wherever i go. sometimes it works and sometimes the shit doesn't stick. but i've been stubborn enough to keep believing in the dictum of creating my own world. Music and songwriting is a lonely trek. but when ya come up with a good song, a good record, it's worth leaving behind a lot of people you've loved. it's like a disease. it's forrest dis-ease. i still love you all, wherever you are. somewhere in these tattered tunes...you still exist. : )
oh my god, a little punctuation causes a big problem. i said HAVE YOU HEARD THAT 2009 IS THE YEAR OF RISK TAKING. hells no i am still here in the hub of acoustica -- kansas city mo
Good news! More acoustic music upstairs at Blayney's -- every other Wednesday night from 7-9 pm! POUNCE Marketing will organize the line-up and handle the promotion, and we're hoping for a great turn-out.
Our first gig will be Wednesday, October 29. Jim Abel will headline, joined by Duane Woner and Larry Garrett to start.
On Wednesday, November 12 Rick Malsick will headline (shhh, don’t tell anyone… it’s his birthday!), and Elaine McMilian and Jim Herrmann will open.
Let me know if you'd like to play, and come out to join us for a drink – alcoholic or otherwise – and some great music.
so here is the deal... this friday.. october 24th.. we are going to pre-halloween party.. you have the costume.. why not get more use out of it!! we will have fun and good times.. BYOB 8pm - like lets say 3am.. hit me back with a comment if you think you wanna come.. friends are A-OKAY!
I picked up your new album awhile ago, and I really enjoy it. I was waiting untill I ran into you to tell you but I seems that is not in the stars. I hope your shinning brightly.
Forrest, So happy to hear the start of your set at Blayney's on Saturday night. It would be easy to get lost in your songs. Looking forward to more at Watkins Mill and Davey's on Sept-16.
I’ve posted a new song on myspace about the ongoing antics of our KC mayor. It’s called Funk’s Way Redux and you can also catch it on the Star’s Prime Buzz site. Check it out!
The popular Folk on the Patio series continues at SPIN! this Monday night, August 25 with singer/songwriter Laura Lisbeth performing at the Overland Park restaurant from 6-8 p.m.
Music will continue at the Lee’s Summit restaurant with talented finger-style guitarist Rick Malsick playing from 6-8 p.m.
And… SPIN is starting music at the Olathe restaurant this week! Jim Abel will be playing his unique brand of folk and alternative music from 6-8 p.m. on the patio. Come out for a great pizza, a cool drink, and some terrific music!
hey,if your ever in the northland,and ever want to see a movie,come by screenland on Armour rd. I need to practice my bartending. We have a full bar,a full kitchen,and A sound system that will render you deaf,and of course reclining seats. If you come by I can hook you up. prt of the fun of working. Congradulations on all your concerts and now videos?Wow,I am very happy for you.Bye. Z.
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