Geoff Baker
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Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Indie
Location San Francisco, Un
Profile Views: 50992
Last Login: 1/23/2013
Member Since 10/10/2004
Website www.geoff-baker.com
Record Label Six String Whispers Music
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Geoff Baker was born in Los Angeles and raised all over the place. At the age of 14, he borrowed a guitar and never really gave it back. He likes his dreams impossible and his drinks neat, and he generally sings songs about things that went wrong. -
Members
Geoff Baker with: On "Where Are You Now?" (2011), Bruce Kaphan, Austin Faxon, John Mescall, Melissa Lynn Lincoln, and Sarah Jean. On "Adding Up the Everything We Lost" (2008), Austin Faxon On "Know the Rain Here" (2004), Molly Burke and Jeff Russ On "Patriot Acts" (2004), Chris Wargo and Eric Kvortek -
Influences
Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Jay Farrar, Son Volt, Neil Young, Kings of Convenience, John Adams, Ryan Adams, Christy Moore, Nick Drake, Tift Merritt, Mississippi John Hurt, Elvis Costello, Woody Guthrie, Replacements, New Order, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Greg Brown, Indigo Girls, Joy Division, Pogues, Wire, Leonard Cohen, Lemonheads, Jeff Buckley, Mary Gauthier, Arvo Paert, Mark Eitzel, Low, Moldy Peaches, Lou Reed, The Walkabouts, Elliott Smith, Wilco, Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon, Sinead Lohan, Pedro the Lion, Billy Bragg, Magnetic Fields, Band of Horses, Beck, Brer Brian, Gram Parsons, Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Taj Mahal, Teenage Fanclub, Stone Roses, Emmylou Harris, The Shins, Close Lobsters, Nick Cave, and in the name of all that is holy Will Smith. -
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"Adding Up the Everything We Lost," 5-song EP, 2008
"excellent lyrics...arresting images...Baker promises much and here delivers it"
........--Paul Kerr, Americana UK
"Know the Rain Here," 12-song album, 2004
"beautifully detailed, bittersweet, funny, haunting and uplifting"
........--The Orion (Chico, California)
"Patriot Acts," 5-song EP, 2004
"great young US singer-songwriter with a fine line in protest song"
........--Time Out (London)
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Shows & Events
1 upcoming show/event
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Apr 30
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