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Shovelman
Folk / Electronica / Experimental

Surrealist Folk- Superhero



The Dirty West
United States

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Last Login:  11/14/2009
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Member Since12/8/2005
Band MembersMySpace Layouts Shovelman can be reached for info and booking at eyesmack@hotmail.com

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InfluencesTom Waits, Beck, Bob Dylan, Ani Difranco, Les Claypool, Leonard Cohen, Morphine, Bassnectar, The Chemical Brothers, Nirvana, Kelly Joe Phelps, Kaki King, Son House, Miles Davis, Charlie Hunter, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews, Jack Kerouac, The Crystal Method, Bob Marley, Radiohead, Allen Ginsberg, Jeffery McDaniel, Spearhead, Sun Ra, Jeff Buckley, DJ Shadow, Cut-Chemist, Rage Against the Machine, scrap metal, circus clowns, dogs, spaceships, moldy bread, coffee, urinals, power tools, a sunny morning street, telephone polls, newspapers, ashtrays, light from my beer mug, bikes, bridges, giant floating heads, cactus, cobwebs, snapshots of slingshot highways at sunrise.
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Shovelman: The Dirty West
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 14 2009 3:00P
Kinetic Steam Works Oakland, California
Nov 15 2009 8:00P
Record Release PArty@Amnesia San Francisco, California
Nov 24 2009 9:00P
Kimos San Francisco, California
Nov 27 2009 9:00P
Record Release Party @ The Pub Willits, California

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   About Shovelman

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Shovelman has no past . . . But this is what other people have to say about him:

“Isaac Frankle is a musical wiz kid.” - Christa Martin, The Goodtimes Santa Cruz, 2006

"Shovelman's music would be playing on the radio if Tom Waits and Les Claypool ever went on a road trip together ......and were lost." - Chip, 'So Wat TV

"The results are in and the decision is final. If ever I'm looking for a lead shovel, or if anyone is for that matter, Shovelman is the first and only logical choice." -Klaus Flouride, The Dead Kennedys

"Bottom line, oddity or not, Shovelman is just the kind of off-kilter kick in the pants modern music might need to keep things interesting. Who knows? Maybe he’ll inspire some of us to put down our high tech gadgetry and start looking at low-tech objects with a new sense of purpose." - Melissa Tan, The Rumpus.net

"Now and then you think you've seen all the shoot you're going to see...then, out of the ether, comes Shovelman and when he's got the slide on those strings and he's singing those old time songs, he's bringing you back the days of LPs and a decade old needle on the living room floor..." - JJ Schultz, Host of SF Bay Guardian's best open mic - The Hotel Utah Saloon

"Isaac Frankle -'Shovel Man' Is not just a Guitarist, Singer, Lyricist but a Percussionist Harmonica Player Instrument Inventor Artist/Scientist & Sound Sculptor 'Shovel Man' will, without a doubt, blow your mind away, and then some! UNREAL Is his talent! I, literally, think he's from The Future and has a Time Machine tucked in his back pocket which he uses to travel back & forth from the 30's Missisppi Delta Blues to early & current Tom Waits to Appalachian Roots Music to 60's & 70's Funk & Soul 80's Experimental Synth & Punk back to the Contempory Nashville Folk scene & Underground Loop Artists of today Exploring the boundless nature of Earth's Eclectic Music and perhaps introducing us to the future of it, as well Summoning the likes of Les Claypool, Beck, Leonard Cohen, Nirvana, Bob Dylan and a host of influential sound makers of old & now Blending them all into something that resembles A Young Unassuming Chap & A Wacked-Out Antique Shovel What follows the assembly of this One Man Dimension Hopping Troubadour is nothing less than astonishing!!" -Jonathan Siegel, San Francisco's 'Poetry Mission'


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The Slow Poisoner

The Slow Poisoner



Nov 10 2009 6:59 PM

 
Adey

Adey



Nov 10 2009 4:58 PM

i've said it once, I'll say it again

Congrats on your album release- make sure I get one. signed, damnit.
You'll have tons of fun- wish I could attend.
But I will return soon, a few months away.... Must visit
Grandmother Spirit and offer myself to her (dont read into that comment
too much)

you'll have to write me lots and throw yourself on the ground
and scare the shit out of yourself for a while....
remember to keep it intense sometimes.

xo
The Dirt Floor

The Dirt Floor



Nov 1 2009 1:29 AM

looking forward to seeing you at the harvest hoedown on november 6.  should be a blast.

congratulations on your new album.

~kyle.
RiYeN RoOtS☮

RiYeN RoOtS☮



Oct 26 2009 3:06 PM

PEACE & MANY BLESSINS' ON YOUR PATH SHOVELMAN!!
THANKS FOR KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE WITH THAT COOL AXE OF YOURS!!
MAY THERE BE FEW STONES IN YOUR PASSWAY MY FRIEND!!
HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE ROAD..TILL THEN..
KEEP MAKING IT DO WHAT IT DO... ~ RR







"DEVIL OFFERED A GOLD DOBRO~I SAID NO,I BE A HOBO!!" ~ RiYeN RoOtS
Amy

amy dewan



Oct 13 2009 4:55 PM

He came to UMD to perform. I got the chance to open for him with a poem I wrote, and my good friend at the time helped book Jeff, so we  got to hang out with him afterwards.

He's actually not so strange. I guess that's a relative term. He had been apparently sober for 11 years straight at the time, and told us a little bit about the time in his life when he wasn't as much so. He talked about his book that he was then working on in a really cryptic way. He insisted on giving us copies of all the books he had published at the time which he seemed to constantly have stocked in his trunk. He looked intimidating but has a surprisingly high voice.



Anyway, maybe I will see you then!
Amy

amy dewan



Oct 1 2009 3:12 PM

Hey! Great shovel. Also, dude. Jefferey McDaniel rules. I had sushi with him once. 

Also, I'm coming to SF soon so let me know if you're playing any shows in the urrea
Steffy Sue on the Uke

Steffy Sue on the Uke



Sep 6 2009 7:01 PM

Happy Birthday!!!
caldoniaslostlovers

caldoniaslostlovers



Aug 13 2009 6:57 PM

thanx 4 the friendship - cool sounds, man
NANDA

NANDA



Jun 18 2009 2:48 AM

Hey man it was good to perform with you. Hope we will do things in the future.
Gospel Blues

Gospel Blues



May 25 2009 4:54 PM

Jesus is on the mainline

Organ Trail

Organ Trail



May 19 2009 7:55 PM

had a blast playing with you on saturday! keep in touch!
Forrest

Forrest



May 19 2009 5:23 PM

Your set made my night, I doubleplus look forward too seeing you play again.
Fuck Rupert Murdoch

Josh Frankle



May 12 2009 12:58 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU
Luminesque

Luminesque



May 1 2009 8:26 PM

Upcoming Show....June 13th 2009 !! We are headlining !!
Sepiachord

Sepiachord



May 1 2009 5:46 PM

"60 Watt Bulb" by Shovelman is the Sepiachord Song of the Day.

Shovelman



Yes, he's plays the SHOVEL.
Victoria and the Vaudevillains

Victoria and the Vaudevillains



Apr 30 2009 12:55 AM

May 2 is the first of many Oakland Steam Punk events: Skeleton Key





Don't miss a grand ol time!
Tom W.

Tom W.



Apr 28 2009 1:59 AM

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Thank you for the add
cheers
Weapons of the Future

Weapons of the Future



Apr 27 2009 5:38 AM

Dude thank you so much for playing.
U remind me of my fav band, Morphine!
The crowd is asking about ShovelPunk!
See Ya Around!

-D.
Miriam Schmeariam

Miriam Schmeariam



Apr 13 2009 2:41 PM

Will you be coming to the Utah tonight?
Celeste

Celeste Ramos



Apr 12 2009 12:19 AM

heheh it's usually not so bad. I had just seen Jonathan read the night before, and since he was hosting I thought he was going to start the night. Alas.
Good plans this weekend?
Celeste

Celeste Ramos



Apr 10 2009 9:44 PM

hey! I caught your performance last night at Dalva. One of the most original things I've ever seen. Thank you for that, you sound great. Looking forward to a cd...
Actual Rafiq

Actual Rafiq



Apr 2 2009 9:36 AM

Is it OK?
HUMANWINE

HUMANWINE



Mar 27 2009 8:23 PM

We don't have a stand;) I don't know who's it was. Maybe Wild things'. You btw are perfect and wonderful in every way.
We must plan a show together when we come back in the fall!
A.Breezy

A.Breezy



Mar 25 2009 4:15 PM

ok, don't forget our plan to buy a bus and tour the country...

SHOVELMAN and THE TRAINROBBERS

it could be amazing!
Paesano Productions

Paesano Productions



Mar 24 2009 8:47 PM

Thanks for the invite
Keep up the good vibes!
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