James Dean Kindle and the Eastern Oregon Playboys

Bio:

James Dean Kindle has been writing songs since his teenage years and cut his teeth early on in a punk band called The Sick Kids (with childhood friend Paul Collins who now plays in the band Beirut.) He continued his solo career living at times in Portland, Eugene, Or., and Richland, Wa. often playing with a revolving cast of backing bands as well as a stint as a member of alt-country rockers Blue Is Cold. When he returned to Pendleton, his long-time friends Matt, Brian and Peter naturally came together to back him up on a few songs for shows. The chemistry was familiar and soon The Eastern Oregon Playboys were formed. On his own, JD has shared showbills with artists like Pete Krebs, The Helio Sequence, Calvin Johnson, Laura Gibson and Jason Webley and with the band he’s played with Point Juncture, Wa., Blitzen Trapper and in 2008, opened for Beirut at a sold-out show at Portland’s Crystal Ballroom. James Dean Kindle and the Eastern Oregon Playboys have enjoyed tremendous response from audiences of all ages while playing venues from dive-bars, coffee shops and house parties to rodeo arenas, water parks and even medium-security prisons for inmates on good-behavior (No joke!) Two tracks from their new album have already been featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting. With all this behind them and a full-length in the bag, the band has begun recording songs for their next installment of their Depravity Hymnal.

"Mind your tongue if you believe that Eastern Oregon is little more than methamphetamines and rodeo. James Dean Kindle and the Eastern Oregon Playboys roll through town like a tumbleweed, dispensing their haunting sound (think Nick Cave from high desert country) along the way. The Pendleton-based band is touring in support of Campfire Pop Abstraction, a soulful recording that covers a massive swath of musical real estate (Americana, pop, and just about everything in-between) and proves that there just might be life beyond our precious city limits." -Ezra Ace Caraeff, The Portland Mercury

To Contact us you can email peterrusswalters (at) gmail (dot) com or jamesdeankindle (at) gmail (dot) com

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Member Since:

April 28, 2009

Members:

James Dean Kindle
Brian Baird
Matt Van Sickle
Rev. Peter R Walters

Oregon East String Trio:
Doug Westervelt
Marya Kazmierski
Adrienne Welsh
Cohorts:
Paul Collins
Cody Nash
Nick Nash
Victor Paul Nash (no relation)
Thomas Paul
James Lavadour
Day Moanstar

Influences:

Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, James Lavadour, Point Juncture Wa., Dean Kindle, Mitch Hedberg, Nick Nash, Rm. 101, Smokey Robinson, Rian Beach, Murder City Devils, Your mom eats Bacon

Sounds Like:

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