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Jenn Wertz
Americana / Folk Rock / Alternative

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Member Since10/25/2005
Band Websitewww.JennWertzMusic.com, www.rustedroot.com
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Jenn's CD's are NOW Available @ CDBaby!

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Influences .Rickie lee Jones, Katell Keinig(jet),The Rollin’Stones; Buttons,Beggars,Exile,Let it Bleed,Sticky,jammin with Edward,yayas,gimmeshelter,most good old (Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Muddy)blues,and really any old rock and roll records that influenced the second wave( chuck berry,buddy,everlys,gene vincent and blue caps,etc,etc)

Neil Young, CRazy horse,the KingBobDylan,the Band,Broken Social secene. Alcohol and Weed, Beck, Queen, Pretenders, Zeppelin, the GoGos, theReplacements, ELO, talking heads, Franz ferdinand, Blondie, Ben Harper(cruel world!!!),..the Stray Cats

beach boys, New Invisible Joy,Everly brothers, Buddy Holly, Cat stevens, james taylor, elton john, (but mostly just madman across the water)INXS before kick.

bruce Cockburn, j.buckley, Cowboy Junkies trinity sessions, wildflowers by Tom Petty, the Cars, Roxy Music, marianne Faithfull, the police, the Talking Heads(esp. the naive melody)

Gary Musisko,Nick Drake, AnitaPallenberg, Michael Jackson;pre thriller,the Kinks, crawlin’lowband, Trevor Hall, the Sweet, the Babies, Joan Jett,Peter Case, Ike and Tina Turner,Gov’t Mule, John Cash, Billie Holiday, Janis, Tom Waits, the Clash, Elvis COSTELLO!!!, Coldplay-rush of blood, old Rusted Root, U2, the Frames,Velvet Underground,the Doors(morrison hotel),Aerosmiths first record only,Chaka Khan with Rufus. I love me some Steely Dan, PFloyd, and Zappa, but only really in small doses

I love cheesy, emotional pop hits from the 70s, like;rich girl,sara smile, and shes gone by Hall and Oates, Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty...exile and Firefall,Nick Gilder, and too many other one hit wonders to name.

Movies; anything involving

barry pepper, cate blanchett,edward norton,james dean, rita hayworth,sam rockwell,maggie gyllenhal, daniel day lewis, bill murray,John Cusack,Kate Hepburn, wes anderson,John Cassevetes....
Memento, dog day afternoon,the unbearable lightness of being,the deer hunter,rebel without a cause, east of Eden,the celebration, Five Easy Pieces..Harold and Maude, Rushmore, shine, slingblade, royal tannenbaums, best in show, Performance, Gimme Shelter, groundhog day, usual suspects..team america ,american beauty,sexy beast, the French Connection,Casablanca, Being John Malkovich, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, twelve Monkeys, Brazil, the Fifth Element, Galaxyquest,the piano, the pianist, Flirting with disaster,the Shining,Michael Moore flicks,the Fountain,Elizabeth, Koyandiscansci(sp),Monty Python, Boxof moonlight, the last temptation of Christ, made in heaven, defending your life..,dumb and dumber, the ice storm,Secrets and Lies, Angels and Insects, About a boy, High Fidelity too too many ..

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I like lookin' at fiber-optic-type lights/anything that looks shimmery..

SONG in my HEAD; Please call me baby Tom Waits
NEWLY REDISCOVERED COOL THING; SLEEP



My qualifying life stuff:
Member of Rusted Root from 1990 to 1996, and again from 2000 until last March 2007.

I write songs and sing and play; guitar, harmonica, and various percussion instruments.
> hear me play and sing on these Root albums;
'When I woke', 'Cruel Sun', 'Welcome to my party', and the late release 'Live'(double CD).

solo singer and songwriter;
Lovechild ( re release!available NOW)

Isabella (available now!! a new EP!!)

acoustic (full CD available now)

Play Alvarez acoustics and this is A Good Thing.



ARTICLES:
The Cleveland Scene "A little write-up"

The News-Times - May 2007 "Isabella's Jenn Wertz enjoys music post-Rusted Root"

The Chicago Flame - March 2007 "Sitting down with Jenn Wertz" Daniel Jerez

Jambase - February 2007 "Rusted Root Singer Leaves"

Boston Herald - February 2007 "Fertile Ground" JED GOTTLIEB (PDF)

Post Gazette - February 2007 - "Wertz takes her leave of Rusted Root" - Scott Mervis

Lumino Magazine - January 2004 "2003 CD's You Might Have Missed" - NED O'REILLY   







You Are Animal
A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts.
You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary.
But you sure can beat a good drum.
"Kill! Kill!"



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28 North

28 North



Nov 24 2009 7:40 PM


Hello,

How have you been? Do you have a Facebook account? If so, will you add us?

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See you there :-)

28 North
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Nov 19 2009 7:51 PM


Check out the video and download 
America's #1 free the weed tune
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Stan Le Chinois

Stan Le Chinois



Nov 19 2009 4:56 PM

Hi Jenn

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Nov 2 2009 4:47 PM


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Sep 7 2009 10:59 AM

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Sep 4 2009 5:32 PM

Rob Vance

Rob Vance



Aug 31 2009 1:48 PM

Please visit rockerie.com to hear my song that's entered in the Song of the Year contest. There is no public voting for Song of the Year. Go to rockerie.com and click on "artists" then click on "music charts" (lower right column) then click on play for Rob Vance-Small Town Girl. Click on the REMA '09 (Rock Erie Music Awards '09) Song of the Year logo to hear other songs entered for Song of the Year. No joining, signing up, creating an account or voting required unless you want to. You can just visit the site and listen to music.
Thanks,
RV
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Jul 28 2009 10:34 PM

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Jul 18 2009 5:42 PM

Have a beautiful weekend, sweetie!!!


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Jul 13 2009 11:59 PM

Hi Jenn...

How are things going? Keep in touch!!!

Cheers,
T.R.
David Hahn

David Hahn



Jul 10 2009 5:16 PM

Stan Le Chinois

Stan Le Chinois



Jul 6 2009 8:24 PM

Salut Jenn


Un tipeu de pub :

Après “From Prague to Cusco” l’album “ BROKEN “ est disponible en téléchargement sur ITunes.

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Jul 3 2009 12:30 AM

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Jun 3 2009 6:31 PM

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