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R Keenan Lawler
Blues / Trance / Other

Love is all



Louisville, Kentucky
United States

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Last Login:  11/23/2009
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Member Since7/25/2005
Band Websiterkeenanlawler@yahoo.com
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InfluencesThe Beatles, Albert Ayler, Hildegard von Bingen, Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Charley Patton, Rhys Chatham, John Cale,Tony Conrad, Eric Dolphy,L. Shankar,Charles Ives, Dr. S. Balachander,Ram Narayan,Gopal Krishnan,Charles Mingus,John Coltrane,Don Cherry,Arnold Dreyblatt,Terry Riley,Love,Master Musicians of Joujouka,Son House,Moondog,Astor Piazolla,Jimi Hendrix,Phill Niblock,Dave Tronzo,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Lou Harrison,Mississippi Fred McDowell,Lalgudi G.Jayaraman,The Dream Syndicate,Ornette Coleman,James Blood Ulmer,Sonny Sharrock,Harry Partch, Hukwe Zawose,NicholasCollins,John Butcher,EvanParker,U.Srinivas,Elliott Sharp,Mission of Burma,The Jam,John Fahey,This Heat,Wah!Heat,Ry Cooder,The Who,The Kinks,Leonard Cohen,Miles Davis,The Skids,Blind Willie Johnson,The Clash,Rahsaan Roland Kirk,Toru Takemitsu,Skip James,Karaikkudi Sambasiva Iyer, Kevin Volans,Foday Musa Suso,Derek Bailey,Erik Satie,Paul K ,Tom Verlaine,Alvin Lucier,Joseph Spence,Lois V. Vierk,Gnawa,Gagaku,gamelan,Kadri Golpnath,Johnny Cash and my friends who ive had the fortune to play with,too many to mention.
Sounds Like"A rain of mirrors"
Record LabelTable of theElements Music Fellowship/NAFH/Eclipse
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 22 2009 8:00P
The Hive Lexiington, Kentucky
Nov 23 2009 8:00P
Little Hamilton Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 24 2009 8:00P
Swan Dive Louisville, Kentucky
Dec 13 2009 8:00P
Modern Formations with Jozef Van Wissem Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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   About R Keenan Lawler
Bohrium was a gas! Just a note to say how much i appreciated the response to my music at the Table of the Elements festival in Atlanta and here on MySpace. Ive met some wonderful folks and heard great inspiring music.Thank you sincerely! R.Keenan Lawler is a musician and sound artist based in Louisville Kentucky. For over 25 years his musical journey has taken him from early experiments with reverb tanks,noise and tapedecks to all manner of avantgarde,"new" music,psychedelia,electro acoustic,drone,ethnic and sampler based work. Lawler is best known for developing a highly personal and exploratory language for the metal bodied resonator guitar which Baltimore's John Berdnt called "Cosmic, monolithic and deeply American. Indeed his work is informed by carnatic classical,Charles Ives, Albert Ayler, blues, minimalism and non western trance musics. Primarily a solo performer,he is also known for collborative work. The Keyhole II album he recorded with Pelt and metal worker Eric Clark is one of Pelt's most beautiful and memorable recordings. and His guitar playing is also heard on releases by Paul K,Jack Wright,My Morning Jacket and most visibily on Matmos The Civil War.He has collaborated or performed with a wide range of foward thinking musicians and mavericks including Rhys Chatham, John Butcher, Pelt, Eliott Sharp, Charalambides, Ignaz Schick/Perlonex, Matmos, Philip Samartzis, Valerio Cosi,Kaffe Matthews, Burning Star Core,Jason Kahn,Ut Gret,Thaniel Ion Lee,My Morning Jacket, Ed Wilcox ,Ramesh Srinivasan,Kevin Drumm,Craig Colorusso,David Watson, David First, Lukas Ligeti,Raoul Bjorkenheim,Arco Flute Foundation,Jack Wright,Eric Clark,John Berdnt,Neil Feather,Helena Espvall,Ian Nagoski,Thomas Ankersmit,Paul K and the Weathermen,Connor Bell,Andy Willis,John Brunner,The Golden Fleece,Spiral Joy Band,Ian Wadley, Alan Licht,Taksuya Nakatani,Tom Carter,Mike Tamburo,Dave Gross,Mike Bullock,Bhob Rainey,Chris Cooper,Red Fly Nation,Aaron Rosenblum, Joe Dutkiewicz,Meisha Feigin,Ben Vandermeer,Evergreen,Eric Carbonara and Joseph Suchy --------------------------------------Reviews---------------------------------------- Keenan Lawler - The Strange Tale of Eddy Westport (New American Folk Hero) Innovators can often be split into two categories, those who break with tradition out of frustration or anger, and those who do so more lovingly, simply looking to explore further a form that they respect. Keenan Lawler, thought his work on the resonator guitar would sound positively alien to most of his fellow Kentuckians, seems more a member of the latter group. The Louisville natives music is a clear descendent of rustic American folk and blues, though largely aberrant progeny, to be sure. The Strange Tale of Eddy Westport is Lawlers most recent release, a teaser, of sorts, for the two discs that will drop on the Music Fellowship label in future months. The three-track disc finds Lawler covering a surprising amount of ground in such a short time, though hearing him on record [sic] doesnt seem to showcase Lawlers arsenal of techniques as much as a live performance can. Still, The Old Fort and A Fork in Gardners Path are some nice slices of Lawlers own obscure Americana, the former more traditional in its dark, serpentine path, the latter a more fragmented collection of some of Lawlers more extended techniques. Goodbye Lisa Rose closes the disc with an abridged performance and humorous footnote, a closing that takes a turn from the levity underpinning the rest of the music. Lawlers just completed a tour with Mike Tamburo, a like-minded individual who runs New American Folk Hero, and should continue to be active with releases and a reissue coming soon. Its hard to view this release as much more than a small taste of whats to come, but thats no reason not to enjoy it. Adam Strohm Fake Jazz Keenan Lawler -"The Strange Tale of Eddy Westport"(New American Folk Hero) Keenan Lawler first came to my attention as a member of Keyhole, a quintet that also features Pelt and metal worker, Eric Clark. Their two albums on Eclipse come highly recommended for anyone interested in the ever-blurring gap between primitive folk and abstract improvisation. Solo, Lawler forges a deep sound portal via his National Steel resonator guitar, an instrument mostly associated with bluegrass and blues. And Lawler is definitely playing a kind of blues on The Strange Tale of Eddy Westport 3 CD-R -- even a kind of bluegrass -- but his measured fingerpicking is run through the filter of unorthodox string benders like Alan Licht, later John Fahey and Keith Rowe. His sound is primal and otherworldly, meditative and boundless, across three tracks of immersive plucks and drones. Lawler bridges the aforementioned gap between the most primitive American mountain music and modern day out jazz, and he does it live with no overdubs. Case in point: Goodbye Lisa Rose, 90 seconds of lamenting bow screech and spectral overtones that conjure a state of near-religious exaltation and uncertain malaise at the same time. An inspired take on so-called Americana music. 8/10 - Lee Jackson


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h.h.e.extend difinision Apple-nana

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Nov 7 2009 7:28 PM

thank you much alot of adding
glad to see you from..
 

CROCHETED STRAWBERRY

CROCHETED STRAWBERRY



Aug 2 2009 11:45 PM

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yoRaid

yoRaid



Jul 27 2009 5:37 PM

thanks for the add!!!
Monolyth & Cobalt

Monolyth & Cobalt



Jul 27 2009 5:37 PM

great add..
I like a lot your songs..
thanks & welcome
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Pinguisse

Pinguisse



Jul 27 2009 5:36 PM

thank you so much for adding us.

  great  sounds   at  your website .
 best wishes
lisa

mike tamburo

mike tamburo



Jul 23 2009 9:55 PM

me love you long time baby.
Willie McBlind

Willie McBlind



Jul 15 2009 7:10 AM

Really cool stuff! Thanks for adding us ~ sending you Harmonically Tuned blue clouds ~

Babe Borden
minim

minim



Jul 8 2009 4:43 AM

to this day your sound art remains one of my favorite inspirations. a form of grace.
Habitual Grace

Habitual Grace



May 18 2009 2:05 AM

t h a n k y o u s o m u c h !
Anonymeye

Anonymeye



May 8 2009 11:13 AM

Hi Keenan!

Hope to hear a new album from you sooner than rather.

thanks,

Andrew



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4Spiral

4Spiral



Apr 20 2009 6:08 PM

thank you!
Jack Beals

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Apr 28 2009 9:52 PM

Thank you R.
Keenan!

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4Spiral

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Apr 19 2009 9:02 PM

thank you!
yasuo akai

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Apr 14 2009 12:10 PM

Hello.
Thanks for the add.
I like that detuned sound.
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Billy Sheppard



Apr 11 2009 3:51 PM

Keenan,

This is my Easter "thank you for adding me" message. Life is being celebrated all over the world today in every culture. This is a good weekend to go out and do some living.


"I've never understood a single bar of music in my life, but I've felt it.
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~ Igor Stravinsky

Thank you for being my friend.


Billy
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Lou Land

Lou Land



Apr 9 2009 8:58 PM

Sorry I can't be at the show tonight, sounds like a good way to bring in the summer weather.
Have a great time!
Cotton Wood

Cotton Wood



Mar 30 2009 10:38 PM

great sound

salutations de Lyon

CW

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Mar 23 2009 1:09 AM

Keenan!!!!! It was great to see you...really!! And a big big hounor to play toghether! Hope you are happy and full of great energy!!
ABRAZOS FROM BARCELONA
Paolo
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Mar 23 2009 1:11 AM

KEENAN!!! IT WAS GREAT TO PLAY TOGHETER!!!
HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY AND FULL OF GREAT ENERGY!!!
ABRAZOS FROM BARCELONA!
Zachary

Zachary



Mar 22 2009 12:33 AM

Hey Keenan!It's been too long-yeah that was back in 2001 on the Rhys Chatham trip with Russ.That was fucking fun-a real bizarre,wild,hoo-ha time!Have you seen 'Milk' yet?I just did a German beer commercial..still kicking it with psychics,queers and dream girls..miss you friend!
Kaitlin

Kaitlin Steinmetz



Feb 23 2009 1:24 AM

What's going on bud?
Singing Bicycle

Richard white



Feb 13 2009 8:55 AM

Excellent music!!!! I do look forward to hearing more of your stuff!--RW from SF
SodaCan

SodaCan



Feb 7 2009 3:25 AM

Thank you!
BabaJack

BabaJack



Feb 4 2009 8:31 AM

Great and strange sounds MrLawler ,We are glad to be in your chain.

Cheers
Trev&Becs
BLUES TASTE

BLUES TASTE



Jan 8 2009 6:55 PM

Thanks you very much for being a friend!!
"G R E A T _ S O U N D"
Great respects for your work...
All the best,
BLUES ON !!!
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