kurt vile-songs, singing, strumming of 6 & 12 string gtrs + altered resonator thru amplifiers, trumpet, tweeking of the korg family trio: k2, maxi-korg, mono-poly/// a. granduciel- memory man gtrs, baritone, take-the-edge-off effects, nice loops, sweet sampler/// j turbo- sax, harmonica, electric 6-string and wild fuzz gtrs/// mike zanghi- thunder kit, water drums, perfect percussion/// HONORARY ALUMNI: michael johnson- skins, korg bubbletone, modular jumpsuit/// timmy von trimble- he'll GET you.
Influences
joni mitchell, room to live, love to burn, street hassle, street legal, beat street, bully of the bayou, heartland feeling, yellow schwinn stingray, roots train number 1 (extended mix), cocaine in my brain, juicy juicy juice, strawberry wine, violent students, richie records, ag tonez, tusk, ccr, neil young, crazyhorse, suicide, the dead c, charlie patton, bertha lee, blind lemon jefferson, mississippi john hurt, blind willie johnson, furry lewis, fred mcdowell, harry smith anthology, american primitives, etc, robert johnson, lightnin hopkins, john fahey, doc watson, hank williams, townse van zandt, bob dylan, bobby neuwirth, eat the document, the vu, lou, the stooges, iggy, the ramones, the stones, the kinks, cluster, morton subotnick, isoa tomita, the fall, future games, blue kangaroo and the rest of wattle & daub.
Sounds Like
when u wake from a long and glorious slumber, then u realize u don't have to go to work, then u fall back into long and glorious slumber...
BOOKING US contact eric@groundcontroltouring.com. Square Shells 12" ep OUT NOW on matador records!! brand spankin newest thing... workin on next full length as we speak with maniac John Agnello. sweet times all around!!! "god is saying this to you" 12" mini-lp back in print on mexican summer. Kurt Vile "Childish Prodigy" -ultimate full-length recorded by philly-genius engineer Jeff Zeigler- OUT NOW on matador records. shit, yes!!! features the violators in addiition to a bunch from kv's trusty psyche-pool of music friends. "he's alright" 7" OUT NOW on matador as well, contains two songs on the b side that you can't git nowheres else... kv: Constant Hitmaker vinyl lp OUT NOW on Woodsist! kurt vile & the violators: The Hunchback 12" ep OUT NOW on richie records//testostertunes. cd still available and i tunes.
yo dude, hope alls well with you.. going to send you a new album i just finished with jeff.. and saw you're playing ATP! Congrats, that rules.. hope things are good with you.. heard a new jam at that new york show.. really liked it
Absolutely Amazing...since Matador 21 is Ridiculously sold out *sigh*, why not drop into LA for we the people?? *hint, the Troubadour would do you Justice!!*
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Hey hey hey, im travis from WV and im up in boston right now but hope to make it to the show in hoboken tm night! anyone else who is plannin to go holla!
hey dood, thumbs up on the new ep. nice talkin to you on new year's at the riviera! hopefully i'll make it to subterranean this month. cheers, katie jo
