Miles of Clear June began in a cabin somewhere between Murfreesboro and Manchester, Tennessee during a snowstorm in the winter of 2004. Brent Baltzer sang and played guitar, Estelle Collins played the fiddle and sang back up, and Brian G. Pitts played the bass and drove through ten inches of snow to get Baltzer and himself to Estelles cabin.
By that spring they had added David Adkins on the drums and were beginning to play around Murfreesboro and Nashville. They had worked up a set of ten or eleven of Baltzers originals and recorded three of them to send out as a demo, but still needed keys to complete the sound they were looking for.
In the summer of 2004 Adkins recruited Fluid Ounces front man Seth Timbs, recently returned from Los Angeles, to sit in with the band. The band, now a five piece, began playing more frequently in places like the Boro, Wall Street, Liquid Smoke, the End, the Radio Café, and the Five Spot.
Estelle left the band later that fall to return to North Carolina. Seth Timbs left the band in the fall of '05, whose position at the keyboard was filled by Jennifer Stone.
Miles of Clear June is on indefinite hiatus, as Baltzer now lives in Portland doing God knows what. Many ex members appear to have had kids in an eerily clustered time period. Love was in the air in Tennessee, I suppose. Jennifer, however, has not had any kids yet (that she knows of), opting instead to get a huge tattoo. Baltzer thought he had a kid but the DNA test said otherwise.
Hey darlins! I posted a new video to YouTube (www.youtube.com/ohalexismusic), a new blog, and some new photos. Lots of new stuff going on here. And, of course, I'm still working on my new album and the 'go vinyl' campaign. ;-) Hope you're having a great week. Talk to you soon! --Alexis.
Just an annoying reminder that we are playing at The Bunganut Pig in Franklin TN this Thursday night (April 23rd) from 8 to 11 PM. 3 full sets of Beatles music!! Admission is FREE!! More details on our myspace page. Hope to see you there!
Just want to let you know I'm playing at Sweetwater in Nashville Sunday night @ 9 if you're interested in coming. It's a $5 cover and there are some other bands playing before/after. It should be a good time! Hope all is well!!! --Alexis.
Hey,
Just letting some MySpace friends know that all of the songs in my profile audio player are now FREE MP3 DOWNLOADS, so stop by the site and download away 6 free songs from my debut album at no cost!
Best,
Michael B.
remember when before the band, uh, disbanded, you played at my son's birthday party?? that was an amazing day and i don't think it could have been any more awesome.. you guys were and will always be a fav!!
it's so good hearin from you, man. really good to get feedback. i've been playin in a bit of a vortex, you know? sort of a one girl recording project for now, but i may have found some cats to play with here in a bit. how bout you? how's life treatin you? hey, if you ever find yourself in yankee town, my futon is your futon. but you knew that. --e
Mikey Red will be kicking things off at 9, our friends Black Dog (Led Zeppelin cover band) will follow at 10 and we'll be taking the stage at 11PM. We hope you can come party with us! Happy Holidays!
Hey Brent/friends, if you’re not busy this Tuesday, we have a show at The Rutledge, downtown Nashville. It’s a great venue, and there are some great bands playing with us. It’ll start around 8:00. Hope you can make it out.
