********BLAIR: song creata, singa,guitara, keysies********
LIVE BAND:
Adam Campagna :keys, guitar, percussion------
Zak Fishman: percussion, keys-----
Eric Davis: bass-----
DIE YOUNG RECORDINGS:-----
keith Ferguson: production, bass, guitar, keys, percussion-----
Adam Campagna: bass, keys, percussion-----
Arthur Mintz: percussion-----
Eric Rogers: percussion-----
Sam Craft, Jack Craft, Amanda Wuerstlin: strings
"Blair cites Neil Young as a primary influence, but she owes as much to early Liz Phair, with whom she shares a meandering singing style and a lyrical bluntness that sounds at once suggestive and wounded." NPR
"Young, driven, and filled with Southern goodness, Blair's alt-country cuts are packed with the same sorrow and hope as indie-folk brethren like Bright Eyes and Cat Power" Flavorpill
"Despite the former ninth planet’s humiliating reclassification as a mere asteroid, the arrival of Pluto (the CD) is a welcome consolation prize." LA Weekly
"Blair, 23, brings a talent for crafting her songs -- a delicate cross between alt-country and folk-tinged indie-pop -- to her first, self-titled EP that seems almost beyond her years." Gambit LA Weekly
"She has an unassuming musical presence and a modest charm that never flaunts her talent and wit, instead allowing the listener to happily stumble upon them." The Owl Mag
Blair now lives in Brooklyn, but until recently, gigged in and around the Silver Lake and Echo Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles. But this story doesn’t begin on the west coast, far from it actually.
Blair grew up in the Deep South, New Orleans specifically, and in a town as soaked in gin as it is jazz, brass and funk, an adolescent Blair alternately drifted towards the sounds of Neil Young and Bob Dylan drifting out of her mother’s turntable. But she is no folkie. Born in the ‘80s it was inevitable that the pop sounds of ‘90s FM radio would seep into her musical DNA; remember, these were the days when Nirvana and Beck dominated the airwaves. A quick study, Blair taught herself guitar by listening to and learning the tunes on John Frusciante's first solo records and by her late teens was opening for the likes of Cat Power and Bright Eyes.
Fast forward to 2007. At 22, Blair self-releases her debut EP, Pluto. At four songs the EP is a quick dash through the past four decades of pop music as filtered by someone who grew up with a healthy collection of Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Replacements, Velvets and Pavement.
Die Young, Blairs first full-length, is a collection of songs written and re-recorded over the span of five years. Half of the record was written in New Orleans, and half while living in California. The songs have turbulent titles: “Kamikaze”, “Murder”, “Rampage”, “Die Young”, etc. It’s a record about violence and daydreaming – it’s the angst of heart, and dreamy escapism, of a 20 something girl all wrapped up in melodies. It’s vague as to which ones are real and which ones are daydreams. Perhaps that is the point. As a kid, Blair repeatedly watched “Die Hard” and listened to her walkman alot -- maybe that explains it.
Recorded in New Orleans in the middle of an especially hot summer the album was produced by Keith Ferguson and uses all New Orleans based musicians. It was crafted in studios and in the homes of friends creating vocal booths out of closets with borrowed equipment. Die Young will be released on Autumn Tone Records (Henry Clay People, Roadside Graves) in October.
Thank you for adding me...What can I possibly say that you haven't heard a million times, already? You, your songs and your voice are wonderful. Stop by, say hello and have a listen, if you like. Wishing you the best of everything.
Thank you so much! That's so cool that you are playing the aquarium drunkard thing! I wish I could be there for that! I hope everything is lovely for you :)
love the video. you look great, it was nice to see your face. mona lisa came on in the bar in wednesday and this girl asked about it. she said it was beautiful. i agreed.
Your music is better than everything out there right now. If you don't become as big as Cat Power there is something wrong with the world! See ya soon :)
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