The Band IS:
Jim Larkin - drums
Fez Aswat - bass
Ian Goldstien - mandolin, guitar, lap steel
Dana Price - fiddle, keys, vocals
Influences
Tom Waits, Lowell George, Tim Gearan, Greg Brown, Peter Mulvey, Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Peter Case, Lyle Lovett, Glen Hansard, Dave Carter, Bruce Springsteen, Ani Difranco, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Lucinda Williams, Dar Williams, Peter Gabriel, U2, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Professor Longhair, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Woody Guthrie, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, Jason Vatter, JJ Baron, Joel Ackerson and many, many more...
Sounds Like
Hopefully like Ryan Fitzsimmons.
Some have said Lyle Lovett, Ryan Adams, The Swell Season, Wilco, Whiskeytown, and others.
“Drawing from a wide range of influences, from Peter Mulvey to Richard Thompson to Johnny Cash, Fitzsimmons paints moving, moody portraits buoyed by exciting and intelligent guitar arrangements.”
Joe Cleveland - Music Director, Folkus Project, Syracuse NY
Ryan Fitzsimmons was nominated for Best Folk Act in the Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll for 2004, shortly after moving to the city. Ryan is simply the kind of musician who impresses immediately.
Originally from central New York, Ryan Fitzsimmons' first exposure to music was sitting on the stairs in his parent's house as a child, listening to his older brother Todd practice blues licks along to Muddy Waters albums. He fell in love with the sound, and playing guitar became simply what he had to do. Ryan first gained attention at age 14 playing lead guitar in an alternative rock band called Anodyne which was nominated for a Syracuse Area Music Award (SAMMY). But after performing in a number of electric bands, Ryan decided to give up the amplifiers to see what he could do with just wood and steel and voice. What he discovered in performing solo with an acoustic guitar was an intimacy and nuance he found instantly inspiring.
Bringing to the fold his years of electric guitar playing and using innovative alternate tunings, Ryan Fitzsimmons' acoustic world runs the emotional gambit. The lyrics of Ryan's songs range from gentle, poetic details to the in-your-face realism of a bar fight, and his guitar ranges just as far, from starry night to thunderclap.
Over the last 5 years, Ryan has quietly been establishing a reputation as one of the most original and promising young songwriters on the scene today. Playing shows from Montana to New England (including venues such as Club Passim in Cambridge, MA; Stone Soup in Pawtucket, RI; Johnny D's in Somerville, MA; and the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA) Ryan has been engaging audiences with his distinctive songwriting and dynamic performances. Along the way, Ryan has shared the stage with performers Greg Brown, Ben Folds, Dar Williams, Richie Havens, Jesse Winchester, Peter Mulvey, and John Hammond Jr., among others.
Ryan's first CD, Open All Night, is the long-awaited companion to his live show. The album is a statement of Ryan's history, and in it Ryan takes all the diners, gas stations, smoky bars, and side streets that he's come across and extracts the human element, drawing the listener in with the questions and emotions that these places resonate. The album also features collaborations with many of Ryan's friends, including a subtle give-and-take with Peter Mulvey on the song "Write it Down". Delivered with Ryan's inspired guitar playing and dynamic presentation, Open All Night (chosen as one of the best folk albums of 2004 by the Providence Phoenix) proves what has been exciting audiences at Ryan's live performances for years.
Michael Brunnock's in depth interview with journalist Suzanne Connolly is uploaded and available to watch. It can be seen either on Michael's front page www.myspace.com/michaelbrunnock or on Fairplay Collective's video page http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=64241695
My Dear Ryan Fitzsimmons, I want you to know that your music and your songs are my passion. I am addicted. There is something that pulls me towards them. B PS:Follow Me Twitter at http://twitter.com/iaent
Hey Ryan! I was going to ask you to play at my CD release party but you are already booked on Oct 3 :( Have a great show, I hope we get to share the stage again soon! xoxo
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Those are some of my favorites, but I can make more suggestions if you need them.
Ryan, the Martin is a God send! i have named her Kate and i promise I will treat her like Boston blue blood royalty she will never spend the night in a cold car..very fond of the aura system..your sir are a true gentleman..thanks so much for your kind guidence and sound advice..cR
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Adam
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Hey Ryan, thanks for accepting the friend request. I really appreciate it. Great music man, really like the songs. Take a listen to mine if you've got time one day. Hope all is well. Take care.
SPAMED! Can you ever forgive me? If so, please vote for me!
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If I’m in the top 4 I get to play a showcase for record executives and could win 100 free hours in the studio.
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