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Serena Jean has had the pleasure of playing with:
~ Kamara Thomas and Matt Whyte (Earl Greyhound)
~ Shooter Jennings
~ Marco Benevento (The Duo)
~ Scott Metzger (Rana; Bustle in Your Hedgerow)
~ Mike Filopowitsch (Burt Neilson Band)
~ Michael Felber
~ Chris McCarron (Land of Talk)
~ Jeremy Little (BNB, Andrew Rodriguez, Jason Collett)
~ Jeff Heisholt (BNB, The Trews, Peter Elkas)
~ Peter Elkas
~ Conrad Doucette (Takka Takka)
~ Gordon Hartin (Smyer)
~ Gabe Berezin (Monuments)
~ Jeff Malinowski (The Basement Band)
~ Gavin Maguire (BNB, Peter Elkas)
~ Amal Boulabhib
~ Susan Hurtuk
~ Margot Bianca (The Assault).
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Influences
Stevie Nicks
Gillian Welch Lucinda Williams Emmylou Harris Bonnie Raitt Dolly Parton Loretta Lynn Ryan Adams Wilco The Band Rolling Stones The Faces Bob Dylan Neil Young.....
Sounds Like
foot-stompin'-double-clappin'-table-drummin'-leg-kickin' ladies at four in the morning....
You can find Serena Jean and her band The Whiskey Trippers currently gigging around New York City. With Gitano Herrera on lead guitar, James Preston on bass, and Jimmy the Hat on drums, SJ&TWT keep it simple and true, combining elements of country, blues, and rock n' roll to deliver some seriously heartfelt songs. In addition, Serena Jean is proud to be an original member of NYC's Honky Tonk Happy Hour, a country revue held at the Living Room on Sunday afternoons. This weekly gathering was conceived by Kamara Thomas (of Earl Greyhound), with whom Serena Jean also sings with in her side project Larune.
Prior to her existing bands, Serena Jean was a member of Hiway Freeker Presents(1999-2003), a live music concept conceived by Canadian guitar wizard Paul Malin where one any one night you might find Hiway Freeker drawing from their extensive repetoire of original songs, or playing under the guise of two musical costumes: The Bob Dylan Project and Estrada. The BDP covers spanned Dylan's entire songbook, while Estrada was more exclusive, exploring obscure R&B from 1977-1982, which, incidentally were the blessed years that CHiPS was on the air.
Hiway Freeker played their last show at Le Swimming in Montreal in December of 2003 with their good friends Burt Neilson Band. Upon their demise, Serena Jean didn't have to look far to find new collaborators. In the fall of 2004, she began working with "Mikey Spills" from BNB on her first solo EP. This musical companionship is still thriving, and whenever possible, Serena Jean sits in with BNB back home in Canada, including at their 10 year anniversary show at Toronto's Opera House, where she sang on a sweet rendition of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around".
~ * SERENA JEAN & FRIENDS (KAMARA THOMAS & AMAL) PERFORM GILLIAN WELCH'S 'MY MORPHINE' ~ * 01.13.08: The Living Room, NYC ~ *
Dear Serena Jean & The Whisky Trippers, Ya'all were TREMENDOUSLY ANGELIC at the Honky Tonk Angels show last night-- thanks again for playing the show! Jamie Lyn
New blues & cinema album of one of the top European harmonica players. Greg Zlap takes you for an extraordinary musical ride in the footsteps of Kerouac, Wenders, and many others…
florist needs to know your height for a veil of flowers that falls to your ankles :)!!! She's also making sling purses out of leaves and reeds and filling it with pearl sands ...(your magic fairy dust) EEEEE!!! I'm so GIDDY!
The Lovely Serena. Thanks for tracking us down. Great tunes. Sorry we didn't repond sooner. Life's been crazy after SXSW. Best of luck. Stay in touch. Hope you're diggin our stuff. Cheers.
hope you all had a blast with shooter on conan. i'm pretty sure it was a surreal experience! ..can't wait to watch it tonight and I have my dvr set up to reccord it as well. hopefully y'all are celebrating this momentus occasion!!
