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Shannon Tower Band
Folk Rock / Jam Band / Acoustic

The new album is now available!!!!



Portland, OREGON
United States

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Last Login:  7/15/2009
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   Shannon Tower Band: General Info
Member Since6/17/2005
Band Websitewww.shannontowerband.com
Band Members

Shannon Tower: Vocals, rhythm guitar.

Grant Warrens: Lead guitar.

Jeff Sullivan: Electric violin.

Paul Seer: Electric bass.

Joe Day: Drums.

Influences

Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Natalie Merchant. Ani Difranco....and the list goes on
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 10 2009 8:00P
Macadam Bar and Grill Portland, Oregon
Jul 11 2009 2:00P
Sat. in the park @ Ester short park Vancouver, Washington
Jul 19 2009 11:00A
Fernhill Park (Sunday Parkways) Portland, Oregon
Aug 8 2009 9:00A
Portland Farmers Portland, Oregon
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
Coffee lovers portland, Oregon
Aug 15 2009 7:00P
Vanessa and morgans wedding (Jeffs sister) Portland, Oregon
Aug 28 2009 8:00P
Station 56 Tacoma, Washington
Aug 29 2009 8:00P
Haley’s Bar and Grill Everett, Washington

Shannon Tower Band's Latest Blog Entry  [Subscribe to this Blog]

First interview with Miss Shannon Tower  (view more)

happy winter solstice and merry christmas!  (view more)

Tia Marie Tower...09-09-93---10-10-08  (view more)

www.shannontowerband.com (the newly updated website...made just for you!)  (view more)

All songs recorded & produced by chief engineer Doug Derouchie of West Slope Recording Studios.  (view more)

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   About Shannon Tower Band
NEW ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE...CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO BUY ALBUM OR ITUNES!!!
SHANNON TOWER BAND: For What It's Worth

Shannon Tower
Is a singer, songwriter and guitarist with her own unique style of music that crosses between alternative and folk. With her unique vocal style and writing abilities, her songs are both haunting and energetic. Her message is as much politically relevant as it is personal. Shannon Tower was raised in Eugene Oregon, where at the young age of nine she performed her first solo at a school concert. When she saw the tears in the eyes of many audience members during her performance, she knew at that moment the stage was her home. Ever since she was a little girl she used a journal to write down her deepest thoughts and feelings. As she approached her high school years she realized her power to communicate intimate thoughts and ideas was through her ability to write. She left home at eighteen and moved to New York to explore and find her voice and after two years moved to Portland Oregon. Self taught guitarist since the age of 23, Shannon started to combine her talent for lyrical poetry with songs composed on her guitar. Using a unique rhythmic pulse of the music, her unorthodox playing technique appears both fluid and percussive. Shannon writes about many different lifes situations, these include the Iraq war in her song POWER PLAY. Homelessness, poverty and the real consequences that are incurred in her song THINK ABOUT IT. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS is a song that stems from personal experience with a mothers abusive behavior and neglect. Music has always been apart of Shannon's life. Such artists as Bob Dylan,Joni Mitchell,Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Natalie Merchant and Ani Difranco have influenced her. Shannon Tower has been playing music in the Portland area for years with a variety of different musicians. In 2004 she met lead guitarist Grant Warrens, who later introduced her to electric violinist Jeff Sullivan. The three of them played as a trio for a greater part of a year then started playing with a variety of drummers and bass players.

 

Grant Warrens
Has played in bands in California, where he grew up, as well as in Texas, Japan, and now with Shannon Tower Band in Portland. Primarily a lead guitarist, he also writes music, and regularly co-writes with Shannon and the other band members.

 

Jeff Sullivan
Was born in the San Fernando City Hospital and grew up in Los Angeles. He studied music and violin until the age of twenty. He began to improvise and played with local musicians forming a band in 1985. He briefly died in 1987, and returned to life as a struggling but dedicated musician. He's worked with many artists in the studio and on stage. Bands include Sex and Violins, Baghdad Nadsat (Eye of Newt), Brand New World, Leoardo's Bag, Ron Kat & the Soul Disciples, Jon T Howard Band and Melissa Flannigan. His influences are Hendrix, Floyd, Pretty Things, Zappa, Bowie, Beatles, Crimson and all the great electric violinists: Pappa Creach, Suzana Harris, David Cross, Jerry Goodman, Jean Luc Ponty, David something and Stephanne Grappelli.

 

Paul Seer
Was born at 2 a.m. in a chevy pickup traveling about 65 mph. His first year was spent in a trailer park by the railroad tracks. His mother was an German immigrant, and his father was from Texas. Some people hear voices: Since a young child, Paul has always heard music. He grew up listening to The Stones, The Beatles, and Beethoven. He plays bass, keyboard, and guitar, and performed for years in an afro-cuban hand percussion ensemble. Composing and recording music continues to be an avocation which brings him great joy. His hero's are Apollo, Mary Magdalene, and working class people everywhere.

 

Joe Day
Joe's earliest musical influence was his uncle Danny, whose 8-track collection of classic rock chestnuts Joe inherited at age seven, at the dawn of the cassette age. One of Joe's few regrets is that he didn't grow up to be Gene Simmons. But he did pick up the guitar around age thirteen and the bass at sixteen, all the while polishing his singing skills as a choir geek in middle and high school. Shortly after college, where he earned a degree in jazz studies and arranging, his flirtation with the drums developed into a full blown addiction, and drums have been his primary instrument ever since. As much as he loves exploring new sounds on the kit or just plain old going off, nothing makes him happier than shaping a song from behind the drums.

 


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Shannon Tower Band has 931 friends.
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Sherra





Jul 7 2009 5:55 AM

Hey Lady just want to let you know how grateful I am that your my friend~ I love you
Shell's Jewel's





Jun 18 2009 9:43 PM

Can't wait to hear you play at the Parkrose Farmers market Saturday!!

shelley
Under Story Productions





Jun 17 2009 4:03 PM

Welcome to the Under Story! Glad we're Space Friends....Check out our Northwest Indy band of the month.

Cheers


Sherra





Jun 9 2009 5:48 AM

Hey Beautiful~Just stopping in to say i miss u and That my first day went well.....
shana





Jun 9 2009 1:38 AM

Thank you, hottie rock star lady!
ToDD 0N3





Jun 7 2009 10:16 AM

Awesome...Ok :) miss ya too!
Sound Semantics (tweets @SoundSemantics)





Jun 4 2009 10:24 PM

thanks for connecting, hope we get to work together sometime soon :) -allie
Hummel Photography





Jun 1 2009 1:01 AM

Good picks, those are some of my favorites!  The website looks awesome, I like the one you chose for the home page, especially with the red writing, very very nice.  :-) 
Bassguy66 Doug Elia





May 27 2009 3:40 PM

Hey Shannon,,,hope all is well with you






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Hummel Photography





May 27 2009 2:04 AM

Whats up guys, so happy the photos turned out as well as they did! Glad you like them, thank you for crediting me as well, you guys are awesome! Unfortunately, my website isn't up anymore, so myspace is the best way to reach me now: www.myspace.com/jennsphotos

Talk to you soon! Thanks again,

~Jennifer Hummel
HUMMEL PHOTOGRAPHY
BrOkEn & tWisTEd





May 24 2009 3:36 AM

Thanks for pass'n the message, you all rocked it I really had fun...sticky finger's so gross :)

BrOkEn & tWisTEd





May 24 2009 2:30 AM

Jeff, you rocked the violin at duff's, what amazing talent!!! I so admire you.
The Molas





May 21 2009 5:26 PM

Pleasure to make your acquaintance. Thanks for checking out our videos and songs.
Daniel Mark Faller


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May 21 2009 2:28 PM

greetings from Idaho.....thanks for the friendship....daniel
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May 19 2009 5:08 AM

THANX 4 THE ADD
*Freedom*





May 15 2009 4:53 AM

Peace to you my sister, love your musical vibes!
Sherra





May 14 2009 2:47 AM

Whats up lil lady....Im just listening to some dixie chicks and i thought of u....hope ur day was good...I miss and love u.....
Sherra





May 8 2009 3:48 AM

Just stoppin by to tell u Im thinking about u and Miss u....
Miss Lori





May 4 2009 7:21 PM

Thx and a big huge congrats to you too... Its amazing to see what everyone is doing now, I almost fell over when I saw you ahve tats lol.... I remember the very first day I met you and Rita. I was 3 years old and you two brought the book titled GOD with the little girl on the front, bet you didnt know I still have that book! Keep in touch ole buddy and again i am soooo very happy for you..
Sherra





May 2 2009 2:14 AM

The next time u get dressed up I better get pics!!!
Parkrose Farmers Market





Apr 27 2009 4:15 PM

Parkrose Farmers Market opens May 2nd!! With Broken Glory, Daily, Sound Semantics and Gentle Rain Jazz Band don't miss it!! Also KUPL country will be there on sight as well.

please add us to your top eight for the week to get the word out!!

shelley
Sherra





Apr 20 2009 4:53 PM

I miss u lady......just wanted u to know im thinking about u.....love me
Sherra





Apr 19 2009 12:02 AM

I miss u and love u toooo....and u were my number 1 First.....heehee....Lol I wont peep anything
Sherra





Apr 13 2009 5:05 AM

yea, my easter was super good, spent it with the family...unusual...but good.....then the afternoon laid around the house...then worked out alil.....now im thinking about puting old pics together.....love u...
Sherra





Apr 12 2009 3:38 AM

Hey lady...Just stopping in to say Hi and I miss u....Hope ur Easter is fabulous....love me....
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