PETE KEATING; guitar, vocals, harmonica, percussion, mandolin, banjo...
JOE COOK; upright bass, accordion, vocals...
TALIA TONI MARCUS: fiddle...
HEIDI SCHULER: accordion
TIM DOLAN : banjo
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An old truck rattling down a washboard dirt road, doin' 65, with the windows down, waitin' for the wheels to fly off at any second...
From Whidbey Island Washington in the great Pacific Northwest... The Dandelion Greens are Pete Keating; singer, guitar, percussion, mandolin, banjo,harmonica- Joe Cook; upright bass, accordion, and vocal harmony- Talia Toni Marcus; fiddle- and Heidi Schuler; accordion and new addition, Tim Dolan on banjo. They have been holed up in Joe's barn for a few months and are now taking their sound to the streets and fields of North America. Using a one man band approach, Pete plays guitar, sings and plays percussion instruments with his feet. When Pete's songs met Joe's slapping bass rhythm, the two veteran musicians knew that they had stumbled upon a unique sound that mixed American and European folk influences with nods towards bluegrass and rockabilly. With the recent addition of world class violinist, Talia Toni Marcus, and accordionist, Heidi Schuler, The Dandelion Greens have become one of the Northwest's foremost original acoustic bands.
The Dandelion Greens can perform as either a duo, or as a three to four piece band, and enjoy playing on the street or in the club for anyone who likes toe tapping music that is upbeat but lyrically deep. Pete's songs evoke images of common folk whose trials and tribulations we can all relate to, performed with all acoustic instrumentation allowing the listener to absorb the music and the words.
The Dandelion Greens can and will play anywhere acoustically or plugged-in with no change in the instrumentation except when they exchange the "too professional" bass drum and hi-hat for a 5 gallon bucket and tambourine taped to a stick!
Recorded at Acoustic Chambers in Kent Washington, The Dandelion Greens now releases their self-titled, full-length album of modern day original roots music.
Writing all of their own material, this fourteen song collection of true Americana storytelling is innovative, yet anchored in a sense of familiarity, bringing hearts to pounding and feet to tapping, while managing to disguise a bit of American history and personal mayhem within a field of bluegrass/folkabilly.
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hey - how are you? got a new song up that i wanted you to hear called "always". listen to it on my profile, and if you like it, put the song up on your page, or buy it on itunes!
That's great to hear that the WH wine is doing so well, I bet it'll be an awesome drinking wine! I'm about wrapped up here in SD, getting Army uniforms tomorrow then heading out to NJ for Basic Combat Training.
I heard you've been a bit under the weather this week, hope you're feeling better soon!
Needless to say...you guys were awesome last weekend...very Dylanesque...We love your CD and recommend it to fans of the lyric! Peace out and we'll be in touch with a time and place.
Hi y'all ~ Happy to connect... really love your sound. Let's stay in touch... wish I could make the scene at Egan's this evening. Hope it is a great show.
We’re really excited to have you performing at the 2008 Northwest Folklife Festival! You’re scheduled on 5/26/08 on the Fisher Green Stage at 5:00 PM. For more details, check out www.nwfolklife.org.
So great to hear from you. I have played Yakima Folklife for several consecutive years and decided to give it a break this year and booked over the dates. I wish I hadn't. That would have been a great place to meet up.
It's always soooooooo hot there!!! I thought I was going to melt away last time.
Hey! Missed y'all at DK's. There's this bar across the street called The Wall that is quite possibly the most awesome bar I and the fellas have ever been to. Needless to say, you missed a rare drunken set by us. Chenquieh!
I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for taking the time to listen to our music. We appreciate the gesture and are grateful that you enjoyed the material enough to add us to your community of friends. After all, having people connect with our music is why we do this. I hope you'll come by often to say hello and let us know what's happening with you, and when you have a spare moment, please visit our CD baby page http:/cdbaby.com/cd/crosstimbers there you can listen to more of our music and find out more about us. All my best and thank you again, Matt (the bass player) Cross Timbers
Hey there - We're having our CD Release show for “Marveling the While,” this Saturday, 4/5 at The Tractor. We’d love it if you could come. Please note it’s an early show starting at 6pm. Hope to see you there...Joy and The Starlings
thanks so much!! I'll be in Washington shooting some music videos in june. let me know if you guys need one for an EPK or youtube marketing. thanks again for the friendship. Tim
Hey Guys! Thanks so much for the compliment. I have always had tremendous respect for folk music and now I have tremendous respect for The Dandelion Greens.
Hey Dandelion Greens... Thanks for being our newest friend... Love the tunes! Sounds Great! .. Stop by and leave us a post sometime, we'd love to hear from you... Thanks Mike Gibson, The Grass Less Traveled
