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-Tim Dolan on banjo, fiddle,upright bass and vocals - Talia Toni Marcus on violin and viola. 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. The Dandelion Greens have become one of the Northwest's foremost original acoustic bands. They 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.---------------------------------------------------------------
Here's a new review of our CD from PBS radio 106.7 Melbourne Australia:
Guys we have just received your fantastic self titled cd "The Dandelion Greens" and have had a mountain fueled mess of fun listening to it. Love the sound of Joe and his Rockabilly inspired slap bass resonating throughout the cd. You got me Joe! From Bluegrass to Oldtimey, to Country, to Folk, to all manor of Americana you have covered it all so very well. Your songs are great, as is ALL of the instrumentation and singing, oh that singing is just so good. To me there is also elements of Alt Country added to the mix all melding into a cd to party to and have some good ole fun. Our listeners will fall in love with this one. Congratulations on a wonderful cd. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Yakima Folklife Association says----------I just wanted to thank you and the rest of the group for the great concert. It is obvious that everyone enjoyed your show. two standing "O"'s and an encore are the evidence.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------I’m not sure how I got a copy of the album but I’m glad I did!
Keep up the great work!
John Carver
Presenter
Across The Tracks
(Saturdays 6.00 am - 9.00 am)
PBSFM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------thanks for this great CD, I love each and every song on it. Great instrumentation and singing, too !!!
I'll give it radio airplay, starting with "Armistice Day Storm", followed by traks 1, 4, 5 & 8. Hope to see the band live on the road in Europe one day.
All the best
Friedrich Hog
Radio free FM
Fuerst-Albert-Str. 5
D-89611 Obermarchtal
Germany
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Ruby Jane Article in New York Times!! http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/who-do-these-guys-think-they-are/ AND Check out the new pictures and video! Let me know what you think! Ruby Jane
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Hi The Dandelion Greens WE ARE NOW ONLINE WITH FOUR LP. THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIAL ADVERTISE. THIS IS THE SIGNAL THAT THE LIFE GOES ON. WE WANT TO GO ON...
AND SO IN THE MEMORY OF A FRIEND THAT WE NEVER FORGET HERE WE ARE:
ROOTS CONNECTION "ANIMYSTIC" OUR SECOND LP . (PHISICALLY ONLY IN ITALY FROM THE 1TH OF APRIL 2009). IT'S ENRICO MICHELETTI LAST WILL.
ROOTS CONNECTION - 2003 OUR FIRST ALBUM. IT'S A MEETING BETWEEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC.
ENRICO MICHELETTI "SUNSET FEELING" 1995 GREAT SONGS AND GREAT VOICE IN A RECORD OF THE PAST CENTURY.
CHECK OUT OUR SPACE FOR MORE INFO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE! GOD BLESS YOU!!!!
Days like these, we must stick together and make a new future for OURSELVES, as "united musicians against free music". U.M.A.F.M. Yours in the arts. Donovan Freeborn
Thank you guys! And Happy New Year to you too...Peace On Earth! Definitely lookin' forward to doing some shows together in '09! Can you believe it's '09...
Thank you for the add too! My mom lives in Yakima and we are coming to see you at the museum next month. I'm sure she will love your music. I'm glad I stumbled across your info!
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