always: mark, jim, bob, buddy t, and ryan.
sometimes: brandon and wendy buckner, eric buckner, aaron collier.
previously but still close to our heart: kenny and jane.
Influences
john fahey, nick drake, leonard cohen, dirty dozen brass band
Sounds Like
iron and wine, bright eyes, sipping and sitting and enjoying the night
the heroes are horses was started by mark bradley-shoup, jim tate, and kenny burnap in 1998 as an experiment in folk music, combining simple song structure, traditional instruments and effected radio static with elements of the avant-garde. includes tracks from early recordings made with charles allison in 1998 (coos bay and in 3). all other tracks recorded by jim at corner room from 98-07. features buddy t. from lambchop, ryan dixon of the quiet ones and bob stagner of the legendary improvisation duo, the shaking ray levi society. our stuff is available at cdbaby.com.
Buy our 1st EP - now out of print - only a couple left!!!!
Or our new album - released 10/09/07
Hello the heroes are horses. Beautiful work here. Thanks for including us. I look forward to hearing more your work. Warmest regards from a bit south. -Frank
