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The Tall Pines
Rock / Country / Soul

Our New Record "Campfire Songs" on iTunes Today!




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Member Since7/15/2006
Band WebsiteYou Are Here
Band MembersConnie Lynn Petruk - Vocals / Tambourine * Christmas Davis - Guitar / Vocals * Katia Floreska - Organ / Vocals *Jesse Krakow - The Bass* Denny McDermott- Drums
InfluencesFlannery O'Connor, Nature, Sam Peckinpah, Nurture, Bobbie Gentry, Jim Ford, Dusty Springfield, Russ Meyer, Kris Krtistofferson, The Staple Singers, Johnny and June, Tony Joe White, Blind Willie Johnson, The Moon, Dolly Parton, The Sun, Sly Stone, Avant Garde Magazine, George Harrison, Ike and Tina, Canadians, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Americans, Mick Taylor, Willie Nelson, Jesus, Stevie Wonder, The Band, Playboy Magazine 1967-1977, Bobby Womack, Shel Silverstein, Boyde Holmes, Hank Williams, horses, camp fires, ghost stories and other true tales that stretch the imagination.
Sounds LikeThe Tall Pines! Or, the house band from your favorite imaginary Russ Meyer movie.



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Aug 12 2009 8:00P
The Tall Pines At Rockwood Music Hall New York, New York

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   About The Tall Pines
Get your copy of the new Tall Pines CD "Campfire Songs" by clicking the iTunes link here: The Tall Pines - Campfire Songs

And the first TALL PINES CD - which NPR called one of the Top Ten best CDs of 2007 - is still available by clicking on the picture below. It's that easy.
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you can also download the first album from the iTunes general store
just by clicking here: The Tall Pines - The Tall Pines Don't forget to leave a review.


About The Tall Pines:
The Tall Pines debut release was recently featured in National Public Radio’s Top Ten Best CDs of 2007. NPR contributor Meredith Ochs provides the following description of The Tall Pines unique style:

“With long straight hair falling over sky high cheekbones and a penchant for floor-length dresses Connie Petruk looks like she stepped out of late ‘60s / early ‘70s Nashville and sings like the lost sister of Bobbie Gentry or Dusty Springfield. Her honeyed alto will melt the frost off your windshield, and the band’s confident backing matches her attitude flawlessly. The Tall Pines are equal parts soul and twang, molasses and moonshine, sass and skill. The Ten songs on their debut CD, all written by Christmas Davis and inspired by his Southern upbringing, evoke the heyday of the country-soul hybrid without ever sounding unoriginal, a difficult feat.”

“But the story of The Tall Pines begins long before we ever recorded any music” says Petruk. “The Tall Pines began pushing their tiny roots into the earth when Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris decided to sing together, and when The Band came down from Canada, and when Tony Joe White and Bobbie Gentry first started writing down stories and pickin’ their guitars at the same time. That’s when The Tall Pines really started. It’s just taken us a few decades to be born, grow up, get together and start making our own version of the music that we love.“

The Tall Pines is a family collaboration of singer Connie Lynn Petruk, and songwriter Christmas Davis. Connie Lynn was born in Edmonton Alberta, and started singing at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo when she was just a little girl. After a few seasons spent entertaining the cowboys in Calgary, she moved to New York to seek her fortune. Christmas was raised with a colorful southern family whose members often find their way into his songs. Growing up, he spent every Sunday attending a Pentecostal church, at the insistence of his mother who was addicted to two things: Jesus, and the tambourine.

“The Tall Pines” is the band’s first recording. According to Christmas Davis “In it you’ll find a generous helping of pretty young ladies on the make, drunken reverends telling tall tales, satanic choirs, small town drifters, aging dreamers, innocents with broken hearts, and all kinds of crooked characters, squeezed into ten short songs. Like a collection of Flannery O’Connor stories, with a beat. It's our first manifesto, open to interpretation, and ready to lead the sing along. We hope that you enjoy it and come back often to visit The Tall Pines.”

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Gussy





May 30 2009 12:50 PM

Thank you so much for "bandfriending" us, The Tall Pines! We truly appreciate it.

We hope that you find something of ours that will wriggle into your ears, burrow down next to your heart (in a good way), and compel you to ROB US BLIND (again, in a good way: "Free downloads, ahoy!”…that is, if Myspace ever gets around to reactivating that feature).

If you like us, please, tell a friend.
If you hate us, hell, tell an enemy!

Be well,
GUSSY
GUSSY Loves You
ROBERT





May 11 2009 11:23 PM

Thank You for Your Friendship...PEACE....Robert..
blythe





Apr 16 2009 5:23 PM

ummm. YOU were so goo too.

thank you. i promise to bring gluten free treats next time.

hope to see you soon xb
garyjl





Mar 8 2009 7:33 PM

hi ! thanx for the add, i like what i hear!!

gary
EDDIE SKULLER





Jan 3 2009 1:24 AM

happy peaceful delightful 2009!
The Flying Iguana





Dec 5 2008 5:16 AM

Dang, ya'll aint on Zune.
Jones Street Station





Nov 20 2008 4:12 PM

s'gonna be a blast! can't wait.
rock,
the jsb
Mott





Oct 29 2008 5:43 PM

Come on down!

Chloe Johns


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Oct 7 2008 7:16 PM

great stuff! Have a woderful week:)-Chloe
Thula





Sep 5 2008 7:47 PM

Hey guys, wish I could see you all at Union Hall.
What a great place for your music!
Thula





Aug 5 2008 2:30 AM

Hells yeah guys ! Great meeting you all in DE
Mott





Aug 3 2008 11:34 PM

kerri





Jun 26 2008 3:54 AM

the jesus christ dude really likes your music! i miss you!
JACK SKULLER





Jun 23 2008 1:31 AM

Thanks for your comment! It was really fun coming out to see your show. Hope to see you guys play again soon.
The Wave Gathering





Jun 3 2008 11:58 PM

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Honeycomb





May 21 2008 11:55 AM

whats up piners! please come to the rockshow.
myspace_honeycombarlenes
Michael





May 8 2008 8:43 PM

GO CINDY!!!

http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=y17LsD8MZ8A

www. myspace. com/cindyforcongress08

www. cindyforcongress. org
Boss Tweed





May 12 2008 7:41 PM

likewise! looking forward to our show friday at union hall. see you then...
Shannon





May 4 2008 9:22 PM

I'm STILL (patiently) waiting for a show in Beantown!! Better yet, get a gig at the Beachcomber on the Cape and we'll make a weekend of it.
John Clay





Apr 23 2008 3:35 PM

Thanks for the hook up. Connie, you and the band sound great! Best of luck and I hope to come out to one of your shows soon.
Chris Kirk





Apr 11 2008 9:47 PM

Connie Lynn Petruk is good.
The band sounds great.
Cheers,
Chris.
Ron





Mar 16 2008 7:53 PM

Thank you for your kind words. I'd be honored to be in your network. I see we have a lot of mutual friends. If you have a moment, I would appreciate it if you could check out my son Jesse's tribute page, at www. myspace. com/jessetributepage. He was an aspiring musician when he passed away in 1994. Thank you.

Ron
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Mar 17 2008 1:38 AM

Thanks for the request!
Cool, cool music...Beautiful style, nice influences.
What else to say?!
Axx
Mark Rodney





Mar 13 2008 9:16 PM

Man, thanks for finding me, i wanna be in your traveling movie! Love to jam, and love your page!

Peace,
M.R.
EDDIE SKULLER





Jan 23 2008 7:13 PM

i dig the new vibe on "UP"
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