"A hell of a record!" - John Richards, KEXP's Associate Program Director
"Across the River" shows Shane getting dreamy and seasoned with patterns of warm acoustic guitar being picked behind his striking and resonant lyrical call. He's a singer, through and through. - Trent Moorman, The Stranger
"It’s like a fresh breath of air to hear them play... They pull sounds from many different music genres to keep it fresh and progressive. The instrumentations only add more color to songs about life and love... With their recent release "Hey Lazarus!", Shane Tutmarc & The Traveling Mercies are a band to keep your eye on!" - Barflies.net (SoCal Music Zine)
"An album you shouldn't miss." - TheBlackandWhiteMag.com (Canadian music zine)
"[Shane Tutmarc's] voice is strained, lending an urgency to his songs, which range from unironic country steps to finger-picked folk ramblers to piano-driven devotional songs." - Brian J. Barr, Seattle Weekly
"I feel as though I’m present at the birth of rock and roll." - Sound on the Sound.com Live Review
hey, great story in the June issue of Vintage Guitar about Hanburt Electric Guitars in Seattle...Talks at length about Paul Tutmarc and the Hollywood Temple/Calvary Temple, the Audiovox Manufacturing Co, etc...cool article! check it out if you haven't already!
Shane! I was going through old pics the other day and I have some really great ones of you playing the guitar out at our beach house back in the day (circa 1995)! Hope all is well with you and Brandon. Michael and I will have to catch a show when he comes back from school :)
Shane, Travis here. Good times this weekend! That idea for Austin sounds like a blast, especially after the recent mischief. There will be trouble haha!
Proud to be your friend ! Thanks for the version of 'Let Me Down Easy' , it's really great! Love, Mark P.S. I'm back in town and ready for that drink , later this week?
Thanks for the shirt and CD and great performance in general. I hope the ice cream was deliiiiiish and worked better than the gatorade. Maybe you should mix them and make a gatorade float for your next show. Mm mm goooooood... not.
shane, great read on "devil don't remember my name". thanks for posting, you've given us new arrangement ideas. your voice sounds just right for the song. frank
