Russ Christiansen - vocals, guitar // Todd Divel -guitar //
Jon Snyder - bass // Johnny Waggoner - noise //
James Lovelace- drums
Influences
Drive By Truckers, My Morning Jacket, Jason Isbell, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Paul Westerberg, the Replacements, Josh Ritter, Bruce Springsteen (solo), the Frames, Radio Nationals, 16 Horsepower
"Rowdy and yet melodic, Three Miles West’s sound is worn and comfortable, like a favorite pair of jeans." -Westword (a village voice media publication)
++++Named by Colorado Music Buzz Magazine as one of the "Bands to Look out for in 2008"++++
"alt.country engineers"- (the Denver Post) Elana Ashanti-Jefferson++++
Westword (a Village Voice Publication) nominated Three Miles West w/
Ten Cent Redemption,
Oakhurst,
Ghost Buffalo, &
Red Cloud
for best Roots/American Band of 2006
Downloads.com
Five of Five Stars *****
Road ready and guitar driven songs. Nice.
"This band sounds like a road-ready outfit, with a guitar-based approach. No twangy stuff, just straight ahead driving rockin' tunes. There's a story in every song. Listen closely. It's likely to be your story. Similar to Drive By Truckers and Whiskeytown...what's not to like?"
........and has offered support opening for the following critically praised National Acts while in Denver:
James McMurtry
Chuck Prophet,
C. Gibbs,
Milton Mapes,
Grain & Demise,
Dusty Rhodes
& Jon Prophet.
Has played locally with:
Angie Stevens (her CD Release Show)
the Holllyfelds (their CD Release Show)
Drag the River
John Common
Jeff Finlin
Carolyns Mother
Rexway
Love .45
Catatac
Kosmos
Wendy Woo
In this short span of time the band has been booked as a feature act at the following Denver venues:
Ogden Theatre (NIPP)
Larimer Lounge,
the Soiled Dove,
The Walnut Room,
the dNote
Benders Tavern,
Hard Rock Cafe (Denver),
The Toad Tavern
the Historic Oriental Theatre.
& lots of dive bars!
Hey Russ. Hope you guys are good. i'm going out West to Utah and am possibly looking for a show Jan 21st in denver. Are you guys around? Wanna do a show?. Do you know how to get in touch with Gretchin by anychance? Best! c.
Hey Russ. If you're out and about Saturday night, well be having a kosmos kristmas party at Walnut! Haven't seen you in quite a while. You guys playing much?
Mark your calendar! Coming up 2 weeks from this Saturday.
P.S. - Vote for our sorry asses! We've been nominated for Westwords Music Showcase as Denver's best "Roots / Americana" band. Go to http://westword. com/polls/musicpoll/ to cast your ballot.
Thanks! I've got your disc and about three other local discs on rotation in my car. I don't even really need to look outside of Denver for kickass music. You guys rocked my face off at our show! -Lucas
Hey that's awesome! All the best of luck for that! Life is just dandy! Workin' hard on this radio thing; talking to bands, lovin' every minute of it...that whole thing.
Thanks for the well wishes...we were super bummed to have to cancel that night. It sucks to be that sick!We'll definitely need to play together soon. -Eryn
Hello the greatest ever- do you know of any cool venues to play in Iowa? John Common and I will be coming back from Minneapolis at the end of Sept- looking for a sunday gig on the 30th...any ideas? House Party on the Golf Course??? I think- yes!!!
I haven't seen you in awhile and I just wanted to say Hi and see how you have been. You should come check out my new place sometime. No good bars around here but we BBQ all the time. Hope to see you soon.
