I also played in a band called BLACK WAGON with David Williams and Ian Peisner.
Influences
MUSIC:
These days..... Jason Molina, Elliott Smith, David Williams, Glade, Bright Eyes, The Cave Singers, Islands, Ben Kilbourne, Sufijan Stevens, Tom Waits, Wilco, M. Ward, Yo La Tengo, the Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine, and Mirah.
In the early days.....David Bowie, Beck, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Gillian Welch, Robert Johnson.
Way way back.....The Cure, Yaz, The Smiths, The Violent Femmes, the Talking heads, REM, and The Ocean Blue.
Before that.....the Jackson 5
WRITING:
Billy Collins, Craig Childs, Ed Abbey, Hafiz, Alan Watts.
Sounds Like
"A FANTASTIC SONGWRITER WITH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE"--Jason Molina
10.01 "Wendy Ohlwiler = Joni Mitchell + Jefferson Airplane + Loretta Lynn... more portishead than Janis Joplin. Country western, folk, rock and jazz, which if you think about it, all have the blues as their common denominator" SLUG.--Spencer Jenkins
"a cross between Gillian Welch, Ma Rainey and trip-hop" SL CityWeekly--William Athey
Nominated for "Best Acoustic 2007"--SL CityWeekly
CD REVIEWS.......................................................
"listen to the wind" a five-track EP of hushed, haunting acoustic melodies recorded before the ink was dry. Raw, spare, beautiful and honest, this album might just change your life. At least, for a little while. SL CityWeekly --Jamie Gadette
Calico Sea (nominated for Best Local CD 2006)"a compelling full-length release, from country rock to dustbowl ballads to torch songs to garage swing, Ohlwiler’s deceptively delicate warble and Prill’s masterful guitar strokes mold 11 tunes into their own uniquely cool vision thing: The Torrey Sound?" SL CityWeekly --Bill Frost
Calico Sea "These 11 songs linger in the memory like a half-remembered dream." --THE CATALYST
Pave The Planet "the most original and tunefully eccentric CD produced locally in years. It’s not folk, country or rock, but far more. It holds up to multiple spins."--Bill Frost
"Listen to the wind" got a great review in the weekly!!
I sang with Jason Molina and Magnolia Electric Co. Check out the pics!
Nominated for "Best Acoustic 2007" --Salt Lake City Weekly
Recording and touring for 10 years. I've shared shows with these nice people............ The Waifs, Bearkat!, David Dondero, Horse Feathers, Laura Gibson, The Band of Annuals, Point Juncture Washington, French Quarter, My Ferral Kin, Bright Carvers, Tandy, Amy Rude, Jason Webley, Adam Frumhoff, Jukebox the Ghost, Ten Killer Twins, The Acres, The Weird Weeds, Kickball, Ben Kamen, Raina Rose, Callow, Glade, Wuhu Seai, Wren Kennedy, Dead Horse Point, Stacey Board, Melissa Warner, Adam Sorensen, Will Barclay, Mark Baysinger, Dan Bern and strangely, Trey Anastasio.
I've played.....NYC--Arlene Grocery, Black Betty, ACME Underground, Sun Music Co DC--The Velvet Lounge WA--Le Voyeur OR--Red and Black Cafe NM--the Launchpad, Atomic Cantina AZ--Plush, The Grill CA--Twiggs UT--The Patio, Kilby Court, Slowtrain, Nobrow, and Urban Lounge, and the Zephyr.
I spent 4 years touring with Black Wagon, did a solo tour promoting Calico Sea in 2006, and toured the Southwest with Wuhu Seai (Ben Kilbourne) in 2007. I need help booking shows in New Zealand in Dec/Jan and Australia in Feb.
DISCOGRAPHY
listen to the wind--2007 5 songs in 5 days a solo acoustic record recorded in garage band at the orchard house.
Bones--Black Wagon 2007 recorded in 3 days at Little Kiss Studios in Albuquerque with David Williams, Ian Peisner, and Jeffrey Richards.
Calico Sea 2006 5 years in the making recorded at spark studios with David Williams, Melissa Warner, Bill Floyd, Glade Sowards, Jamie Dalton, Stacey Board, and Carolyn Toronto.
Pave the Planet--1999 3 song ep. (out of print) with David Williams, Adam Sorensen, and Rich Dagle.
Thank you so much for "bandfriending" us, Wendy! 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!
hey wendy! how's things? I was listening to your cd the other day-I really love it. I want to play a show with you again. oh- and I put up a few new ones. tell me what you think! talk soon. Ron
Hi Wendy! I got into town last night--i just went out and had a shrimpburger(its a local thing). The coast is great-but very slow and laid back, a very fifferent pace compared to N.M. I'm gonna find some work, and get down to recording the acoustic record i've been needing to make! wow---humidity!
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