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  • Genre: Acoustic / Americana / Folk

    Location SEATTLE, Washington, US

    Profile Views: 28904

    Last Login: 4/25/2012

    Member Since 12/5/2006

    Website www.wesweddell.com

    Record Label Dusty Shadows Music....

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .......... .. ......      ...... .. ...... ...... ...... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ....* NEW CD! *   ..By the Side of the Lake...... .. .. ..“Let there be no doubt: ....Wes Weddell.... is a major Northwest artist, a major talent in American music, and he’s here for the long haul.”....                      ..-Victory Music Review.. .. .. .. .... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... In the spring of 2001, Seattle singer/songwriter ..Wes Weddell.. captivated the Northwest with a 65-day tour through all corners his home state gathering local stories and lore.  The ..University of Washington..-sponsored ‘..Project..’ earned him the inaugural Mary Gates Venture Fellowship and led to the ..My Northwest Home.. CD.  It also planted some deep roots for Wes in the local music community. .... ..Songs to Get You From Here to There.. followed in late 2006, marking the formation of the full ‘WW Band’ and capping a busy year that also saw “Carry On” win first place in the ..Tumbleweed Music Festival.. Songwriting Contest—an event Wes now hosts annually.  ..Songs.. was named one of the late ..Performing Songwriter Magazine..’s Top-12 DIY picks in June, 2007, and its folk radio successes helped Wes—ever the champion of the Emerald City’s local scene—expand his touring circles. .... Propelled by versatile character voices with compelling stories to tell, the 11 songs on 2010’s ..By the Side of the Lake.. comprise some of Wes’ strongest work—and performances—to date, exposing his rural roots and exploring threads that run through smaller communities as they grow and change.  The full band returns to deliver diverse arrangements that nonetheless feel crisp and of-a-piece: unashamedly contemporary at full-throttle, but not afraid to leave the expertly-crafted narrative to a solo banjo or mandolin at times, too. .... A native of Pullman, WA, Wes also keeps busy as an in-demand teacher and sideman on a variety of instruments, including regular work with the beloved folksinging duo ..Reilly & Maloney.. since 2003.  That same year he founded ..Puget’s Sound Productions.., a federal 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to creating community live-music spaces around the region and supporting local musicians, which he continues to run.

  • Members

    .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ......WW...... - Guitars, mandolin, vocals, harmonica..... ....Alicia Healey.... - Bass, vocals.. ..Brian Hoskins.. - organ, piano.. ....Dave Bush.... - drums/percussion.. ..Erin Kreiger.. - vocals.. ..Amanda Monger.. - cello, vocals ....

  • Influences

    Tom Petty, Woody Guthrie (& son), Guy Clark, Lyle Lovett, Red Knuckles, Eliza Gilkyson, Greg Brown, Paul Simon, Beck, Ry Cooder, Odetta, Roger Miller...and so many great locals.......

  • Sounds Like

    .... .. .. .. .... .. .. "Folk meets rockabilly meets lonesome cowboy waltzes."..     -..Performing Songwriter Magazine.... .. "..Wes Weddell.. has a gift for story-telling, wisdom beyond his years, and a troubadour spirit that will serve him and his audience for a long time to come."..     -Fran Snyder, ....concertsinyourhome.com...... .. "Modern-Day Woody Guthrie"..     -..Seattle Times.... .. "A refreshing throwback in these days of synthesized, digitalized, commercialized performers and performances."..     -..Walla Walla (Wash.) Union-Bulletin.... .. "As in the finest storytelling, the emotion is conveyed by the details, the plainly narrated actions, and the growing sense of the humanness of the people involved... We are the better for it."..     -Bill Fisher, ..Victory Music Review.... .. .. .... .. .. .. .... ..

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