The Band IS:
Jim Larkin - drums
Fez Aswat - bass
Ian Goldstien - mandolin, guitar, lap steel
Dana Price - fiddle, keys, vocals
Influences
Tom Waits, Lowell George, Tim Gearan, Greg Brown, Peter Mulvey, Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Peter Case, Lyle Lovett, Glen Hansard, Bruce Springsteen, Ani Difranco, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Lucinda Williams, Dar Williams, Peter Gabriel, U2, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Professor Longhair, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Woody Guthrie, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, Jason Vatter, JJ Baron, Joel Ackerson and many, many more...
Sounds Like
Hopefully like Ryan Fitzsimmons.
Some have said Lyle Lovett, Ryan Adams, The Swell Season, Wilco, Whiskeytown, and others.
“Drawing from a wide range of influences, from Peter Mulvey to Richard Thompson to Johnny Cash, Fitzsimmons paints moving, moody portraits buoyed by exciting and intelligent guitar arrangements.”
Joe Cleveland - Music Director, Folkus Project, Syracuse NY
Ryan Fitzsimmons was nominated for Best Folk Act in the Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll for 2004, shortly after moving to the city. Ryan is simply the kind of musician who impresses immediately.
Originally from central New York, Ryan Fitzsimmons' first exposure to music was sitting on the stairs in his parent's house as a child, listening to his older brother Todd practice blues licks along to Muddy Waters albums. He fell in love with the sound, and playing guitar became simply what he had to do. Ryan first gained attention at age 14 playing lead guitar in an alternative rock band called Anodyne which was nominated for a Syracuse Area Music Award (SAMMY). But after performing in a number of electric bands, Ryan decided to give up the amplifiers to see what he could do with just wood and steel and voice. What he discovered in performing solo with an acoustic guitar was an intimacy and nuance he found instantly inspiring.
Bringing to the fold his years of electric guitar playing and using innovative alternate tunings, Ryan Fitzsimmons' acoustic world runs the emotional gambit. The lyrics of Ryan's songs range from gentle, poetic details to the in-your-face realism of a bar fight, and his guitar ranges just as far, from starry night to thunderclap.
Over the last 5 years, Ryan has quietly been establishing a reputation as one of the most original and promising young songwriters on the scene today. Playing shows from Montana to New England (including venues such as Club Passim in Cambridge, MA; Stone Soup in Pawtucket, RI; Johnny D's in Somerville, MA; and the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA) Ryan has been engaging audiences with his distinctive songwriting and dynamic performances. Along the way, Ryan has shared the stage with performers Greg Brown, Ben Folds, Dar Williams, Richie Havens, Jesse Winchester, Peter Mulvey, and John Hammond Jr., among others.
Ryan's first CD, Open All Night, is the long-awaited companion to his live show. The album is a statement of Ryan's history, and in it Ryan takes all the diners, gas stations, smoky bars, and side streets that he's come across and extracts the human element, drawing the listener in with the questions and emotions that these places resonate. The album also features collaborations with many of Ryan's friends, including a subtle give-and-take with Peter Mulvey on the song "Write it Down". Delivered with Ryan's inspired guitar playing and dynamic presentation, Open All Night (chosen as one of the best folk albums of 2004 by the Providence Phoenix) proves what has been exciting audiences at Ryan's live performances for years.
The last voted round of the Emergenza Battle of the bands is June 22nd at The Paradise in Boston. Come out for the last big push. After this if we make it through, all the rounds are judged. You have come with us this far, help us one last time!
Details on our site for getting your tickets. www.myspace.com/disquietsongs
With your help we will go to DC for the city final!!!
Great to see you on Saturday night enjoying yourself. Glad we could be your soundtrack. Crush it tonight and I'll see you in a month when we get back from the west,etc.
Hey- We'd love your help in voting for G7th for the Best Capo in the Players Choice Awards balloting.. just copy and paste the following link into your browser to fill out your own ballot: http://www.acousticguitar.com/Surveys/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=35K874K04mm4G
Thank you for adding me as a friend. I've been enjoying your music tonight. I really love Ashes. . ."You might want to go up in ashes but your destination's dust" True message, really well done!
