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Paul Kuhn recently played his Cellocaster on Dan Bern's title track to the new documentary by director Jonathan Demme (Silence Of The Lambs, Philadelphia, Stop Making Sense, Heart Of Gold, etc) entitled "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains." The movie was in theatres back in October and November and is now available for rental on DVD. The soundtrack is also now available and features the music of Dan Bern, Alejandro Escovedo, Gillian Welch, Brother Ali, and other great artists.
Anyway, Treehouse is the convergence of singer/songwriters Larry Good, Dan Sheridan, and Paul Kuhn which began in the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado area back in 1994. Treehouse has self-produced three recordings, played about 1,000 gigs around Colorado and Utah, especially Grand Junction for some reason. Members of Treehouse played the HORDE festival in Denver, the High Sierra Festival in California, opened for Sheryl Crow, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Whiskey Town, WAR, Warren Zevon, Sonia Dada, Better Than Ezra, Young Dubliners, Sam Bush and John Cowan, and many others before these other artists became massive, world-wide icons. Paul Kuhn played in a band in college with Vertical Horizon singer Matt Scannell, has performed with the late Bobby Sheehan of Blues Traveler, sat in with Sean Kelly and the Samples, and DJ Logic. Paul also played on Doug Derryberry and John Alagia's first CD, "Southpaw," and on Dan Bern's "New American Language." Paul is also applying for a patent on an instrument he designed that is a cross between a cello, guitar, and violin, called the Cellocaster. Songwriters Dan Sheridan and Larry Good have each won the coveted Telluride Troubador Contest. Treehouse songwriter Dan Sheridan has had music featured on network television shows, and Paul Kuhn's "Blackberry Jam" was featured on an extreme sports program on MTV. But none of that makes one bit of difference now, right? So Dan Sheridan still resides in the Aspen area, recording and performing solo. Larry Good is composing music for films, performing solo and with Jes Grew. Paul Kuhn is back in Milwaukee, and tours and records with rising star Dan Bern and sits in with the Samples when they're in the neighborhood. Treehouse bassist Billy Conn currently resides in Basalt and plays in the Natives with Steve Skinner and in several other area bands. Drummer Todd Skarda is playing in a band and doing session work in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eliah Levy has moved on to playing the Chapman Stick and lives in LA. Paul Valentine plays his drums with many Roaring Fork Valley bands. So Treehouse is currently on hiatus, but we made these three albums and we spent a sizable chunk of money and worked real hard on them, and we still think our songs sound unique and fresh. So we're sending them with a lot of love out there to you, the listener, hoping you will dig 'em. Treehouse's album "Blend" is now available at iTunes and all the other major download services.

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Member Since: 8/11/2006
Band Members: Billy Conn: Fretless and Upright Bass, Vocals.
Larry Good: Lead and Harmony Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards.
Paul Kuhn: Lead and Harmony Vocals, Cellocaster, Electric Violin, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Percussion.
Eliah Levy: Electric Guitar (eponymous debut album only).
Dan Sheridan: Lead and Harmony Vocals, Open-tuned Electric and Acoustic Guitars.
Todd Skarda: Drums, Percussion ("Live at the Wheeler Opera House," "Blend").
Paul Valentine: Drums, Percussion (eponymous debut album only).

Influences: Greg Mack: has anyone heard from my long lost fishing buddy, philosopher, musical friend?? MU graduate around 1989, from Springfield, Illinois, last seen around 1994 in Colorado; MIA since then. Any info would be much appreciated!

Some musicians, writers, and people who've helped shape me: Dave Matthews Band, the Police, Glenn Frey and the Eagles, the Samples, New Grass Revival, CSN&Y, The Band, Van Morrison, Lenny Kravitz, Joe Jackson, John Cowan, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Sam Bush, Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, Ryan Adams, Sonia Dada, U2, Madonna, Wilco, Willy Porter, Freddy Jones Band, Beatles, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, John Hiatt, Doug Derryberry, John Alagia, Blues Traveler, Vertical Horizon, Elvis Costello, Jeff Buckley, Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin, Crowded House, Dan Bern, Mike Viola, Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and the East Street Band, Sheryl Crow, Guster, Aimee Mann, Sarah McLachlan, Toad the Wet Sprocket, DJ Logic, David Wilcox, Son Volt, Fleetwood Mac, Beck, Kaki King, Rolling Stones, Badfinger, Little Feat, Mike Kuhn, Kitty Griffin, Maggie and Steve Jacobus, Zach Egan, John Fonseca, Fenella Raines, Barb Bersche and the "Pup-Style" bass, Saffire, the Bedrocks, David Gray, Counting Crows, Robbie Robertson, Santana, Monkey Train, Hothouse Flowers, Gipsy Kings, Leahy, Mark O'Connor, Cat Stevens, Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin, Chris Isaak, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, John Irving novels, Dave Eggers' books, Huston Smith, Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Theophane the Monk, Kahlil Gibran, Woody Allen, Mike Meyers, Chris Farley, the Jerky Boys, Monty Python, Larry David, the English Beat, the Clash, R.E.M., Luka Bloom, Young Dubliners, Jimmy Ibbotson, Sandy Munroe, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, David Grisman, the Verve, Spacehog, Huffamoose, Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis, John Coltraine, Al Dimeola, Jamie Rosenberg, Friends of Your Mother, Jes Grew, Marshall Crenshaw, Jimmy Cliff, King Sunny Ade, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Raul Midon, Rush, Boston, early Van Halen, Jimmy Hendrix, Lou Reed, Joe Cocker, Bob Seger, Billy Joel, Ben Harper, Barenaked Ladies, The Cars, The Waterboys, Big Country, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Bruce Hornsby, the Empties, Coldplay, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Yerba Buena, String Cheese Incident, Patty Griffin, Fishbone, John Mellencamp, James Brown, Emmylou Harris, the Jam, the Cure, XTC, New Order, Beach Boys, Squeeze, Mozart, Copeland (Aaron and Stewart!), and many more, too!
Sounds Like: chick picks and polka pluck
Type of Label: Indie

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ode to a Q-tip

There's nothing quite like when you've got an itch deep inside your ear and you've just run out of Q-tips, those bastions of aural comfort. Being a musician, I'm very aware of my ears and sensitive t...
Posted by Paul Kuhn and Treehouse on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:10:00 PST