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Jerry sees his latest recording as a sort of spiritual rock opera, his Pilgrims Regress with all the guitars he wanted and a Producer willing to help him achieve any crazy sound he dreamed up the night before. This album hopes to take you on an emotion filled journey of songs exploring different angles of the intersections where spiritual longing meets human love. Jerry wrote, sang, played all the guitars, some home made drums and bass on a song, with Marty MacKeever providing keyboards, background vocals and production. Just a few special guests made magical appearances such as Tim Chandler of Daniel Amos, The Choir and The Lost Dogs fame, on bass, Loretta Brank on fiddle, Nashville’s Sonny Joe Slim on harmonica, Bree Collier on vocals, Jamie Brantley on drums, Mark Polack on bass, Matt Patrick on bass, and Laurie Kerr on vocals.Link to: Jerry Oliver

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Member Since: 2/28/2005
Band Website: jerryoliver.com
Band Members: Jerry’s Live band The Galaxy Of Howling Dogs include:Kevin Rains - drums, vibes, percussion:Jett - violin, bass, slide:Caleb Dylan - mandolin, guitar, bass:Josh Irwin - keyboards, accordion: -Guest Dogs have included:Sonny Joe Slim - harmonica, vocals:Sheila Oliver - vocals:Asher Oliver - percussion, drum
Influences: Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Guided By Voices, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Patti Smith, Willie Nelson, Kraftwork, Curtis Mayfield, John Fahey, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Mike Knott, The Choir, Daniel Amos, Alejandro Escovedo, The Arcade Fire, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, John Steinbeck, CS Lewis, Jack Kerouac, Jim Carrol, The Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer, Paul Westerberg, Ryan Adams, Mick Ronson, John Scofield, Robbie Robertson, Willie Mays, Charles Bukowski, Anne Lamott, Kathleen Norris, The Bible, Dad.
Sounds Like: A quirky mix of my influences.
Record Label: Odd Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New CD finally out!

Hey faithful bloggers, The feeling of finally having my new CD "Death Of The Avant-Garde" out and available is such a relief. As an artist I just want to keep painting you know? And sometimes the proc...
Posted by Jerry Oliver on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:18:00 PST

Who else experiments?

So who all out there digs on the experimental improv music out there like guitarists John Fahey, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth or any of the various projects associated with Nels Cline like The Nels C...
Posted by Jerry Oliver on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

What's on my mind

As much as I love history and especially music history, and as much as I love the music of Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, The Carter Family or even Jimi or Miles or Bill Monroe, Bob Marley or countles...
Posted by Jerry Oliver on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST