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Traveling Salesman

About Me

the p-folk: a patchwork coincidence of classical guitar and digital distortion - stories out of tune with grand expectations My Boss Got Drunk

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Member Since: 05/09/2006
Band Website: www.braintaxincluded.com
Band Members: Whiskey Kills the Evil in Me (Satan Calls on Private Phones)

Influences: Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Vic Chesnutt, Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy, Palace), Hank Williams, Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Company, Songs: Ohia), Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo); M. Ward, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Stephen McBean (Pink Mountaintops, Jerk With a Bomb, Black Mountain), Tom House, Iron and WineCivil War

Sounds Like: poor workingman's version of Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Vic Chesnutt, Will Oldham (Palace, Bonnie Prince Billy), Hank Williams, Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Company, Songs: Ohia), Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo), M. Ward, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Stephen McBean (Pink Mountaintops, Jerk With a Bomb, Black Mountain), Iron and WineMas Una Taza de Cafe

Record Label: No Aspirations
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Accidents Happen

All of a sudden But sometimes they're A long time coming New song, Accidents Happen, uploaded - this one is balls to the wall for me ... first song written on an electric guitar instead of a classical...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:39:00 GMT

Sometimes we order hamburgers

Even when we could have had steak.  So here is some new butchery for you - i just uploaded cover versions of 2 of my favorite songs of late - an Amy Winehouse tune, complete with trumpet&nbs...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:06:00 GMT

Plans were laid, guitars were played

the Second Annual Rolling Blunder Revue This Year was held recently on a gorgeous saturday afternoon at the Beat Shop, where gracious host Jim Barrett let us spill margaritas all afternoon ... and by ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:36:00 GMT

new opus a glorious mess

this was pretty fun to do, new song "Three Weeks" features no less than 8 guitar tracks as well as vocals and percussion, probably as lo-fi psychedelic indie folk rock as I've made it- while the Flami...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:08:00 GMT

Second Annual Rolling Blunder Revue This Year!

Traveling Salesman and The Rolling Blunder Revue are once again assuming the inauspicious stage at Beat Shop on River St in Troy.  Saturday 10/20 probably beginning around 1PM or so.  The Re...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:36:00 GMT

new song posted - Tragic

Tragic - the classical guitar came from a salsa song the guide on our trip thru Galapagos showed me, though the "salsa" of it all has eluded me and now it just sounds like me.  the lyrics were co...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:30:00 GMT

Acoustic Evil - My Boss Got Drunk Video posted

i posted a video of me playing My Boss Got Drunk in the late hours of the other night ... of all my songs, this seems to be the one everybody loves the most so i wanted to add it to my page but didn't...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:27:00 GMT

Rolling Blunder Revue

A good time was had by all, I believe, and everyone sounded great except for me, if anyone.  the mini-keg of heineken drained very quickly, though.  mental note - buy two next time.  ph...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:29:00 GMT

New Song - "Three Years"

just a demo, me on the '64 Gibson classical, guitar and vocals in one mix, recorded in the late hours of the night a couple of weeks ago.  hope to do a more fleshed out version of this ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 19:24:00 GMT

Money and Blood

new song posted - "Money and Blood: From the Far East Unto the Old West" - this song was inspired by "Yojimbo," an old samurai film by Japanese filmmaker Kurosawa - the opening language (subtitled for...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:22:00 GMT