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The Low Standards

About Me


Joaniemen & Correatown present: The Low Standards,
a collaboration of high & low proportions.
So here's the story:
San Diego: 2003.Mission Hills, evening.
Just as Correatown (known to most then as Angela Correa , an americana singer-songwriter in Les Shelleys with Tom Brosseau ) was packing up her old guitar and heading back to her new home away from home in Los Angeles, chance and circumstance collided and the stars aligned. Serendipity sent Joaniemen (known to most then as Joanie Mendenhall a member of The Exfriends , among other musical adventures with Matt Curreri , Ray Suen and Tyler Ward ) to that very place, that very night. They met. They exchanged albums and numbers. They listened. They reflected. They talked a bit. The two girls have been fast friends and musical cohorts ever since.
Los Angeles: 2006. Echo Park, morning.
After years of playing on each others tunes, singing together in various incarnations, talking trash, and scheming up mayhem these two gals Joaniemen and Correatown found that they really did need to formalize their partnership. Since they both quite cherished old jazz standards, show tunes, a witty lyric and the solid snap of a finger they decided to haunt the dirty nightclubs of the eastside in search of inspiration. In a fit and flurry of audacity they endeavored to create a few new musical low standards of their own.
Why The Low Standards?
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Because they are fun to sing.
Especially because they are fun to play.
Definitely because they make the neighbor boys swoon.
Always because they go down well with a drink.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Gamblers & Stalwarts -
we present to you THE LOW STANDARDS.
a collaboration by Joaniemen & Correatown.
a lovely recording coming to you soon in stereo deluxe.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/09/2006
Band Website: www.thelowstandards.com
Band Members:

Angela Correa - singing, guitar, vibes, glock, songwriting
Joanie Mendenhall - piano, guitar, vibes, background singing, songwriting
Tyler Ward - upright bass, drums
Ray Suen - violin and stuff
Matt Curreri - drums sometimes

~ Additional Players ~
Daniel Crawford - guitar
Mitch Manker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Growlin' Mike - trombone
Rob Hecht - tenor sax, bass clarinet, violin
JP Balmat - tenor sax
Rik Ogden - clarinet
Sky Ladd - piano
Ty Kiernan - percussion
Influences: Adrienne Rich
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Beethoven
Bessie Smith
Bill Evans
Bill Monroe
Bing Crosby
Chagal
Connie Boswell
Count Basie
Dave Brubeck
Debussy
Django Reinhardt
Duke Ellington
e e cummings
Elizabeth Cotton
Ella Fitzgerald
Elvis Costello
Emily Dickenson
Federico Garcia Lorca
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Herrup
Jack Elliot
Joao Gilberto
Johnny Cash
Kate Chopin
Leadbelly
Leger
Matisse
Miles Davis
Nat King Cole
Neil Young
P.J. Harvey
Patsy Cline
Picasso
Raymond Carver
Roscoe Holcomb
Salman Rushdie
Simon & Garfunkel
Son House
Stan Getz
Stephane Grappelli
Tchaikovsky
The Beatles
The Carter Family
The Velvet Underground
Thelonious Monk
Tom Waits
Tommy Johnson
Willa Cather
Woody Guthrie

Sounds Like: this.

Click here to purchase songs on iTunes .

recorded by Christopher Hoffee at In The Chaos Studios
more to come... stay tuned.
Record Label: none

My Blog

SXSW official showcase details announced...

SATURDAY MARCH 17The Elephant Room315 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 7870111:00 PM sharp!
Posted by on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:31:00 GMT

The Local 94.9FM in San Diego makes

Wow! Great news everyone!The Low Standards brand spanking new "Show Some Leg EP" has been named "The Local 94.9 FM Recommended" album for the month of February! Pretty nice! Thanks to The Local 94.9 a...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:00:00 GMT

Listen to The Low Standards on THE OC

Hey there -If anyone happens to be watching THE OC that airs January 18, 2007 "The Dream Lover" - if you listen carefully you just might hear "Du Temps" by The Low Standards... a very special little F...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:30:00 GMT

SHOW SOME LEG EP available on Itunes!!!

Our brand new SHOW SOME LEG EP has just been made available on ITUNES!We decided to put out a limited edition release EP to keep all you LOW STANDARDS fans happy while we work on recording the rest of...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:00:00 GMT

The Low Standards at SXSW

Hey all-Keep your eyes and ears open for THE LOW STANDARDS in Austin this March - We are driving to Texas for SXSW... just heard from the festival the other day!!!Friends in Austin.... get readyxx
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:14:00 GMT

CityBeat says...

"Indie chick Joanie Mendenhall has joined with former San Diegan Angela Correa for a new project called Low Standards. Judging by the talent of both of these women's solo records (Mendenhall's Secreta...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:51:00 GMT