Member Since: 22/09/2006
Band Website: http://cdbaby.com/cd/wendyohlwiler
Band Members: Me.
I also played in a band called BLACK WAGON with David Williams and Ian Peisner.
Influences: MUSIC:
These days..... Jason Molina, Elliott Smith, David Williams, Glade, Bright Eyes, The Cave Singers, Islands, Ben Kilbourne, Sufijan Stevens, Tom Waits, Wilco, M. Ward, Yo La Tengo, the Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine, and Mirah.
In the early days.....David Bowie, Beck, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Gillian Welch, Robert Johnson.
Way way back.....The Cure, Yaz, The Smiths, The Violent Femmes, the Talking heads, REM, and The Ocean Blue.
Before that.....the Jackson 5
WRITING:
Billy Collins, Craig Childs, Ed Abbey, Hafiz, Alan Watts.
Sounds Like: "A FANTASTIC SONGWRITER WITH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE"--Jason Molina
10.01 "Wendy Ohlwiler = Joni Mitchell + Jefferson Airplane + Loretta Lynn... more portishead than Janis Joplin. Country western, folk, rock and jazz, which if you think about it, all have the blues as their common denominator" SLUG.--Spencer Jenkins
"a cross between Gillian Welch, Ma Rainey and trip-hop" SL CityWeekly--William Athey
Nominated for "Best Acoustic 2007"--SL CityWeekly
CD REVIEWS.....................................................
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"listen to the wind" a five-track EP of hushed, haunting acoustic melodies recorded before the ink was dry. Raw, spare, beautiful and honest, this album might just change your life. At least, for a little while. SL CityWeekly --Jamie Gadette
Calico Sea (nominated for Best Local CD 2006)"a compelling full-length release, from country rock to dustbowl ballads to torch songs to garage swing, Ohlwiler’s deceptively delicate warble and Prill’s masterful guitar strokes mold 11 tunes into their own uniquely cool vision thing: The Torrey Sound?" SL CityWeekly --Bill Frost
Calico Sea "These 11 songs linger in the memory like a half-remembered dream." --THE CATALYST
Pave The Planet "the most original and tunefully eccentric CD produced locally in years. It’s not folk, country or rock, but far more. It holds up to multiple spins."--Bill Frost
Record Label: musilla
Type of Label: Unsigned