Luke Ashby & The Damn Burdens

About Me

The Damn Burdens formed in late 2005 to play at a Bob Dylan tribute night...& it stuck. We are a 3 peice with occasional guest musicians. 5 track debut EP to be released in early '09

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/09/2006
Band Members:

Luke Ashby (Vox/ Guitar)

Tim Horn (Bass/ Keys)

Sam Jemsek (Guitar)

Ryan Robinson (Drums/ Percussion)

& Adam Waldron (Guitar)
Influences: A few of our favourite musicians...

Neil Young, Roy Orbison, Grizzly Bear, Nick Lowe, Go Betweens, Split Enz, John Cale, Beach Boys, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, The Shins, John Vanderslice, M Ward, Richard Swift, Andrew Bird, Xiu Xiu, Harry Nilsson, Traveling Wilburys, The Jayhawks, CCR, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Smog, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, Grant Lee Buffalo, Willie Nelson, Karma County, Thelonious Monk, Abdullah Ibrahim, QOTSA, The Beatles, Emmitt Rhodes, k.d. lang, Machine Translations, Pernice Brothers, Rufus Wainwright, Richard Thompson, Dan Hicks, Emmy Lou Harris, Elton John, Wilco.....
Sounds Like: A curious mix of some of the above & ourselves.:
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

3 songs from forthcoming debut EP playing now on our front page!

Hey folks! It's been over 4 years since my last EP, so I'm pleased to announce the debut Damn Burdens EP is almost ready. We will be launching it in Feb next year at a venue TBA & I've put 3 song...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:18:00 GMT

New Songs Up...Debut EP Out Soon!

Hi folks,It's been ages since the last blog. We have been busy though! In July we had some great gigs in the Cabaret Festival & our debut EP is being completed at the moment. It's looking like an earl...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:44:00 GMT

The Damn Burdens on YOUTUBE

Our good mate Dan Woolford has kindly put a couple of songs on youtube for us. The songs are from a recent Damn Burdens gig at The Exeter that he filmed.There are 3 songs; Luke solo on 'Amber On The D...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:27:00 GMT

Exeter Residency

Hey folks,It's been a while since i last blogged. Recording for the EP is going well. Looking like an April/ May release. If I wasn't working 45 hrs a week it would be a little sooner!The main reason ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:57:00 GMT

Exeter Gig Fri Nov 3rd

Hey folks,It has been a weird 2 weeks since the last blog. Recording is going well. We are working on a extra song; 'Got The Shakes', because we had some time left over when the drums and bass were la...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:50:00 GMT

Pending Recording

Good morning folksA quick note to anyone who might peruse my infrequent blogs.The Burdens are heading to the studio to begin recording our EP this sunday. I am excited and slightly nervous. I'm at the...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:55:00 GMT

howarehugh

Thanks muchly to the legendary Hugh (aka howarehugh) for selflessly setting up this myspace bizzo for us!Cheers cob
Posted by on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:25:00 GMT

Hey all

This is my first try at a blog. Hope it works. Thanks to our friends who have left messages. When I am more savvy with this, I will return the favour.The Damn Burdens are heading into the studio to re...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:32:00 GMT