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Art Edwards/Songs from Memory

Meretricious to you, and a happy new year.

About Me


Buy my second novel, Ghost Notes , and my first solo CD, Songs from Memory , at my Web site .

Hear cuts from Songs from Memory at Radio Free Phoenix .

What They've Said About Ghost Notes
"Ghost Notes is a worthy contribution to the pantheon of rock novels. This is a savvy, sharp, insider’s view of the rise and fall of a band and what can be lost and found along the way.”
-Mark Lindquist, Author of Never Mind Nirvana and The King of Methlehem
“Engrossing, real, and well-written . . . The characters are relatable and honest.”
-Laurie Notaro, Author of There’s a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble
“Ghost Notes is the Almost Famous for the minor leaguers of rock ‘n’ roll. I read it straight through and loved it.”
-Curtis Grippe, Arizona Republic/Dead Hot Workshop
About the Author

Art Edwards published his first novel, Stuck Outside of Phoenix, in 2003. It received several positive reviews, and it was nominated for the Star Program, a marketing support program offered to select iUniverse titles that sell at least 500 copies. Stuck Outside of Phoenix will be re-released on the Defunct Press imprint in 2009.

Art received a merit scholarship to attend the University of San Francisco's MFA in Writing program, graduating in 2002.

Art co-founded the Refreshments, a Tempe, Arizona-based rock band that recorded two albums for Mercury Records in the 1990s. The band's hit single, "Banditos," rose to number eleven on the alternative radio charts in 1996, and the band wrote and recorded the theme song for the Fox television series King of the Hill.

Art lives in St. Charles, Illinois with his wife, Raquel.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/3/2006
Band Website: artedwards.com
Band Members: "Songs from Memory" Credits:
Songs, bass and almost all vocals by Art Edwards
Produced and almost all guitars by Bret Hartley
Drums and almost all percussion by Kevin Leahy
Drums and percussion recorded by Ben Price at Studilaroche-Atlanta, GA
Everything else recorded and mixed by Bret Hartley at Now What? Studios-Marietta, GA
Mastered by Alex Lowe at Red Tuxedo Mastering-Atlanta, GA
Cover photo by Daryl Thetford-www.thetfordphotography.com
Almost all other photography by Raquel Edwards-www.raqueledwards.com
Cover design by Art Edwards

Influences: Songs from Memory
Replacements, Atlanta, Hank, Mike Mills, Meat Puppets, cabernet sauvignon, Ashland, a bunch of blues and country pickers I don't know the names of, Nick Lowe, Go-Gos, Dead Hot Workshop, Heineken, U2, Billy Bragg, Paul McCartney, Mike Watt, Al DiMeola, Bob Mould, Bob Dylan, Uncle Tupelo, Led Zeppelin, Guinness.
Ghost Notes
La Quintas, Charade, Faulkner, Phoenix, life on the road, ASU, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sam Beckett, Target, James Joyce, the suburbs, Chips Ahoy!, riding mowers, Supertramp, marriage, bus drivers, John Donne, Orange County, bowling alleys, the Specials, music equipment store owners, guys who sit at music stores and play all day, yoga, accounting, "smooth jazz," Husker Du, jam rooms, the ocean, Updike, feeble suicide attempts, real suicide attempts, BMWs, pay phones, Grand Torinos, Allmann Brothers, cigars, the Beat writers, San Francisco.

Sounds Like: Art Edwards w/John Austin
..Art Edwards
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Record Label: Defunct Press
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

*Songs from Memory* now Available on iTunes!!!

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Art at the Yucca!!!

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Sting is a Fraud!!!

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LSD

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Ten Years Since the Refreshments’ Last Gig!!!

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Art Rescinds his Apology for Comparing Tom Petty to Pizza Hut

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My Apologies for Comparing Tom Petty to Pizza Hut

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Why Tom Petty is like Pizza Hut

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Steve Jobs, Lars Ulrich, and the Future of CDs

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No Trust Fund Tour Wrap-Up

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