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Raccoon

About Me

Raccoon @ Broken City, for Sled Island (Thanks Eric!)

You might have heard that I run with a dangerous crowd. We ain't too pretty, we ain't too proud. We might be laughing a bit too loud, but loud never hurt no one.

If you require or would like any information about Raccoon, or would like us to play a show, please email

[email protected]

or look at our "serious" Sonicbids EPK

or call The Trusty Record Co. @ (403) 889-5390

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/04/2005
Band Website: www.myspace.com/raccoonmusic
Band Members: Dillon Whitfield - mouth, cat guitar
CJ Parsons - squeeze keys, bees-knees
Britt Proulx - tiger bass
John Beriault - horse guitar
Blair Smith - Roy Allen

Auxiliary/Part-time/Invisible/Future/Past members:
Sarah D'Amour - jazz flute
Raphaelle Standell-Preston - flugelhorn
Markus Overland - hitting things

Influences: Self-pity, loneliness, conceited ego... taking everything too hard... or romanticizing things too much. Living in a dream world.
Sounds Like: it was recorded in a basement, which it was.
Record Label: Trusty Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new recordings.

I just posted some songs we recorded. They sound pretty close to what we sound like now. The first three are new, the last three are old. LISTEN NOW OR DON"T COOL>oetnhgnvr88vn8vn99nsodss
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 18:50:00 GMT

New Press

October has been a really good month for Raccoon so far... http://calsun.canoe.ca/Showbiz/2007/10/12/4569892-sun.html We're also in Beatroute this month, but Myspace seems to be confused by the actual...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:05:00 GMT

Leaves that are green...

I was 23 years when I wrote this blog... Contrary to the fact that this winter's first snow is falling as I write this, Raccoon is done with hibernation. Blair is back, we have a show in October,...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:52:00 GMT

Nap time

Raccoon is taking a little break. Blair is out of town, and Jane Vain is on tour, so we'll be ready to play shows again sometime in September. Send us a message! There are some new pictures up. -Dillo...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:29:00 GMT

Spelling, Playing

rac·coon (ra-koon')  n.  pl. rac·coons or raccoon A carnivorous North American mammal (Procyon lotor) having grayish-brown fur, black masklike facial markings, and a black-ringed...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:34:00 GMT

Spring

One day, a boy stood in front of a mirror, and realized, with a mix of fear and joy, that he was a raccoon. So he wrote down what it felt like to be a raccoon. Then he spent the next few yea...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:37:00 GMT

Listen now!

I just changed the songs... there's two new songs, and another version of Keeper.-Dillon
Posted by on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:52:00 GMT

Don't you even worry about it

I/We have new demo soon... soon post, then play shows maybe yay.
Posted by on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:46:00 GMT