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About Me

STRIPMALL BALLADS IS PHILLIPS SAYLOR WISOR - THE ENIGMATIC ITINERANT SONGWRITER OF THE SHIFTLESS ROUNDERS.------There is a new album in the works ("Hooked")-------------estimated release date - oct 13 2008 ------------a concept album recorded up in new york city ----------some amazing guest players------------and OH the story------------you might not believe it-------------but it's ALL true...............................here is what a critic thought of my first solo album, 13 Songs, which you can buy at THE SHOWS--------------------------------------"THIS IS ALSO THE SOUNDTRACK OF A FULL OUT CHAMPIONSHIP DEMON-WRESTLING MATCH, WITH MOST OF THE SLAMDOWNS MADE BY WISOR'S PRETERNATURALLY WEARY VOICE, CRACKED LIKE THE BOTTOM OF AN OLD FINE BONE CHINA CUP. THE ALBUM POSITS A KIND OF PUNK BLUEGRASS, WITH WISOR'S DELIVERY CRISSCROSSING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN GUTHRIE-ESQUE FOLKSINGING, BEATNIK POETRY AND COUNTRY HELLFIRE PREACHING AS HE RANGERS ACROSS SUBJECT MATTER AS DIVERSE AS 9/11 FALLOUT, SCHOOLCHILD PREJUDICE AND MONSTROUSLY BLEAK DEPRESSIONS."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/10/2006
Band Website: theshiftlessrounders.com
Band Members: PSW and also occasionally alex platt - upright bass and cousin tillman - electric Gee-tar
Influences: mr. guthrie, mr. kerouac, mr. sandburg, mr. garcia, mr. carter, mrs. carter, mr. young, mr. fahey
Sounds Like: the shiftless rounders, cora records, stripmall ballads, beggar's tomb
Record Label: me & my drunk uncle
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

interview w. stripmall ballads

Q&A with folk musician Stripmall Ballads By Kelli JohnsonSpecial to The Star 05-01-2008 Phillips Saylor Wisor is not the musician you'd expect. With his boyish good looks and devilis...
Posted by Stripmall Ballads on Sun, 04 May 2008 11:53:00 PST

new songs and tunes up

the banjo ones are tunes i've learned over and over again every day"different page" isn't about mei have been listening to too much elvis, as is evident on "kicking curbs"in washington state, where t...
Posted by Stripmall Ballads on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:36:00 PST

13 SONGS - an interesting review.....

hey all - so my new-ish record, 13 Songs, just got reviewed in edmonton's vue magizine (proving that i still kinda live there - who knew??)Phillips Saylor Wisor13 Songs Independent MARY CHRISTA O'KE...
Posted by Stripmall Ballads on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:52:00 PST

CHECK OUT THE DENVER JANE VIDEO

just click the 'view my videos'.
Posted by Stripmall Ballads on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:53:00 PST

WORDS BY CARL SANDBURG

HONEY AND SALT. Carl Sandburg's last book. check it out - he was kerouac before guthrie. he was lomax before harry smith.
Posted by Stripmall Ballads on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:51:00 PST

TELL ME ABOUT THE SNEAKERS OVER THE PHONE LINE

ever seen a pair of shoes hanging on the phone line? what do you think it means? have you ever thown sneakers over the line for any reason? i am greatly interested in yo...
Posted by Stripmall Ballads on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:38:00 PST