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Headphones are your friends. Currenty working on records with Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes . along with the members of Hands Down Eugene ,there are many wonderful key musicians who have contributed greatly to this recording, they are in no certain order, Casey Sanders, Mason Vickery, and Derek Wolf from Ole Mossy Face, Ryan Ervin, Todd Kemp, and Andy Pandy from The Carter Administration, Chad Bryan, and Brad Nichols from The Ants, Jeff Stolz , and John Cochran from Drakansasauna, Jay Phillips from Apollo Up, Tam Nitram, Carl Broemel from My Morning Jacket,Jarod Reynolds of Ben Folds and Ole Mossy Face Tony Read of Tony Read, Jeremy Ferguson from Mercator, Mandy Peitz, Mary leek, Betsy Kat, Andy Snyder of The Bubblegum Complex,Falls City Angels, Brandes Holcomb of Falls City Angels, and Colossal Head,and Claudia Spagnol.Also contributing on the new record,Joel J Dahl,,Todd Beene,matt rowland ,Anna Fitzgerald,and more to come.... It has been an outstanding experience to work with all of these talented and creative individuals, all of whom are great friends, thanks all.
NATIONAL MADISON RELEASE DATE: NOV. 21, 2006
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Member Since: 5/3/2005
Band Website: handsdowneugene.com
Band Members: matt moody,andy willhite, ,matt martin,matt rowland,todd beene,(current performing line up) with producer numero uno Jeremy Ferguson Fergusonand also starring on occasion as well as contributing on MADISON and other duties,casey sanders,mason vickery,andy snyder,ryan ervin,brandes holcomb, betsy snee,derek wolfe,carl broemel, jeremy ferguson, jay phillips,chad bryan, brad nichols, jeff stolz, john cochran,jared reynolds,tony read,mandy moody, mary leek,claudia spangol,and shit i know there is more but i lose it after that many names, i may remember later....
Influences: DANIEL JOHNSTON,BEATLES, THE ROLLING STONES, DYLAN, THE BAND,STAX,, RICHARD BUCKNER, SONGS;OHIA, OLE MOSSY FACE, THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION, THE ANTS,GLOSSARY,MAGIC MISSLE, RHYME AND SLANG,MOCK ORANGE,JOEL J DAHL,WIDOWER,DREW VICTOR DRAKANSASAUNA,SAD APARTMENT, MOUNTAIN GOATS,BUILT TO SPILL,BUBBLEGUM COMPLEX,GOOD AMERICANS, RAY CHARLES,BEN FOLDS, D. STRIKER TAYLOR JOINER, THE STRUGGLERS,JAQUES KOPSTEIN,OKAY,WHOLE FANTASTIC WORLD,APOLLO UP,MY MORNING JACKET,NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, GHOSTFINGER,BENON,DURALUXE,JIMMYTHELUNG,THE CLUTTERS,GENTLEMAN CALLER,BRANDO,FALL CITY ANGELS,THE PRUITTS and many many more.
Sounds Like: the future of the past
Record Label: xoxo (madison) grand palace (whitestone/blackwitch
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

White Stone and Black Witch

so, the next thing up for us will be the release of a 12" vinyl album. it is split into two sides... one is called White Stone and is a lot of stuff you've probably heard played live over the past ye...
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:45:00 PST

NPR mention

NPR Music: Hands Down Eugenesomehow "champion" from the madison album ended up on npr.org. go to the link above to check out the nice little write up and listen to some dude do a sweet little intro b...
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:59:00 PST

4 track records available now

hey all,i have four 4 track records available for order,death on the mountain,a polite response to captivity,and stranger of the year,familiar surroundings..hit me up on here if you would like to...
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:42:00 PST

hands down eugene now available in the UK on code 7

a UK distro picked up madison,it is called Code 7.We are happy to be available to those of you not in bush country.ha ha.
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

Want to make a Hands Down Eugene music video?

hello all.so, our label is asking us for some music video stuff to put on some promotional internet tv something or other. they're asking for both live and non-live video. we've got some live stuff ...
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:49:00 PST

Madison now available on itunes, emusic, and napster!

our first record, madison, is now available in stunning 128kbps mp3/m4a quality, for those of you interested more in function than form!itunes (don't know how to encode a link for it), emusic, and nap...
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:42:00 PST

S.E. Performer picks Madison as cd of the month

Check out the December issue of South East Performer to see a review of Madison.They picked it as cd of the month.
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:17:00 PST

thanks to you alls, madison chosen for best release

thanks to whoever made it happen.MADISON was chosen as best local release for 2006 in the best of nashville issue of the scene.Also,much credit goes to JEREMY FERGUSON and all of the 26 people who pla...
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:28:00 PST

Madison

hey everyone, just letting you know that we have a new record coming out this april on xoxo records, our friends to the north. the album will be 13 songs long and a reasonable number of minutes......
Posted by HANDS DOWN EUGENE on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:08:00 PST