El Cantador = The Singer
We each have a song to sing.
In December of 2006, long time friends and former band mates Heath Underwood and Sean Murphy began tracking original songs at Sean's parents recording studio (Backdoor Studios). Finding the process inspiring and artistically fulfilling, they invited bass player/graphic artist Johnny Gwin to help form a band and released their first EP "Orange" in the spring of 2007. The fourth member position of the band has taken on several different talents and personalities, but in the early part of summer 2008, violin/vocalist, Melody Duncan joined El Cantador on stage and has remained an integral part of the group. The band continued to play shows both in their hometown of Mobile, Alabama and in the Southeast to new faces and welcoming crowds. By October, a second EP entitled "The Ground" was released with a stream of tour dates and continued radio play of the tracks "O'Captain" and "No Surprise"
El Cantador is no stranger to wearing their influences on their sleeves. But, while their original sound borrows from folk, roots rock, and the general spirit of rock n' roll, they continue to embrace new styles and technologies with the emergence of their latest material.
The group is currently rehearsing and meticulously recording new songs for a third EP to be self-released in late Spring of 2009.
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