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Gordon Withers

About Me

Rock cellist.

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Member Since: 05/02/2007
Band Website: gordonwithers.com
Influences: Apocalyptica, Rasputina, Swervedriver, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Jawbox, Bonobo, Pablo Casals, Bach, Mr. Rogers, Repo Man, The Swedish Chef, cheese (gouda especially)
Sounds Like: John Denver & The Muppets Christmas album.

Also:
Gordon and Alex Nelson ( Frenjen ) doing a guitar/cello version of Metallica's "One" (via Apocalyptica) at a Cal Robbins benefit in June:

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Record Label: Ha! I remember those
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New album sneak preview

Dear loyal fans and Russian spambots,Recording for my new album is done. Mixing is almost done too. Mastering will be done in August or September. From there, the album will come out whenever I can...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:00 GMT

Recording update!

Two weeks ago my brother Stephen came up and we went into the studio. There is no good way to fully describe how awesome this was.Stephen and I haven't played together much in ten years. We fooled a...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:49:00 GMT

cassette/8-track release of We All Inherit The Moon

This is amazing - I have one song (with the band We All Inherit The Moon) on an album that has just gotten a special limited release via the Scotch Tapes label on casette and 8-Track.8-TRACK!!!!!There...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 10:51:00 GMT

Recording with The Bomb

Recording with The Bomb at Magpie CageOriginally uploaded by trislothLast night I had a blast recording with Chicago's The Bomb (feat. Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun). I added cello to Jeff's excellent...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:42:00 GMT

Two great new music sites: Bandcamp and TheSixtyOne

MySpace is still Music Central, but I have been diggin' two incredibly promising new music sites: thesixtyone.com and bandcamp.com. the first is interactive, built by an ex-video-game designer, and is...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:04:00 GMT

Rcrd Lbl feature!

I am featured in today's "Demo Days" post on my favorite music blog, Rcrd Lbl:http://rcrdlbl.com/2009/02/18/demo_days_02_18_2009And being featured, I now get my own Rcrd Lbl page! -http://rcrdlbl.com/...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:58:00 GMT

alex nelson - songs posted

this week, my good friend alex nelson posted 11 songs from his forthcoming album, 10 of which i play cello on:http://www.reverbnation.com/alexnelsonfor those keeping score at home, alex is the incredi...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:32:00 GMT

We All Inherit The Moon

I'm featured on a new song by the wonderful California-based instrumental band We All Inherit The Moon. Go to their Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/weallinheritthemoon) to hear it - it's the fifth ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:53:00 GMT

First "Best of" list ever!

I made The Wexner Center for the Arts' "Best of 2008" list:http://wexarts.org/wexblog/?p=1095Thanks Zach!
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:28:00 GMT

Show Sunday 12/14 at Galaxy Hut

The cello quartet will be playing Arlington's famed Galaxy Hut this Sunday at 9pm sharp. We'll be joined by excellent local rockers Ximena and ex-Don-Cab/Tabula-Rasa-folks Knot Feeder (from Pittsburg...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:54:00 GMT