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Swallowtail Rising

Not just winged insects...

About Me

Swallowtail Rising is an outlet of the personal work of H. Baddley. The music is eclectic, maybe even folksy, sometimes wandering the dark recesses of the soul. This project is about making music for the fun & the love of it.
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Member Since: 3/13/2007
Band Members: H. Baddley - guitar, bass, vocals, bongos & whatever else.
Influences: Adam & The Ants, Android Lust, Bjork, Blondie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pierre Bensusan, David Bowie, Carly Simon, Clannad, Creedence Clearwater, Collide, The Dresden Dolls, The Doors, Natalie Merchant, Mira, John Renbourn, Michael Stearns, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Julian Lennon, The Ramones, Michelle Branch, Kelly Willis, Gin Blossoms, Joni Mitchell, Sister Hazel, The Mavericks, Nirvana, Ingram Hill, Enya, U2 and many more.
Sounds Like: Daydreams, summer afternoons, getting lost on purpose, approaching thunderstorms, secret crushes, popcicles dripping on pavement, the ocean at your door, the infinite inside of everyone...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Song Added

A new song has been added today, "California". With thanks to Lori for the inspiration! I had a dream not long ago about California.  When I graduated high school I had plans to go there.  I...
Posted by Swallowtail Rising on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:58:00 PST

A note on the name change...

By the way, if you were curious about the name change, I just didn't feel that Blisteen was an accurate representation of what I was trying to do.  So how in the world does 'Swallowtail Rising' c...
Posted by Swallowtail Rising on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:53:00 PST

Silence, complete and utter

The past week has been an interesting one.  I am just now recovering from a bout of total laryngitis (in August of all things).  I was not able to speak at all for the better part of last we...
Posted by Swallowtail Rising on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:20:00 PST

The Music

As you may have noticed, a song has finally been added to this page.  It's just a rough sampling of the music, me and my guitar only, a pretty raw cut... but it seemed to have a certain kind of ...
Posted by Swallowtail Rising on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:46:00 PST

Welcome

Hi and welcome to the Blisteen blog. Blisteen is the new name for my musical venture that started in 2005 formerly called Too Many Splinters.  Things are pretty much the same,...
Posted by Swallowtail Rising on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:51:00 PST