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Erin Jordan

About Me

I am a Seattle based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Currently I play *solo shows*, front the intoxicatingly splendid cabaret band, *The Whiskey Romance*, and play piano, accordion, and sing back up in *Robert Rial's Bakelite 78*. I also love puppets, kitty cats, and wine. When I am not making music or playing with puppets I can be found slinging pancakes and such.The Whiskey Romance recently released our first full length album, Gateway to Tempation! Check it out on CDbaby.com!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/06/2005
Band Website: www.erinjordan.com
Band Members: I sing and play guitar, piano, and accordion. Check out The Whiskey Romance and Robert Rial's Bakelite 78 to see who else I play with.
Influences: Old timey stuff - cabaret, Marlene Dietrich, Josephine Baker, Peggy Lee, Tom Waits , Nick Cave, flamenco music, musicals, the circus, Judy Henske, The Ditty Bops, Reverend Glasseye, a plethora of folksters from all times and places.
Sounds Like: dark americana, hobos and gypsies, lonely girls stumming guitars in the night, tear drops hitting yer whiskey
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Stinking Dirty Old Men I have to wait on.

The hostess came over to me to let me know that they wanted a Bud Light and a Sam Adams. I went over to table 15 to clarify what they really wanted, as the Bud Light on draft comes in two sizes and we...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 01:59:00 GMT

Veronica and the Starling - Part I

One there was a little girl named Veronica. Everyday a beautiful black starling would tap on her window pain three times. The bird would sing her sweet songs and keep her company while she played with...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:33:00 GMT

Charleston

Charleston, Illinois is full of hippy huts. They are run down rickety old wooden houses with decaying porches and Indian tapestries hanging in the windows. The less ornate hippy huts have bed sheets d...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:17:00 GMT

Proboscis: a short story.

Proboscis Lydia brushed her silky black hair an applied a layer of cherry lip gloss. It was April and the cherry blossoms were in bloom. A gentle spring breeze blew in through the bathroom window. ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:08:00 GMT

Lessons from drunk Canadians.

Not that this has anything to do with music.....or anything else really, but tonight I was finally enlightened to what the drink called a Ceasar actually is. I waited tables for years in Chicago, but...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:01:00 GMT

I love The Roches

I will admit - deep down, in the inner most depths of my soul I am a choir girl.  When the Tori Amos album, Choir Girl Hotel, came out I understood the title completely.  I have checked in t...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:46:00 GMT

Fred Schneider Saves the Day (Kate too).

The horrific weekly phenomenon known as Monday morning was made less horrible today by the B52's Cosmic Thing.  What?  Am I the only one who is filled with glee upon hearing Fred Schneider f...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:46:00 GMT

Bassoon is cool.

Last weekend I had a most fabulous musical experience.  The exquisite and very talented Miss Cynthia visited from afar with her bassoon. I met Cynthia when I played a show with David Bravos in C...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:59:00 GMT

I heart Jackson, Michigan

Okay - I know I said I don't blog.......and with good reason.  Just ask my friends who have to listen to my long, drawn out, rather melodramatic stories about my misadventures around Seattle.&nbs...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:23:00 GMT

Why I do not blog (is blog a verb?)

I hate blogs.1.  I did not speak to a friend for several months after reading something she wrote about me in her blog.  It was mean.2.  I found my firstboy friend's blog and was deeply...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:08:00 GMT