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Ed Jurdi

One Foot In the Ether

About Me

REVIEWS FOR ED JURDI
I havent had this much fun playing music in a long time. TREY ANASTASIO

Big, expressive and earthy, Ed Jurdis soulful voice propels itself into a room like a Mardi Gras Parade. With the 11 tracks on Longshores Drive, Jurdi has created his own distinctive sound, a high accomplishment indeed. MINOR 7TH

Longshores Drive is really impressive, particularly Jurdis ability to weave disparate elements from gospel choirs to harmonica and banjo licks to good old swampy blues. PORTLAND PHOENIX (Sam Pfeifle)
An eloquent young artist, his knowledge of roots history and command of the music are solid. NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO (Shay Zellar)
Ed Jurdi can pen a song! And sing one too. Longshores Drive is roots music at its best. Blues, Folk, and Rock make for great listening. ROOTS MUSIC REPORT (Wimberley TX)

Longshores Drive at once, possesses the diversity and power of Lyle Lovetts "Joshua Judges Ruth, the simplicity of The Bands "Brown Album" and the wisdom of Gram Parsons "Grievous Angel." Jurdi masterfully meshes musical styles and tastes to create his own unique sound. FOSTERS DAILY DEMOCRAT (Martin England)
It is a rare occasion when Liz will actually sit there, mouth open, staring at the persons hands while theyre playing the guitar Like a kid in a candy store. 93.1 FM WMGX PORLAND, ME (Tim and Liz Show)
Great tunes, soulful stuff, dig it. 90.1 FM WMPG PORTLAND, ME (Chris Darling)
THE BAND OF HEATHENS - LIVE AT ANTONE'S
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/30/2005
Band Website: edjurdi.com
Band Members: Rotating Cast Of Amazing Musicians Including:

DRUMS- John Chipman, Rob Hooper, Eldridge Goins and Rick Habib
BASS- Seth Whitney, Nate Rowe, Bobby Perkins (BPN) and Marc Hickox
KEYS- Ian Varley and Brian Keane
STRING MADNESS- Colin Brooks, Gordy Quist, and Tom Yoder
Influences: Too many to list, so here are some albums that have made me the way I am, you can blame it all on them:
Rubber Soul, Exile On Main Street, Physical Graffitti, Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, Modern Sounds in Country and Western, Astral Weeks, Otis Blue, Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia, Pink Moon, Boomer's Story, Being There, Abbey Road, Sticky Fingers, Blonde On Blonde, Blood On The Tracks, Sleepless, Live At The Apollo, Any Al Green, St. Dominic's Preview, Amorica, The Band, Music From Big Pink, Kind of Blue, Giant Steps, Gettin Around, Ah Um, The Red Headed Stranger, Live At Folsom Prison, Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace, Pearl, VOODOO, John Prine (Self-Titled) Beggar's Banquet, Dixie Chicken, The Who By Numbers, Derek and The Dominos.

... To Be Continued
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Record Label: Red Fez Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

SXSW 2008

Well 12 gigs and 5 days later, the madness known as SXSW has come to a close. The Band of Heathens played a bunch of great shows and had some time to catch up with some old friends. The amount of mu...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:54:00 PST

Runnin Down a Dream

1:55 am here in Austin, TX. Just got done doing a good show tonight with The Heathens. Malford Milligan stopped by and told us how much he enjoyed the show, which is really cool, because he's always...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:01:00 PST

Starting A New Life

So tomorrow night I start up doing some solo gigs again. I'm putting a killer band together and am really excited to start playing out with them and get some of that musical mojo going.In particular,...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:33:00 PST

On The Road

Place:Passenger seat in the van.Setting:Somewhere in AmericaWhy:Is there really a good answer to that? No. However, I'm on tour with The Band Of Heathens, which is probably the same reason I'm writin...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:24:00 PST

Last Day To Vote For Austin Music Awards

Don't Forget To go to the Austin Chronicle Reader's Poll and make your voice heard.VOTENominate The Band of Heathens for Best New Austin BandLive At Momo's For Album of the YearBumblebee For Austin So...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:43:00 PST

Fall Rollin In

Man, something about the autumn that you just can't beat.  It's cooling off a little bit, things are kicking back but we're still moving full speed.  It's kinda like having everything in slo...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:23:00 PST

The Heathens

Are a damn good band. I know I'm in the band and that makes me biased, but y'all should come on out and see a show at Momo's on 6th Street in Austin sometime.  It's great making music with 3 oth...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:08:00 PST

ITunes Music

All of Ed Jurdi's current releases are available on I tunes, so go on over and check them out. The first album is out of print and this is the only place to get it! ITunes...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Van Morrison

Everyone should listen to Astral Weeks, it's just absolutely incredible music.  I love the whole album, but Ballerina just gets to me everytime.
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Juuuuuly Already

Hey y'all, welcome to my little space.  Hope you enjoy, take a look around and listen to some music while you hang out.  Drop me a line and say hey, or come on out and catch a show in Austin...
Posted by Ed Jurdi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST