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Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers

Math Rock + Americana = Arithmecana

About Me

NATHAN WADE grew up in a small Indiana town (population 1,950) where churches and cornfields crowded the landscape, and funnel clouds would drift along the threatening sky. As a teenager, Nathan dusted off his grandfather's old National guitar, hidden away in the family attic for decades, and began devoting long days and nights to making music. Many bands and many songs later, his travels would take him to the shores of the east coast, down to the valleys of the Utah desert, and up through the emerald hills of the Pacific Northwest to Seattle, the city he now calls home. Under the influence of Nick Cave, Chris Whitley, and the field recordings of Alan Lomax, the past two years have found Nathan creating his most personal music to date: dark songs haunted by religion, murder, and morality that use early folk and blues music like a canvas, painted thick with shades of his Midwestern upbringing and deft touches of gospel-inspired language.
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Member Since: 7/17/2005
Band Website: nathanwademusic.com
Band Members: NATHAN WADE & THE DARK PIONEERS:
Nathan Wade - vocals, electric & acoustic guitar
Brian Alter - drums
Sam Collins - acoustic bass

and sometimes with:
Lincoln Barr - electric guitar and vocals
Michael Spaly - mandolin & violin

Influences: PRIMARY INFLUENCES:: Chris Whitley, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Ennio Morricone, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, Ry Cooder, John Fahey, Neil Young, Hank Williams Sr., Wilco, Billy Holiday, Jeff Buckley, Bill Frisell, 16 Horsepower, Mark Ribot, Gillian Welch, Johnny Cash, Alan Lomax, Daniel Lanois, pat mAcdonald, Leadbelly, Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Harry Smith...
JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE:: Fugazi, Bjork, Astor Piazzola, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Leo Kottke, David Byrne, Carl Stalling, Steely Dan, Medeski Martin & Wood, Roger Miller, Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk, Tin Machine, Bernard Herrmann, Soundgarden, Loretta Lynn, Neko Case, The Kronos Quartet, Andrew Bird, Miles Davis, Syd Barrett, Calexico, Almeda Riddle, Charles Mingus, Shudder to Think, Captain Beefheart, John Zorn, Iron & Wine, Hal Willner, Califone, Buddy Emmons, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, Frank Zappa...
ON THE SCREEN:: David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese, Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Terry Gilliam, Sergio Leone, Krystoff Kieslowski, Orson Welles, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah...
ON THE PAGE:: William S. Burroughs, David Foster Wallace, Anne Sexton, Cormac McCarthy, Lorrie Moore, Hunter S. Thompson, Mark Leyner, Sam Shepard, Chuck Palahniuk, Raymond Carver, A.M. Homes, Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain...
Sounds Like: Modern murder ballads, fire & brimstone gospel, and gothic country blues.
Record Label: Crow King Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ALL YOU SHADOWS & THE RPM SQUEEZE

"All You Shadows" is a new track off of The Chroma Session EP, freshly mastered for your listening pleasure.  The release date is TBA until I actually have the CDs in hand, but you'd better belie...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:02:00 PST

NO, SERIOUSLY: I’VE GOT SPURS THAT JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE

THE SPUR BAR & GRILLFRIDAY & SATURDAY, January 18/19, 2008PARK CITY, UTAHFRIDAY SET: Dead Leaves / The Final Blow / Season For The Crows / Long Black Lilies / All You Shadows / The Reaper's Son / Rust...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:34:00 PST

SUNDANCE FROM A to Z

Things that happened (January 11th-21st):A. The Dark Pioneers & I played a good show at the Comet on a Friday night. I got home after 2am.  B. Got up Saturday morning and finished mixing the ...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:11:00 PST

NIGHT OF THE COMET

My show synopsis for this one got lost in the shuffle during a very busy week...more on that later...THE COMET TAVERNFRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008SEATTLE, WASHINGTONSET LIST: Sweat Through / World Alive (H...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:36:00 PST

BIG BLACK SLEEP & THE CHROMA SESSION DEMOS

The Dark Pioneers and I have been recording at Chroma Sound studio, currently finishing work on a 6 song EP. During our recording frenzy--and while all those expensive microphones were pointed in our...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:28:00 PST

NIGHT OF THE LIVING MUSE

Lincoln picked me up to meet with our friend, Brian, and then to see Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, and Danny Barnes play at the Tractor.  There was a big SOLD OUT sign as we drove by the venue and a...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:05:00 PST

(RE)SETTING SUN

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007SUNSET TAVERNSEATTLE, WASHINGTONSET LIST: Sweat Through [new ver.] / Cold, Cold Hands / Rusty Blade / The Reaper's Son / World Alive (Hank Williams) / Big Black Sleep / Dea...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:25:00 PST

WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE

BAD LIVERS AND BROKEN HEARTS: A TRIBUTE TO TOM WAITSFRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2007CONOR BYRNE PUBSEATTLE, WASHINGTONSET LIST: Way Down In The Hole / Goin' Out WestThe show had sold out about an hour after i...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:37:00 PST

SNOWFALL ON THE SUNSET

THE SUNSET TAVERNSATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st, 2007SEATTLE, WASHINGTONSET LIST: Sweat Through / I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (Hank Williams) / Skoal Bandits / The Reaper's Son / Big Black Sleep / ...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:10:00 PST

BACKBONE CAMPAIGN BENEFIT - VASHON ISLAND, WA

Rehearsals have been frequent and intense lately, so I'm playing catch-up on my show blogs...SET LIST: Maggie's Farm (Bob Dylan)November 24, 2007 - There are times when you'll perform a show and feel ...
Posted by Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:03:00 PST