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Catfish Haven

rockin' the USA with Lucero

About Me


CATFISH HAVEN’s 1’st ANNUAL BRODOWN HOEDOWN SXSW DAYPARTY. GO TO www.catfishhaven.com for all the details
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.. --img src="http://a784.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_152b ce16fcbe43644748abde42c5aaef.gif"catfish haven is the missouri trailer park george hunter grew up in.catfish haven the band is soulful howling over an acoustic guitar turned way up. hopeful yearning for better days echoed through amps and a drum kit.
What the Press has been saying about CATFISH HAVEN:
“Tuneful, passionate singing, lucid songwriting, and engaging riffs”
-PITCHFORKMEDIA.COM
“(Catfish Haven) possess equal amounts of backwoods authenticity and cosmopolitan flair. They may harvest most of their mojo from south of the Mason-Dixon…but they bleed metropolitan with undeniable garage-grime charm and power-pop arrangements reminiscent of the Strokes…Hunter’s worn-in croon wraps itself around lyrics with whiskey-soaked ease.”
- Spin
"This is soul music for future generations of rowdy rustic types...Catfish Haven have put together a mighty portrait of a band musically going for broke."
- CMJ magazine
"The most promising new act on the Secretly Canadian roster is Chicago’s Catfish Haven"
- NOW Toronto Magazine
"…their music eschews hipster irony for earnestness, channeling Buddy Holly and Del Shannon… a band with both heart and soul, both of which are the only true benchmarks for rock & roll longevity."
- All Music Guide
“…Chicago-based trio delivers soulful rock music that’s actually soulful…If you sing along to the Black Crowes, Otis and CCR whenever they show up on the radio and also dig Palace and the Detroit Cobras, this might be your favorite new band.”
– Amazon.com
“…Catfish Haven’s boozy bar rock retains its tattered edges. Singer and guitarist George Hunter channels the rough-hewn romanticism of early Van Morrison…Like a lazy weekend spent drinking tallboys of cheap beer, Tell Me passes by unhurried and unencumbered… With this kind of throwback rock, simple isn’t stupid. It’s a virtue.”
- Playboy

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/25/2004
Band Website: catfishhaven.com
Band Members:
George Hunter - vocals/guitar
Miguel Castillo - bass
Ryan Farnham - drums
Sounds Like: CD's:

CATFISH HAVEN
Tell Me CD
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DOWNLOAD @ ITUNES.COM
BUY VINYL @ INSOUND.COM
CATFISH HAVEN
Please Come Back EP
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BUY CD @ AMAZON.COM
DOWNLOAD @ ITUNES.COM

T-Shirts: CATFISH HAVEN
Marquee T-Shirt
BUY Shirt @ SCDISTRIBUTION.COM

Videos:
Tell Me
directed by Mark Bachara and Michael P. McGrath

LIVE IN LOUISVILLE KY January 2008

Still Hungover Live @ Double Door, Chicago 9/16/06

Down By Your Fire Live @ The Ugly Monkey, Indianapolis 4/27/06

Let's Spend The Night Together Live @ Anna's B-Day Party, Bloomington 9/1/06
with help from Secretly Canadian owner Jonathan Cargill

Here’s some of the great bands we’ve played with:
My Morning Jacket , LUCERO , The Hold Steady , Zwan, Kings of Leon , Cold War Kids , French Kicks , Daniel Johnston, Murder By Death , North Mississippi Allstars , Pink Mountaintops , The Thermals , Jeremy Enigk , Magnolia Electric Co. , SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN , The Heartless Bastards , Broken Social Scene, Okkervil River , Ladyhawk , The Slip , Kind of Like Spitting, Swearing at Motorists, The Microphones, Mark Kozelek(Red House Painters), The Sun, Calla, Duvall, Clem Snide, Walkmen, Bobby Bare Jr , Minus Story, TWO GALLANTS , Jolie Holland, saturday looks good to me, Fruit Bats, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness , Richard Swift, 90 Day Men, Band of Horses.....

Here’s some cool events we’ve played:
LOLLAPALOOZA, CMJ FEST, SXSW, BLOOMINGTON FEST, HOPEFEST
Record Label: Secretly Canadian
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Catfish Haven’s "Crazy For Leaving" on One Tree Hill

Catfish Haven's song "Crazy For Leaving" was featured in the recent One Tree Hill's episode entitled "Life is Short" in the scene where some dudes are sucking down helium balloons. check it out here:...
Posted by Catfish Haven on Tue, 06 May 2008 03:38:00 PST

WE ARE NOT PLAYING CMJ THIS WEEK. WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL.

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have had to cancel all of our CMJ appearances that were scheduled for this week. Our drummer fell and injured himself around 2am on this past Saturday night ...
Posted by Catfish Haven on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:59:00 PST

Secretly Candian/Jagjaguwar Showcase at UofI (Okkervil River - Damien Jurado - Catfish Haven)

Secretly Canadian & Jagjaguwar present as part of Pygmalion Music Fest in Champaign/Urbana Illinois******************************This Wednesday at Canopy Club at 9pmOkkervil RiverDamien Jurado, Ca...
Posted by Catfish Haven on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:10:00 PST

Catfish Haven back on Daytrotter.com

Our second visit to one of our favorite blogs www.Daytrotter.com just got posted this week so go check it out.  We did live versions of 2 songs off Tell Me and 2 covers from 2 of our favorite ban...
Posted by Catfish Haven on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:06:00 PST

Catfish Haven interview on channel 26 the U check it at (WCIU.com)

whatsup kids, the channel that has my favorite show Judge Mathis just did a short thing on us, you can check it at www.wciu.com   its at the top of the page..... 
Posted by Catfish Haven on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:41:00 PST

Tours over (for a minute) - we're writing the next one.....

so in order to have our second full length out a year from now, we have to have it finished soon!  so unfortunatly we are going to be taking most of the summer off of touring (we cant write on th...
Posted by Catfish Haven on Wed, 16 May 2007 01:02:00 PST

Catfish Haven - 2 nights at Chi's House Of Blues (may 5 sold out - may 6 tix still on sale)

2 chances to come see us rock one of our favorite rooms in chicago!
Posted by Catfish Haven on Wed, 16 May 2007 12:54:00 PST

april Lucero - American Princes tour

that was one of the best months of our lives!  thanks to everyone who came out and especially those we partied with till 7am.   
Posted by Catfish Haven on Wed, 16 May 2007 12:50:00 PST

SXSW was amazing (from what we remember)

whatsup everybody, somehow we made it to and from SXSW in one piece!  it might have been the most fun year yet.  we did 3 journal entrys about our days in austin,  check em here (the pa...
Posted by Catfish Haven on Wed, 16 May 2007 12:47:00 PST

This Sunday March 4th HEAR US ON XRT then WATCH US ON MTV2!!!

All of a sudden this Sunday is gonna be great for Catfish Haven!First we're going to be on 93XRT IN Chicago for The Local Anesthetic show with Richard Milne. Richard will be interviewing us and playin...
Posted by Catfish Haven on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:12:00 PST