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Julie Meyers

Good Girl Blues!

About Me


GOOD GIRL BLUES is:
.... an honest rock n' roll record, full of unabashed guitars and unrestrained vocals. From the dissonant, gnarly art-rock bounce of "My Love is True", the 7/8 math-y gospel of "Sunday", to the quiet anxiety beneath the soft and pretty "Cut", Good Girl Blues strives for a sound that is as uninhibited as it is vulnerable. There is a sense of what the late Janis Joplin once put as "getting underneath" the music - a bare-bones feeling of intensity that lays the foundation for tangled, often messy chord progressions and darkly pristine melodies. Casting irony aside, Good Girl Blues is a rock record truly unconcerned with appearances.
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY:
By Matthew Craggs (Sacramento News and Review)
With a mash-up of rock, pop, blues and folk, the Sammie-nominated songstress Julie Meyers brings another welcome female voice to a still predominantly male local-music scene. And what a voice. Meyers’ girl-next-door appeal may not prepare you for her quick flips from soft and lovely to raw and forceful, but what’s most impressive is that she’s always in control. In “Sunday,” for example, with a simple drum-and-guitar rhythm for support, Meyers sings her way up to what the listener fears might be a breaking point--only then to pull back at the last second. Hearing her dodge a musical implosion is like watching a high diver pull off a skilled maneuver that might just as easily have been a belly flop. You root for her, and it’s all the more satisfying when she succeeds so beautifully.
JULIE MEYERS is:
Julie Meyers never wanted to be a solo artist. Despite being a singer and songwriter since her early teens and despite countless performances, sharing the stage with musicians like Sebadoh and Evan Dando(arguably responsible for the singing and the songwriting during aforementioned early teens), Julie has never released a solo album. Instead, she has cut her musical teeth playing guitar, bass and keyboards, singing, and writing with various Sacramento acts (SquishtheBadMan, The Famous Celebrities, The Foreign Cinema, Anton Barbeau, David Houston, The Splints, and a brief but heady stint with The Sores). Working alongside producer Dave Middleton (who played drums on all the songs) and Brian Grupe (who played bass), Good Girl Blues is her first full-length release under her name. Julie will spend most of 2007 touring behind Good Girl Blues regionally and on the East Coast, both with a band and yes, solo.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2005
Band Website: Looking at it...
Band Members: Julie Meyers: Guitars and vocals, Brian Grupe: Bass and vocals, Nate Beier: Drums and laughter
Influences: Basically anybody who's not afraid to make music with guts. This includes: Modest Mouse, Sleater-Kinney, Nickel Creek, Radiohead, Beyonce, Led Zeppelin, Creeper Lagoon, Will Oldham, Nirvana, Sebadoh, Juliana Hatfield, Sunny Day Real Estate, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Neutral Milk Hotel, Billy Joel, Elliott Smith, Smashing Pumpkins, Scud Mountain Boys, Pedro the Lion, Erykah Badu, Weezer, West Side Story (the musical), Patsy Cline, Gillian Welch, U2, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Velocity Girl, Hole, Green Day...I can even dig deeper and say I still own Tiffany's first record from when I was 6 years old and I not-so-secretly have a Journey and Boston fetish...and Brian and I both LOVE ABBA! (But he's definitely the Dancing Queen, not me)
Sounds Like: Good old-fashioned Honesty, baked from scratch with no preservatives.
Record Label: Would you like to sign us? *Shows puppy dog eyes*
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The up and coming show on August 23rd

This will be a doozy of a show. The Grownup Noise drove out all the way from Boston just to be with us (Ok, so maybe they played a few other places along the way, but I still maintain it was to be wit...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:31:00 PST

Tomorrow, July 26th

You should go here:It's just me playing that evening, solo. Unless I can convince Dave to sing with me. And the band playing before me? You're going to find that the bass player looks awfully familiar...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:02:00 PST

The vehicular nightmare is over, I think, for now

So it is safe to say that I will be playing House of Shields tomorrow night.Hopefully Friday the 13th is good to my Vanny Van. He runs like new now :)House of Shields39 New Montgomery (between Mission...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:10:00 PST

Another blog to brighten your day

Car permitting, I will be in San Francisco this Friday night, July 13th, at House of Shields, which is on New Montgomery (not Old Montgomery, I guess) near the BART station - go to www.houseofshields....
Posted by Julie Meyers on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:30:00 PST

Hey Placervillians!!!!!

Do you or someone that you know like your live music on Saturdays? If so, I know the place for you!!! Cozmic Cafe599 Main Street, PlacervilleSaturday, June 16th, 8pmJulie Meyers, Help Yourself, Out of...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:13:00 PST

Why y'all should come to the show tonight

The Speakeasy Lounge show will be my last local show until the end of July. In that time, I plan to get the CD for sale online, get more reviews, get licensed through ASCAP so maybe I can have a song ...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:12:00 PST

Shows and such this weekend

Shows and such this weekendTomorrow night I return to Marilyns on K Street (www.myspace.com/marilynsonk)9pm, $7Help YourselfRadio AstronomyMe (Julie Meyers)Saturday night I return to Reno at Walden's ...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Thu, 24 May 2007 11:15:00 PST

Worcester show cancelled

Seems we were double-booked and Teen Poetry Night won...But you can still come out to All Asia Bar in Cambridge this Saturday night, Massachusetts-ites. And Sacramento-ites, I'll be back to play Maril...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:39:00 PST

Requisite Tour Blog

Yep, here it is - the recap of my tour. I'm back. But before I get down to the nitty-gritty, let me just take a moment to promote my gig tonight at Borders in Davis. 7:30, with Radio Astronomy, and it...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:57:00 PST

MY FIRST TOUR IS HAPPENING STARTING NEXT SATURDAY!

It seems to be a time for firsts - first review, and now, announcing, my first tour behind Good Girl Blues!!! It'll just be me and my guitar (and my keyboard too!)...so here is all the info: Saturday,...
Posted by Julie Meyers on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:20:00 PST