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our cd WHERE ALL DEAD LEAVES GO is back in print

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"it’s quiet music you want to crank..." says bob gulla of the providence phoenix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -from the slow settling dust of PURPLE IVY SHADOWS comes THE 'MERICANS, a rhode island band based around the songs of CHRIS DALTRY. our first record 'MERICAN RECORDINGS was released in late 2006. we have a new record out now - WHERE ALL DEAD LEAVES GO . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -'MERICAN RECORDINGS was recorded at home on borrowed recording equipment, with advice and tips from THOM MONAHAN. at the time "home" was at 135 carpenter street, on the west side of providence. the stark acoustic arrangements were influenced by the first RICK RUBIN produced JOHNNY CASH record AMERICAN RECORDINGS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -after recording the basic guitar and vocal tracks, i brought in a few friends to add textural parts. JOEL THIBODEAU of DEATH VESSEL and STRING BUILDER plays mandolin, harmonica and sings harmony vocals on most of the songs. former purple ivy shadows bassist WILL RICE played banjo on "to find favor" - and MARGIE WIENK [once of THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE the eyesores and of FERN KNIGHT of philadelphia] played upright bass on a song~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -this year's follow up to 'MERICAN RECORDINGS is much fuller with more sonic and textural elements, not far removed from a PURPLE IVY SHADOWS record. the new 'MERICANS record was also recorded at home, and was mixed by PETE DONNELLY of THE FIGGS down at his studio in WESTMONT new jersey. this record is titled WHERE ALL DEAD LEAVES GO and was released in july 2007 and is available from us . . . just write us and we'll tell you how to get a copy.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-see our dec 20th 2006 blogs for historical information, as well as our discography. we try to keep this site up to date, and hope to include more photos, lyrics and info, but it there is something you'd like to know, feel free to ask ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 8/14/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/themericans
Band Members: chris daltry, michael moore and michael bilodeau with tom baker and mike savagethe 'mericans STONEWALLS live recording

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Influences: ccr, the feelies, low, tears for fears, gene "jug" ammons, john barry, henry mancini, willie nelson, emitt rhodes, donovan, fried okra, johnny cash, june carter cash, the isley brothers, the beatles, george jones, merle haggard, john lennon, picket fences, r.e.m. , lionel hampton, star wars, american history, kris kristofferson, california, U2, pink floyd, wire, the police, daniel lanois, david crosby, 78rpm records, jimmy cliff's the harder they come, new orleans, speed the plough, kraftwerk, air, coffee, tom petty and the heartbreakers, stacks of old books, water, lakes and streams, maps, cast-iron skillets, morrissey / the smiths, miles davis, versus, bob dylan's pat garrett and billy the kid, bob dylan's chronicles + bob dylan period, furry lewis, little boats and blue jeans, catfish, white lightnin', 437 angell road, james bond, roy orbison, the byrds, fishing and camping out, the replacements, barns and fields, robert ruark's the old man and the boy, hemmingway's the old man and the sea, the rolling stones, clean towels, the bats, minor league baseball, edward gorey, ac/dc, old fender amps, the ocean, led zeppelin, the who, gram parsons / flying burrito brothers, echo & the bunnymen, dancing outlaw, pylon, tom waits, neil young / crosby, stills, nash + young, the velvet underground, camper van beethoven, x and the knitters, the cars, the cocteau twins, al green, bob wills, lucinda williams, gillian welch, metallica, lightning bolt, loretta lynn, 629 second avenue, crickets, frank sinatra, cats, dean martin, wes' rib house, tortilla flats, new york city, issac hayes, south carolina, virginia, canada, oregon hill, my 1980's, good tires, louis armstrong, skeeter davis, howard finster, memphis, savannah, charlottesville, abba, bee gees, sammy davis jr., miracle legion, rhode island, apples, grapes and taxicabs, the godfather trilogy, the waterboys, dave chapelle, richard pryor + western mass, dave brubeck, ray charles, andy bey and the bey sisters, elvis presley, what cheer, roger williams, what-not, bill clinton, sherlock holmes, tom jones, art blakey, patsy cline, gerry mulligan, the graduate, marty austin, my old 3-speed bicycle, simon and garfunkel, baritone saxophones, los lobos, the latin playboys, the clash, the cure, bruce springsteen, the salt lick, the lord of the rings, the flat duo jets, tobasco sauce, wild turkey, pabst blue ribbon beer, beck, electricity, mr. show, old school, hotels, motels and white t-shirts, black leather shoes, lp records, road trips, travel books, the dukes of hazzard, mash, tomato plants and acoustic guitars, confederacy of dunces, long beach, nc, traffic the band not on the highway, mongo santamaria, jennifer daltry, rushmore, carson mcCullers, tomato plants, electric fans, the sun and the moon, shady valley, bob marley, jeff buckley, sammy davis jr. , small factory, horses, simple minds and good conversations, crabs, piers, tall pine trees, skeeter davis, mountains, fatlip, foo-fighters, black and white photos in 8 x10 black wooden frames, chocolate chips, a good martini - but i still don't know what i think of those glasses they come in, let's active, the band, throwing muses, paris, parks, shelves, cincinnati chili, pete rose, tug mcGraw, peace and love, julie london, block island, boof bonser, eartha kitt, pee dee, nc, the piggly wiggly, stonewalls, reservoirs and air . . .
Sounds Like: where all dead leaves go . . .
Record Label: 'merican recordings
Type of Label: Indie

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mericans TUESDAY hi hat MARK OLSON the jayhawks

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where all dead leaves go . . .

some words about our latest record . . .the ’mericans - ’where all dead leaves go’was first released in july of 2007 and the first pressing quickly sold outand has been officially ou...
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Check out this event: sunday THE MERICANS nyc show 27 JANUARY

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the ’mericans have songs in a new movie about rocky point amusement park . . .

we are proud to announce that some of our songs have been used in new MOVIE . . . it is a documentary film about a long-gone RHODE ISLAND AMUSEMENT PARKcalled ROCKY POINT . . .  the park was arou...
Posted by the 'mericans on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:37:00 PST

the mericans STONEWALLS live VIDEO . . .

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photos of july 28th 2007 newport, ri show . . .

here are some photos or our recent july 28th 2007 show at BILLY GOODE'S in NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND . . . it was a really fun night! ’Mericans - Newport - 2007...
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new 'MERICANS record WHERE ALL DEAD LEAVES GO - out now!

24 july 2007hello from the 'mericanswe are happy to announce the release of our new recordTHE 'MERICANS - WHERE ALL DEAD LEAVES GO75 or LESS RECORDS release 75OL - 020this record was very long in the...
Posted by the 'mericans on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:19:00 PST

THE 'MERICANS record release show SUNDAY 22 JULY providence

this SUNDAY 22nd JULYAS2209PM$6THE 'MERICANS record release party!SWEET CRUDE BILL & THE LIGHTHOUSE NAUTICAL SOCIETYTHE 'MERICANSBLACK EYED ANCHOR_______ou...
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