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Lewi Longmire

Keeping the rents down!

About Me

THE LEWI LONGMIRE BAND is myself singing and playing,
BILL RUDOLPH playing killer bass and crooning exquisite harmony vocals
NED FOLKERTH caressing and kicking the drums while whistling a jaunty 'tune

I play a lot of music around, but if it says "LEWI LONGMIRE BAND" it's these guys in the engine room. Other guests may sit in.

I've been playing guitar and various instruments for almost 20 years now... mostly backing up other songwriters. Now I've struck out on my own, subjecting to world to my own 'tunes. The calendar includes most of the shows I'm playing, whether fronting the band or playing as a "hired gun".

I was born in Albuquerque, NM and spent several years playing guitar in the acoustic jam/hippie punk band Apricot Jam. That group all moved to Portland, OR in 1997, and I stayed there when we disbanded. I quit music for a bit, looking for a "normal life", which of course proved to be too boring. When I started playing again, I figured that music is music and all instruments are more or less the same, so I'm going to try to figure out how to play any instrument I can get my hands on. By the time I get reeeeeeaaaaally old, maybe I'll be good at them all. For now, I'm just having a lot of fun.

CLICK ON A TITLE BELOW to find out more about the albums I have available:
If I Live to be 100

Crazy Coyote (LIVE CD)

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These requests will only be handled through "official" routes: [email protected] (preferred method), click above for myspace, or phone 503-236-2455.

Playing with Bingo at the Joshua Tree Music Fest

Playing with Michael Hurley at Batwater

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/30/2005
Band Website: lewilongmire.com
Band Members:

Lewi Longmire (acoustic and electric guitar, keys, and vocals)
Bill Rudolph (bass and vocals)
Ned Folkerth (drums)

Regular guests include:
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Bingo (guitar, vocals)
Eddie Lakaden (percussion)
Steve James (guitar, mandolin)
Paul Brainard (steel guitar, trumpet)
David Lipkind (harmonica)
Caleb Miles (rock god guitar)
Jenny Conlee (keys)
Alli Longstreth (vocals)
Dee Settlemier (vocals)

I've been blessed to play with some amazing talents...
Influences:

Mother Hips, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Michael Hurley, B'hob Dylan, Jimmy Smith, Neil Young, Beatles, Zappa, Black Flag, Nak NuNu, Doug Sahm, Mommyheads, Mother Hips, Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, the Band, the Creation, Decemberists, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Foghorn Stringband, Willie Nelson, Miles Davis, Moby Grape, Lightnin' Hopkins, oh so many more early influences.

My current big influences are the musicians I see around me, they're the best in the world: Bingo, Victoria Williams, Tony Mason, Fernando, Michael Hurley, Little Sue, Jimmy Boyer & Dave Reisch and the FMR, James Low, Mike Damron & David Lipkind (I Can Lick any SOB), Michael Jodell, Ezra Holbrook, Paul Brainard, Travis Cline (Gram Rabbit), Jackie O-Motherf*cker, Billy Kennedy. I am blessed to get to experience so much music with these folks.
Sounds Like: Probably most like the Band, Sir Douglas Quintet, Moby Grape, Mad Dogs & Englishmen or an overcaffinated wino. I'm from New Mexico, I live in Oregon, and yet I remember a girl at a show in Tucson thought the music was "swamp rock". I think she was on to something.
Record Label: Number One Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I’m Casey Neill’s muppet...

A nice internet review came out about the last Norway Rats show in Seattle. Apparently I'm a muppet. This may be so. http://seattlest.com/2007/11/30/where_casey_nei.php...
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:24:00 PST

Haiku from Delta Dan

So my friend Dan passed away last month and the records store he helped open in 1969 is having a wake for him on the store's anniversary, March 15th @ 3pm. I'll be playing some music there with other ...
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:14:00 PST

Some nice photos of the band @ Laurelthirst

Our buddy Matt has took some very cool photos of the band during one of our happy hours. Check them out:http://proofs.brightpixel.com/llb/2007.02.01.html
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:21:00 PST

Release date set for new CD: April 7th!

Well, it looks like we're aiming to release the band's live CD (tentatively titied "Crazy Coyote") on April 7th. We'll be having a CD release party on that date at the Kennedy School here in NE Portla...
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:20:00 PST

new CDs on the way!

I know we've been low on recorded output for some time, but there will soon be more albums available from the Lewi Longmire Band (if you're in to that kind of thing)!Jim Brunberg of the Mississippi St...
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:57:00 PST

Bingo Dream Band footage on YouTube

Here's some grainy and dark footage of the Bingo Dream Band playing at the Joshua Tree Music Festival last October!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfUKpZCLT80It's fitting, as we are grainy and dark....
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:08:00 PST

Cool photos on Roxanne's website

Howdy!My longtime friend Roxanne Haynes takes very nice photos. She took some sweet ones of me and the Bingo Band and friends down in California.To see them, go to:Http://www.roxannehaynes.comThen cli...
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:35:00 PST

Fernando video on youtube

Howdy folks! Happy holidays.We've posted a video for the Fernando band (with whom I play) song "Change in Us", from our new CD, Enter to Exit.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvWhMyx-BYoHope you like it...
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:00:00 PST

Drive Me Wild: Joules Graves Tribute

Songwriter Joules Graves is an old friend of mine. Some years ago, she was diagnosed with MS. She hid it from all but her closest friends and family for a long time. It has progressed somewhat, to the...
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:06:00 PST

Why do we worry?

So for whatever reason recently, I feel like I haven't been so in touch with my muse. And what with a lot of shows being played, I've been wearing my current mateial pretty thin. Confidence has been l...
Posted by Lewi Longmire on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:36:00 PST