JABE

*JABE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A 2007 BOSTON MUSIC AWARD IN THE 'OUTSTANDING AMERICANA ACT' CATEGORY*
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2007: BOSTON MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION FOR OUTSTANDING AMERICANA ACT - CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR JABE!!
2007: BMI MUSICMAKER COMPETITION WINNER
2007: WFNX/BOSTON PHOENIX BEST SONGWRITER NOMINEE
2003-2006: BMA NOMINEE FOR BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER & BEST ROOTS AMERICANA ACT
2003: JAM MAGAZINE LISTS ALBUM 'DRAMA CITY' AT 2 IN BEST 100 ALBUMS OF LAST 10 YEARS
2000: ABE OLEMAN SONGWRITER AWARD FROM SONGWRITING HALL OF FAME & SESAC
2000: BOSTON MUSIC AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT ALBUM
DISCOGRAPHY: JABE
2006: WHERE ARE WE GOING & WHEN DO WE GET THERE
2003: DRAMA CITY
2001: OUTBACK COUNTRY VAMPIRE
2000: TWENTY POINT TURN
DISCOGRAPHY: THE BENDERS http://www.myspace.com/BENDERSBAND
2000: BENDERS I
2001:BENDERS II
2003: MOUNTAIN RADIO
MUSIC BIZ BIO:Anywhere good music was being made in Boston, chances are Jabe Beyer was in on it. Whether on the stage, in the studio, or in the audience trying not to fall down. In 2007, Beyer won the BMI Music Maker Songwriting Competition and was nominated for two Boston Music Awards as well as a nomination in the WFNX Best Music Poll. His namesake band, JABE, along with Jay Aucella on bass, David Westner on drums, and Sean Staples on mandolin (with guests such as Dana Colley (Morphine) on Sax, Kevin Barry on Guitar, Duke Levine on Guitar), won the Abe Oleman Songwriting Award from The Songwriting Hall of Fame as well as Boston Music Awards. Four self-produced, self-released albums along with extensive U.S. and European tours have earned JABE a reputation as one of Boston's best and hardest working live acts. Beyer's side project, The Benders, bloomed into alt-country-bluegrass favorites, embraced nationally by the press and a hardcore fanbase. Jabe has also worked as a guitarist and keyboard player, touring the US & Europe with Kris Delmhorst, Todd Thibaud, Dennis Brennan, Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles, Bow Thayer, Richard Davies, and others. With great songs and honest-to-the-bone live shows, The Boston Globe hailed JABE as "a leader in the roots music renaissance," and Jam Magazine listed his 2-disc album Drama City at Number 2 in their Best 100 Albums of The Last 10 Years. A multi-instrumentalist, producer and prolific writer, Beyer released his 4th album, Where Are We Going & When Do We Get There on Hi-N-Dry records. With the help of the area's best musicians and mixed by sonic wizard Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, The Pixies), Where Are We Going & When Do We Get There shows that Beyer has grown beyond his cowpunk past and continues to evolve as an inspired songwriter and musician. That, and he's totally nuts.
PERSONAL BIO: I WAS BORN IN OCTOBER. I DONT REMEMBER IT AT ALL. I LIVED IN THE COUNTRY WITH MY FOLKS, SISTER, 6 DOGS & 2 GHOSTS. THE GHOSTS BLEW OUT ALL THE LIGHT-BULBS IN THE HOUSE BUT THEY SAVED MY SISTER WHEN SHE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS. WE SHARED A FARM WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. MILK WENT FROM THE COW TO THE BUCKET TO THE FRIDGE. WE TRAVELLED ON WEEKENDS TO CRAFT-SHOWS TO SELL MY MOM'S HORSESHOE NAIL JEWELRY . ALL OVER NY, PA, OH, WV, AND DOWN TO MD, AND TN. HER STAND LOOKED LIKE A HORSE WAGON. THE WAGON WHEELS WERE MADE BY AN AMISH MAN DOWN THE ROAD (MY FATHER PAID HIM IN HUBCAPS) AND THE REST WAS BARN BOARD COVERED IN BLACK VELVET. ALL PACKED INTO A CHEVY VAN DRAGGING A CRANK OPEN CAMPER. THE 70'S BABY. ALL I REMEMBER IS WANDERING AROUND VAST ARENAS AND CITY STREETS FILLED WITH ARTIST WARES, WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND ALL DAY. I WAS 4, MY SISTER WAS WATCHING ME. SHE WAS 6. THEY ALWAYS HAD LIVE BANDS. ONE GAVE ME A SIGNED RECORD. I STILL HAVE IT. BUT ITS BENT LIKE A PRINGLE CUZ I LEFT IT ON THE BACK SEAT IN THE CAR, HALF ON HALF OFF THE SEAT AND IT WAS 100 DEGREES THAT DAY. RECORD MELTED. WE MOVED TO FREDONIA NY. SOMEONE STOLE MY MATCHBOX CAR COLLECTION MY FIRST DAY AT THE PLAYGROUND. BUMMER. WE HAD 11 VINYL RECORDS IN THE HOUSE. BEATLES, DYLAN, RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, BEACH BOYS, NEIL DIAMOND, TINA TURNER, THE COASTERS, AND SOME OTHERS. MY MOTHER TAUGHT EXERCISE CLASSES AND ALWAYS HAD THE NEW 45s WHEN A SONG CAME OUT SO SHE COULD MAKE MIX TAPES TO DANCE TO. MY FATHER ONLY LISTENED TO MOTOWN IN THE CAR. I DIDNT KNOW IT WAS MOTOWN AT THE TIME. IT WAS JUST MUSIC. IF I TRIED TO CHANGE IT HE'D SLAP MY HAND AND SAY "WHEN YOU DRIVE, YOU CAN CHANGE THE STATION" HE LET ME DRIVE WHEN I WAS 6. FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. ONE HAND ON THE WHEEL. HE WAS STEERING WITH HIS LEGS BUT I DIDNT KNOW IT. I NEVER CHANGED THE STATION. I GOT TALLER. I ATE PIZZA, DRANK GRAPE JUICE, AND PLAYED IN THE WOODS. I THOUGHT I WAS A NINJA. MY FOLKS SENT ME TO TAKE PIANO LESSONS. WHEN I WAS 10 MY FRIEND STOLE A CASSETTE FROM HIS SISTER AND GAVE IT TO ME. IT WAS "HALLOWED GROUND" BY VIOLENT FEMMES. I LIKED THE SONG "NEVER TELL." THE TAPE DECK BROKE WITH THE TAPE IN IT AND IT GOT THROWN OUT. AT SOME POINT I GOT A GUITAR. AT THE SAME POINT THE GIRL I LIKED DUMPED ME. I BEEN A MESS SINCE THEN. I'M OLDER NOW THAN I WAS. I LIVED IN NC, BOSTON, AND NOW I LIVE IN NASHVILLE. I DON'T SLEEP MUCH.