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The Max Allen Band

About Me

The Max Allen Band has been described as a “stunningly full-sounding trio” whose music is a high energy combination of jazz, blues, funk and rock. With front man Max Allen’s strong vocals and stellar guitar work, bassist extraordinaire Ethan James' bottom end and Shaan France's driving percussion, this power trio delivers killer performances laced with improvisation and experimentation.Through the combined talent of these three professionals the Max Allen Band has consistently wowed audiences throughout the Midwest and continues to gain fans with every performance.The MAB tours regularly and performs about 125 shows per year. Over the past seven years Allen has had the privilege of performing on stage with and/or opening for a number of great musicians and bands including The Clarks, Jim Ryser, Larry Crane (John Mellencamp), Chris Duarte, Dishwalla, Carrie Newcomer, Otiel Burbridge, Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers), The Spin Doctors, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Ekoostik Hookah, Dark Star Orchestra and Umphrey's McGee.The Max Allen Band is currently signed with Big Walnut Records and is also a member of the Homegrown Music Network.
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Music:

Member Since: 11/19/2005
Band Website: www.maxallenmusic.com
Band Members: Max Allen - Shaan France - Ethan James
Influences: To many to list. love that Phish. Clapton, Hendrix, MMW, Scofield, Dead...
Sounds Like: The Max Allen Band
Record Label: Big Walnut Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

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Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:33:00 GMT

Catching up.

Wow, I haven't blogged in a while... so whats been going on... The schedule is looking pretty beefy lately, so that's nice. We took a trip to Carbondale, IL in Feb, then to STL, both great shows....
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 14:44:00 GMT

Relix Magazine Oops

Hey, everybody just letting you know we have an ad in this months issue of Relix and a song on the sample cd, that comes with the magazine.  Unfortunately the song listed was not the same as...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:40:00 GMT

Nice...Mice

So i was doing this gig and i noticed that next to my foot was mr. jingles.  I said my god, in a restaurant, this cant be.  Sould i be a good guy and make sure no one spots him, or let him f...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:15:00 GMT

Sandwich

So the House of Sandwich, = Jimmy Johns i was so excited, there was no longer a Jimmy Johns in Avon so i said to myself, hey, myself why dont you just go to the old Jimmy Johns and see if they are hid...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:45:00 GMT

time for a blog

Man, it's been a while myspace.  I've missed you and the way you make me feel.  It's like touching myself under the covers in warm bed in the middle of winter.  You know like the feelin...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:01:00 GMT

Up's and Down's

Ok, let's talk about the up's and down's of life.  It's been a reacurring experience of mine and of many others, that just when things are starting to look up, life takes a big fat steamy shit al...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:57:00 GMT

Bitchen Blog

Blogedy Blog Blog Blog, My Space is something else.  Pretty cool really, it tricks me into thinking I have friends.  Ha I'm such a fool.
Posted by on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:14:00 GMT