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Lys Guillorn

About Me



Discography
Three Songs CD EP ( Little Cowgirl , March 2006)
Lys Guillorn s/t CD ( Little Cowgirl , March 2003)
Comps
Happy Sweet Sixteen Carrot Top Records, "Sixteen Reasons", a Connie Stevens cover (Out of print, 2008)
Briar'ose Comp"Nottamun Town", ( Briar'ose Records , 2007)
I'm Doing OK Today, Winter 2007 comp, "The Will in the Windows", ( Sanitary Records , April 2007)
Ukulele and So Can I, Ukulele compilation, "My Lullaby", ( Lost Sound Tapes , November 2006)
Homebreaker, Skeeter Davis tribute, "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too", ( Sanitary Records , October 2006)
It's Meaningless, Magnetic Fields tribute, "You Love to Fail", (the Slight Record/SCTAS, September 2005)
Ball of Wax Vol. 1, "Banks of the Ohio", (Ball of Wax, August 2005)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/11/2005
Band Website: http://www.lysguillorn.com
Band Members: Lys Guillorn - songs, voice, guitar, (also on recordings: keys, bass, mandolin, banjo, lap steel, ukulele, toy piano, bells & whistles)
Ryan Blessey - guitar, lap steel, voice, mandolin
Peter Riccio - drums
Michael Guillorn - bass
Influences: Velvet Underground, Neil Young, Astrud Gilberto, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Edgar Lee Masters, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, the Handsome Family, Nina Nastasia, Nina Simone, Richard Buckner, Kristin Hersh, Giant Sand, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, David Bowie, Galaxie 500, Luna, the Feelies, Robert Quine, Haruki Murakami, Walton Ford, art history slides, 8th grade English, dreams, and the idea of cowboys and cowgirls.
Sounds Like: "oddly uplifting, folk, blues, country-infused, acoustic semi-electric psychedelic dark pop music."--Comes With a Smile(UK)
Record Label: Little Cowgirl Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Dispatch from Cowgirl Central

Tuesday, January 67 pm Eastern Cowgirl TimeMy apartment has Satanic-grade, uncontrollable heating--thankfully paid for by my landlord. When I walked into my apartment just now, it was about 80 degrees...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:12:00 GMT

Download of Silent Night available - Happy Holidays!

Brother Mike and I recorded Silent Night for you last week. I hope you enjoy. I had delusions of grandeur of doing much more, but a simple, quick take is what we had time for. I hope you like it.Wishi...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:16:00 GMT

New Song on Sanitary Records Cassette Compilation

.. New Mega Cassette Compilation - I'm Doing OK Today22 awesome songs from awesome kids. white cassettes with purple stenciling in a white box with a screenprinted rabbit and insert designed by Doby W...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:16:00 GMT

Dream Magazine Issue Number 7

Dream Magazine Issue Number 7 includes a lovely little review of Three Songs. Plus it's chock full of interesting interviews with Ivor Cutler, Josephine Foster, Sharron Kraus, St. Mary's, and all kind...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:33:00 GMT

Trapshooting Hall of Fame: Dream, Comps, Show, Stuff

~Shoot Out the Lights~Last week, my friend David and I were in his house and he handed me a .28 two shot rifle to shoot indoors. In August, I had taken a shooting lesson for my birthday, and this was ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:31:00 GMT

ukulele compilation cassette track list announced

Lost Sound Tapes just announced the track listing of the upcoming ukulele compilation. I'll post details when I have them. I will most likely have some in stock for sale in the Little Cowgirl store. "...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:31:00 GMT

Palebear review of Three Songs

If you're interested, you can go check out the review of Three Songs now online at Palebear.
Posted by on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:22:00 GMT

Skeeter Davis tribute comp: Homebreaker

The Sanitary Records cassette comp Homebreaker, a tribute to Skeeter Davis, is now available for preorder (shipping soon). The cassette comes in a really cool looking hand-silkscreened box/case.On my ...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:52:00 GMT

Three Songs reviews

Here are a few Three Songs reviews that came out in MarchNews-Times article Connecticut Post articleEric Danton/Courant Blog
Posted by on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:22:00 GMT

NEMS News .159

New England Music Scrapbook News Number 159 Review of "Three Songs"Scroll down for the review by Alan Lewis
Posted by on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:35:00 GMT