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About Me

The Datura Blues were conceived over the duration of a stormy Humboldt County evening as a way of combining pop sensationalism and various cultural cliches with noise, improvisation and a flair for the dramatic... What began as a trio in 1999, has now grown to an extended network of family and friends, active in the pursuit of community-oriented and tradition-based associations to Art and lifestyle... A handful of revolving performing musicians and recording artists living in Portland provide songs with their initial backbone, while satellite members (including those who contribute talent and inspiration from their respective homes in various states and nations across the globe,) operate with shared intentions, ideologies or aesthetics... ________________________________________________ "There is an artistic communication gap that is lost in the musical translation from Datura Blues to the mere casual listener. Fleeting exposure to this experimental—in the purest sense of this word—local band will just leave you with a confused look on your face or a pulsating headache, or possibly both. But hurling yourself headlong into their new album, Is it as it Is, Brother?, will lead you to a better understanding, if not downright acceptance, of the band's droning vocals, free-jazz skronk sessions, and commitment to improvised noise, rhythm, and controlled chaos. Then again, perhaps the best approach to the artistic upheaval of Datura Blues is to not wrestle with comprehending the band, but rather just appreciate their dizzying form of expression..." Ezra Ace Caraeff- The Portland Mercury

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2005
Band Members: past, present and future DB/BPBS Family members... oryan peterson, owen ott III, garrett kelly, nick burmeister, landon phillips, wizard, sarah tremaine, tristan kadish, bodie pfost, jim davis, lincoln haury, nick jennings, tig oglesby, amber kai, andy fidler, davyd yeager, rob anderson, christian poules, joeseph sheedy, andrew miller, lucas jaworski, chris collett, amanda sloane, peter, jake, sebastian, jochim, kevin richardson, jeff graham, andrew pritchard... coming soon... abe and ryan...
Influences: six organs of admittance, comets on fire, akron/family, olivia tremor control, howlin' rain, eternal tapestry, bongloard, mammatus, wishbone ash, fela kuti, ghost, white heaven, dirty three, faust, amon duul, can, mindless thuggs, the birthday party, no neck blues band, acid mother's temple, sun city girls, sunburned hand of the man, incredible string band, the dead, moody blues, pink floyd, BPBS Arts and Media Collective material... the list goes on
Sounds Like: delicious food for the ears
Record Label: BPBS Arts and Media Collective
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Datura Blues & Bongloard : Music to Paint ...

http://vimeo.com/3748609
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:52:00 GMT

DATURA BLUES RELEASES

  Drive into the Ocean and set it on Fire!  (2001)                         &n...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:45:00 GMT

Old Biography

We like to tell stories... Familiar cowboy licks, classical violin melodies, hymns and spirituals, the history of "rock n' roll", tacky 60's psychedelia, imagery borrowed from ancient and popularized ...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:46:00 GMT

New album out... CD release show August 23rd at the Towne Lounge

Saturday, August 23rd... We will be releasing our new album, titled;  Is it as it is, Brother?  We will be providing free copies at the door... join Datura BluesTo Get Her Together (portland...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:53:00 GMT

BPBS Arts and Media Collective

In 2001 the Datura Blues tamed the creature known as Beast, Please Be Still, or simply, "The Beast..." This monikor, under which the DB's have explored their more experimental and improvisational skil...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:11:00 GMT

Another tour!!!

heya everyone!it's been a while since we checked in, and so, we would like to announce our coming summer tour this august... our record with the mindless thuggs has been sent to press and we will be t...
Posted by on Fri, 18 May 2007 13:14:00 GMT

Back in the USSA

well we're back in the states, filled with new inspiration and having met some of the finest minds europe has to offer... thank you to all our new and old friends who helped us along the way... we hav...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:25:00 GMT

European dates!

hi everybody... we are heading out on our first european tour this february/march... we have friends helping us round up shows in the cities listed here, as well as in other various places through out...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:44:00 GMT