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Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful

Just
where
I thought
you'd
be.

About Me

As a contingent of the rising Michigan indie/folk scene, Misty Lyn pens haunting melodies over simple arrangements that traverse the gothic, literary fringes of American roots music. Pulling from a wealth of vivid, melancholic subject matter, her songs are cathartic and poetically rich works that stand boldly on their own, but when accompanied by her quartet, the Big Beautiful, realize new potential. She writes of her childhood struggles and the ensuing trials and tribulations encountered while working toward a greater purpose in life. While her music also celebrates the simple joy of being alive, there is always a common thread of nostalgia for things that are lost and those that are fading.
"It was in the 19th century that faith in science invited an analogous faith in history: that history has laws, that it could be known, that it followed a pattern. What we believe now--certainly what I believe--is very different. History is impossible to penetrate, and that is its great richness." ~R. Kapuscinski.....


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Member Since: 12/6/2005
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: Misty Lyn: Songs, Guitar.
Matt Jones: Drums.
Jim Roll: Bass.
Carol Gray: Fiddle & Tambourine.
Ryan Gimpert: Pedal Steel & Electric Guitar.
Colette Alexander: Cello.
Variations of all of the above.
Influences: Matt Jones, Suzanne Hancock, My Bandmates, Chris Bathgate, Matthew (Iman) O’Brien, Brandon Zwaggerman, Detroit, Minneapolis, Ypsilanti, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Elliott Smith, Ethan Johns, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nina Nastasia, Rita Mae, Dabenport, The Replacements, Breathe Owl Breathe, Big Star, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, James Christopher Monger, John Steinbeck, The Pine Trees in the Bethel Church Graveyard, Pixies, Kelly Eno, Neko Case, 100 Years of Solitude, Bukowski, Lou Reed, My Family, My Backyard, The Pretenders, Joe Henry, Danny Kline, Andrew Bird, My 1999 Dodge Intrepid, The Cure, Big Blue, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Metallica, Loring Park, Chuck T’s, John Mellencamp, The Great Lakes Myth Society, Hair bands, Soaring Gas Prices, Great Lighting, Vintage T-shirts, Merlin, Neil Young, Scio Church Road, Lake Michigan, People with the guts to live passionately, do what they love, and say what they think...and lately, I am influenced by
Sounds Like: Remembering the fall.
Folding in the winter.
Reaching for the warm.
Record Label: Lable shmayble...I wanna bartend. Forever.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

LIVE!!! Misty Lyn and the Big Beautiful playing on the road and at home...

Well kids...here we are Live! The videos span over a couple years, andthe quality varies (performance and sound alike... ;)) but they're fun to watch none-the-less! You should come out and see us......
Posted by Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:21:00 PST

A really nice guy in France...

...did an interview with me recently. Click here to see it:YouCrazyDreamersThanks to Olivier!!
Posted by Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:27:00 PST

Record Update. . .plus!

Oh my.We've spent the last three days doing the first round ofmixing "For the Dead" over in Jim Roll's studio. It's really sounding great. It's SO close, man...so close!When we're done with that, it'...
Posted by Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:56:00 PST

Gratitude.

Hello.After such a wonderful couple months of shows i think it's necessary to send out some gratitudeto the people who make all of it possible.Firstly: Thanks to Brandon Z. for the amazingcouple of sh...
Posted by Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:47:00 PST

Exciting News!! Must Share!!

hello there!there are many exciting things going on herein the land of misty lyn and the big beautiful.i want to share a little of it with you!firstly, and most importantly, i have decided to make my ...
Posted by Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:31:00 PST

A poem for you.

A poem by R. Brautigan...Fuck Me Like Fried PotatoesFuck me like fried potatoeson the most beautifully hungry morning of my god-damn life.Now that's poetry. Although the one he wrote about the 2 guys ...
Posted by Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:45:00 PST

Houghton

Ohhhh.Houghton saved my life in many small ways this past weekend. I'm going to try to keep this as short as possible though...so here it is in outline-ish form...in no particular order...at all.I. I...
Posted by Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:27:00 PST

"Don't be humble, you're not that great."

Every morning at 9am my cell phone sends me a "quote of the day". I hated it at first, immediatley thinking..."I better not be paying for this".  But now a year later I find myself looking forwar...
Posted by Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:49:00 PST