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About Me

Dandelion Wine started as the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Alex Thomason. He called his project "Andre the Giant." As his tastes changed, he started a rock 'n roll band with a couple of scraggley guys named Jesse Parrish and Thomas Finn. As the three members matured the music took on a new feel. Jay Rutherford was added on guitar to suggest new ideas and songs. The band started practicing a lot under the name "The Lucky Strikes" (the name of the rock 'n roll group formed by Thomason, Finn, and Parrish). When the band decided "The Lucky Strikes" was not the name that fit them, they changed it to Dandelion Wine. Dandelion Wine is now proud to be part of Vertigo Music Group of Clarksville/Nashville, TN. They're debut EP featuring five songs will be released sometime in the mid-spring/early-summer of 2007. As everything unfolds updates will be made. Thank you for your support!
Check our Blog for news and updates! Jesse sure does love some blogging.
Take care,
-Dandelion Wine

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Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/andrethegiantrules
Band Members: Alex Thomason- Lead Guitars, Organ, Synthesizers, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Lead Vocals
Thomas Finn- Drums, Accessory Percussion
Jesse Parrish- Bass, Back-up Vocals
Jay Rutherford- Rhythm Guitar

On "Three Cat Showdown" Alex Thomason recorded all instruments.
On "Two Diamonds" and "I'm Still Floatin'" Alex Thomason recorded all instruments except drums and tambourine, which Thomas Finn recorded.

Influences: The Beach Boys, Architecture in Helsinki, the Arcade Fire, the Electric Light Orchestra, Brian Wilson, the Pixies, Modest Mouse, the Microphones, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Beatles, the Polyphonic Spree, happiness, pretzels, cool summer evenings in the sunroom, rock 'n roll!

Sounds Like: Broken Social Scene, the Beach Boys, Architecture in Helsinki, Joy Division, the Arcade Fire, Interpol, Andre the Giant, Modest Mouse
Record Label: Vertigo Music Group
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Great Success!

First off, I'd like to thank everybody who came to the Tea Room last night, I was pleased that they ran out of seating.Second off, Cole Russell did a fantastic job with the opening act, one of the mos...
Posted by Dandelion Wine on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:04:00 PST

Still working hard.

Hey folks, We're all still working hard here, and I'm just going to bring you up to date on several things. The EP has been sent to a mastering house (finished recording) to be...
Posted by Dandelion Wine on Tue, 15 May 2007 02:49:00 PST

Recording all finished

Great success! (Borat accent here)Subtle Sound, Grey Grey Ground... is subtly done, very very done. We've finished recording the EP today and headed back into town. I wri...
Posted by Dandelion Wine on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:41:00 PST

More Dandelion Wine news...

Greetings to all who have the spare time to read a band's blog...More fun/exciting/arousing news on the way! (kidding about the arousing part.) Alex, Jay, and myself are headin...
Posted by Dandelion Wine on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:23:00 PST

Continued Recording

Hey everybody!This is Jesse, the bassist, trying to keep everybody updated on all of our exciting adventures! We went to Nashville/Clarksville this past weekend and began recording with Vertigo....
Posted by Dandelion Wine on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:56:00 PST

In the near-future....

Hey friends, fans, and people who stumbled across this blog for whatever reason. The Lucky Strikes have just been offered a contract with Vertigo Music Group of Nashville/Clarksville, TN. ...
Posted by Dandelion Wine on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:50:00 PST