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El May

El May is mostly me - Lara Meyerratken. I've done multi-instrumentalist-ing for Ben Lee, Luna, Luscious Jackson, Crooked Fingers, Dean and Britta, Nada Surf etc.I'm making my first album. It's the very female counterpart to the Chinese Democracy.

This is an El May song called 'Hero' sung by Michelle Williams in 'The Baxter'.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2006
Band Website: elmayforever.com
Band Members: always: Lara Meyerratken
sometimes with: Jason Lawrence, Lauren Balthrop, Andrew Carlson
Influences: George Harrison, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, The Long Winters, Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas and the Papas, Bacharach, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, The Go-Gos, Bruce Springsteen,
Sounds Like: Aerosmith

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Type of Label: None

My Blog

EL MAY tonight ! New York

Hello , This is a last minut e poke in the side to tell you :" HAY, come and see El May this eveni ng on the Lower East Side" ROCKW OOD MUSIC HALL @ 6pm 196 Allen ( near Houst on) take the F or V...
Posted by El May on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:31:00 PST

I Remember - KCRW Todays Top Tune

Today the El May song 'I Remember' from the 'Sound the Key Note' EP is featured on KCRW's Today's Top Tune :El May on KCRW Todays Top TuneThe track is downloadable for 24 hours and will also be avail...
Posted by El May on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:47:00 PST

Los Angeles

When I picked up my rental car last night at the airport, the lady at the desk commented:"A whole month - a long vacation!"I said, no, no actually I'd be working while I'm here. To which she replied"W...
Posted by El May on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:34:00 PST

Recording with/Opening for Dar Williams

Pelle, Dar, Travis, Lara, Brad.(This was taken before we felt comfortable touching each other in any way. Things were more huggy by the end.)In January, I played piano and keyboards for Dar Williams 7...
Posted by El May on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:17:00 PST

El May opening for Feist

El May are heading to Australia for a run of shows in Australia, including a support slot for the brilliant and charming Leslie Feist.Also in this bunch of dates are three appearances with New Zealand...
Posted by El May on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:00:00 PST

ELEVEN ELEVEN

Today on the Eleventh of the Eleventh Eleventyleven, Eleven of the very sweetest man friends of mine came over (actually two live here, my boyfriend and the landlord downstairs) with their acoustic gu...
Posted by El May on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:34:00 PST

EL MAY@UNION HALL + Lara w/ Britt Daniel , BEACON THEATRE

Hello,El May are playing next Sunday night (Monday's a holiday!) SEPTEMBER 2ndThe mighty ever-lovin' El May band, featuring Lauren Balthrop, Lara Meyerratken, Jane Srisarakorn, Jason Lawrence and Anni...
Posted by El May on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:17:00 PST

Winter Blows and Sucks

Winter is harder for me than any other external influence. In a baby store I worked in a while back there was a t-shirt that read 'Winter Sucks', with a cute bird below. When the store was quiet, I wo...
Posted by El May on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:46:00 PST

Gremlin, Cheerleader, Soldier

"Wear the percussion!" was the rushed self-timed photo 'motivation' here.I've been back in the studio with Joe this week, after a few weeks of home recording and a quick visit to the west coast.A few ...
Posted by El May on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:55:00 PST

El May Nashville show

The Basementwith other Australians, isn't that cute?Simon BruceXavia NuDan Warner...
Posted by El May on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:08:00 PST