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Draway

Pago Pago?

About Me

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Draway was a band out of Lemont, Illinois, a small town outside of Chicago. The band was founded by two long-time friends singer, guitarist Nick Rivers and guitarist Vincent Vanderlou. Through 2006 the two recorded their demo the fifteen song Draway Yell. The demo was recorded in the cave on a BR-8 digital 8-track. Rivers and Vanderlou performed all the instruments except for drum performances on three songs by friend Rafal and a bass performance on one song by friend Wick. The demo is finished and is available now. Yell is an eclectic group of songs driven by two friends. Wick and Rafal joined the group in April of 2006. The band played some shows and did some recording in the cave, but in June of 2007 the group split up for many different reasons. Nick Rivers is currently pursuing a solo career, while Vincent Vanderlou plays bass for the band Lemonster. Rafal is enjoying his party girls, while Wick has entered fatherhood and is doing the best for his son. A special thanks to Marvko Draway's artist and Guru for a wicked album cover. Thanks to Louie Vanderlou for his bar room banter and intolerable wisdom. Thanks to consigliere J.R Grimm for all his help along the way. Thanks to Joe Flood for his work as the group's live sound engineer and of course thank you to Don "The World's Greatest Roadie" Anderson.

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Member Since: 2/16/2006
Band Website: in construction
Band Members: Nick Rivers:(Vocals,Guitar)Vincent Vanderlou:(Guitar,Keyboard,Banjo)Rafal:(Drums,) Wick:(Bass,Recorder,Chello,Kazu)
Influences: Nick Rivers: U2,Oasis,Radiohead,Bob Dylan,Bob Marley,Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers,Van Halen,The Cure,Janes Addiction,Beck,The Beatles,Led Zeppelin,David Gilmour,Coldplay,Smashing Pumpkins,Elvis,Prince,The Darkness,Public Enemy,Fiona Apple,Lane Meyer,Stevie Ray Vaughan,Andres Segovia,Faith No More,Jimi Hendrix,The Cranberries,Garbage,B.R.M.C,Living Colour,The Who,Michael Hutchence,Mayor Goldie Wilson,Pavement,The BeeGees,The Red Hot Chili Peppers,Rick Young,The Doors,B.B. King,John Lennon,Wyclef Jean,Blues Explosion,Johnny MayFlower & The Love Pligrims,Fleetwood Mac,Tupac,Audioslave,Rocky Balboa,The Chemical Brothers,Kanyevil,The Traveling Wilburys,The Monkees,Neil Diamond, & The Boss--------------Vincent Vanderlou: The Rolling Stones,The Kinks,Alice Cooper,U2,ABBA,David Bowie,Failure,Queen,The Red Hot Chili Peppers,Jimi Hendix,Fugazi,The Who,The Beatles,T.REX,Elvis Costello,Frank Zappa,Guided By Voices,Lou Reed.--------Rafal:Party girls.----------------------Wick: iggy pop, led zeppelin, the kinks, nirvana, busker soundcheck, foo fighters, BILLY SHEEHAN, jeff buckley, david bowie, elvis (costello), the beach boys, S.O.A.D., Q.O.T.S.A, draway, frank zappa, bob marley, WEEN, stevie wonder, prince, steve fox, nick rivers, ben folds, fat boys, the who, the beatles, william shatner, dr. spock, the black crowes, victor wooten, blind melon, bread, the clash, david byrne, the doors, flaming lips, pink flamingos, broken glass, janes addiction, lovage, leon redbone, yeah yeah yeahs, terry bozzio, the mothers of invention, verbena, talas, niacin, eddie wicklatz, steely dan, stooges, NIN, stevie vai, ry cooder, robert johnson, steve martin, simon & garfunkel, radiohead, postfix-E, lemonster, the pixies, faith no more, dread zeppelin, chicago, randy rhoads (r.i.p.), OZZY, stone temple pilots, alice in chains, soundgarden, bob dylan, the blues brothers, weird al, a tribe called quest, sondre lerche, ray charles, johnny cash, sublime, red hot chilli peppers, cheap trick, frank black, pink floyd, oysterhead, the police, primus, ted aliotta and the groove machine, rolling stones, todd rundgren, deltron 3030, tesla, robin trower, david gilmour, elton john and many many many many many more damnit.
Sounds Like: Rock & Roll

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Draway is splitting up

My band Draway is splitting up. There are a lot of different reasons for this decision. Life has its changes and everybody is moving in their own direction. At this point I will be going out on my own...
Posted by Draway on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:42:00 PST

Draway's music available on these websites

The songs from our first demo Yell are available now through iTunes,Rhapsody,eMusic,Napster,MusicNet,Sony Connect,Snocap, and our website drawaymusic.com. You can find the snocap store on our mys...
Posted by Draway on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:52:00 PST

Draway photos

We posted up some pictures of us from our first show at The Elbo Room on August 24, 2006. It was a great time. We had a lot of fun. Come out to see us play there again on October 6.
Posted by Draway on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:49:00 PST

Thank you

Thank you whoever was at the Elbo room on Thursday, I enjoyed myself and hope that the good times will continue this Friday. I am looking forward to playing our second show ever, and spending time tog...
Posted by Draway on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:33:00 PST

Draway Yell available now!

Our first demo Draway Yell is available now. Yell is an honest piece of art, filled with an eclectic group of songs. There are 15 tracks on the cd. We hope you embrace this record.  We are c...
Posted by Draway on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:07:00 PST

Draway's Journey.

In a little over a month Draway will embark on a sprititual journey to the island of Pago Pago to meet with Dr. Flammond. There they will perform in front of an audience of a select few, chosen by Dr....
Posted by Draway on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:35:00 PST

Rehearsal update.

Draway got together twice this weekend for what was their first set of rehearsals. The echos of the cave were a bit tricky to work out but the band has adapted to the environment. They pressed through...
Posted by Draway on Wed, 31 May 2006 04:41:00 PST