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Uncle Carrion

About Me

Take one obsessive-compulsive Phil Lesh wannabe from New Hampshire, combine with long-haired Vermont hippie singer/songwriter, sprinkle left-wing liberally with tongue-in-cheek humor, pathos, and a loveable uncle who taught you so well that you grabbed his gold and left his dead ass lying by the side of the road.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/03/2006
Band Members: Mojo Mark Heels - bass & vocals Bourbon Cowboy - guitar & vocals
Influences: Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, The Doors, Ominous Seapods, Phish, The Beatles, Cecilio & Kapono, Kalapana, Country Comfort, Van Morrison, bad 80's pop, Iggy Pop, Monty Python, GWAR!!!
Sounds Like: Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Murky Currents, Assface, Wing
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Kind Carrion Buds Band

Uncle Carrion had a fantastic time cavorting with our buds, Bud & Budd - aka The Kind Buds, at Firestone's in Quechee, Vermont last Thursday. We were in full band mode, accompanied by the incomparable...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:08:00 GMT

5/3/2006 Middle Earth Music Hall

Great time at Middle Earth once again. With Don Sinclair on mando we rocked the joint!Railway Station (Country Comfort)Maggie M'Gill (The Doors)Poor Me (Uncle Carrion original)And a good time was had ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 May 2006 13:09:00 GMT

Tunes!

Mark came over last week & laid down bass tracks on our first 2 tunes - the ever popular "Fucking Sandwich Shop Guy" & a new ballad about an ancestor of mine who was a guide, logger & deer poacher (a....
Posted by on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:14:00 GMT

Practice, Practice, Practice

We had a really great practice with Don Sinclair joining on mandolin last week. Planning to get together with Don again this week to keep working on tunes for the upcoming shows. It's unbelievable how...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:31:00 GMT

3/29/2006 @ Middle Earth Music Hall

We had a good time playing at the Middle Earth Music Hall. Good crowd, we performed well, and got a nice reception which warmed our cockles. Short but semi-sweet set:You & Me (Cecilio & Kapono - 1970'...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:30:00 GMT

Carrion & Joe

Middle Earth Music Hall - February 1st, 2007Okay, so the debut of 65 Miles From Normal that was supposed to happen on Feb. 1st did not materialize because Stratocaster maven Jim Musty had to have a to...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:00:00 GMT

Fucking Sandwich Shop Guy - the VIDEO!!!

Our ginchy friend LynnGuppy videod Uncle C doing FSSG at a rehearsal. Lynn describes it as a tender tale about morons, sandwiches & South Park. Check it out here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q80w54Q...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 10:00:00 GMT