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Bellevue

About Me

Bellevue 6 plays a heady mix of blues, country, rock, pop that they call Americana Noir. The band is led by Ken Burchenal whose songs cross both musical and literary boundaries. Faulkner and Blake speak to JJ Cale, the Cure, and Beck. Politics are blended with bleeding hearts, accordions sit next to synthesizers and distorted resonator guitars. With three lead vocalists, Bellevue 6 is a singing group, but they also deliver a full-frontal theatrical and musical experience live. Whether unplugged for cafes or hardwired for a roadhouse blast, Bellevue 6 is switched on and ready to go.

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Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Website: bellevuejubilee.com or bellevue6.com
Band Members: Ken Burchenal: Graveled croons, field hollers, and things with strings. Vanita Trippe: Full-throated, southern womanhood, melodica, piano. Eryn "Kitty" Gettys:Dulcet tones, high-end howls, piano, and glockenspiel. Pete Nalda: Accordion, stuff with keys. Kenny Gall: Electrified Bottom. Doug Beard: Drums.
Influences: Tom Waits, David Bowie, Daniel Lanois, Iggy Pop, Kate Bush, John Dee Graham, P. J. Harvey, Kurt Weill, Kurt Cobain, Niel Young, The B52's, Jeff Buckley, El Gato Negro, Kirk Smith, Rogers and Hammerstein, Spike Jones, John Prine, Alejandro Escovido, Bob Dylan, Aimee Mann, Joe Ely, Radiohead, Belle and Sebastian, Sigur Ros, Cowboy Junkies, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Polyphonic Spree, T Rex, the Pogues, Van Morrison, the Allman Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bananarama, Bjork, ABBA, the Pretenders, Elvis Costello, The Cure, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Band, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Hoagy Carmichael, Pong, the Octapus Project, the Small Stars, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Edgar Allen Poe, Poe, the Waterboys, Meatloaf, Jim Steinman, Fatboy Slim, the Bare Naked Ladies, the Doors, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Of Montreal, Gorillaz, the Velvet Underground, John Cale, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, 10,000 Maniacs, No Doubt, Alanis Morrisette, Steely Dan, Bright Eyes, the Continental Drifters, the Tubes, Warren Zevon, the Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty, John Lennon, Magnetic Fields, Brian Eno and Richard Thompson.
Sounds Like: Tom Waits, David Bowie, Daniel Lanois, Iggy Pop, Kate Bush, John Dee Graham, P. J. Harvey, Kurt Weill, Kurt Cobain, Niel Young, The B52's, Jeff Buckley, El Gato Negro, Kirk Smith, Rogers and Hammerstein, Spike Jones, John Prine, Alejandro Escovido, Bob Dylan, Aimee Mann, Joe Ely, Radiohead, Belle and Sebastian, Sigur Ros, Cowboy Junkies, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Polyphonic Spree, T Rex, the Pogues, Van Morrison, the Allman Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bananarama, Bjork, ABBA, the Pretenders, Elvis Costello, The Cure, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Band, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Hoagy Carmichael, Pong, the Octapus Project, the Small Stars, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Edgar Allen Poe, Poe, the Waterboys, Meatloaf, Jim Steinman, Fatboy Slim, the Bare Naked Ladies, the Doors, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Of Montreal, Gorillaz, the Velvet Underground, John Cale, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, 10,000 Maniacs, No Doubt, Alanis Morrisette, Steely Dan, Bright Eyes, the Continental Drifters, the Tubes, Warren Zevon, the Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty, John Lennon, Magnetic Fields, the Stranglers, Magazine, zZz, Captain Beefheart, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Renaldo and the Loaf, the Residents, The Fibbonaccis, Plastic Bertrand, Devo (sometimes), Brian Eno, Lena Lovich, Nena Hagen, the Band, Suburban Lawns, Holy Sisters of the Dada Gaga, Polyrock, Patti Smith, Graham Parker and the Roumor, Blondie, Big Brother and the Holding Co with Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, and Richard Thompson.
Record Label: Indie

My Blog

Swinging out to San Antonio

Hot Damn, we're a dance band! Got a message from our buddy Hollis that he's cranking up a big Swing Thang at the Blue Bubble Ball room in Alamo Town and wants The Jubilistas to provide the tunage for ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:05:00 GMT

Now 2 Friends From The Basque Country!!

Berri Txarrak and The Longboards. Check 'm out y'all!! GORA EUSKAL HERRIA!!!
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:28:00 GMT

Ongi Ettori Again Gure Lagunak Berri (Welcome again to new friends

Ole Zoro here saying Welcome to new found friends. Thanks Much (Eskerrik Asko),ZE
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 23:36:00 GMT

KUT Eklektikos Performance

Hi Y'all!!Ole' Zoro here saying that if anyone missed our performance on KUT's Eklektikos with John Ailie (SP?) you can here the archive at this address http://www.kut.org/site/PageServer?pagename=mus...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 15:56:00 GMT

KUT Live Jubilee

Mighty fine, mighty fine, and mighty fun playing today on the radio. We were hooked up and wired like Mafioso informants, but it still felt like just another night in the Bellevue saddle; until, of c...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 15:08:00 GMT

CD Release This Saturday 5.13.06

Epa Ya'll Zoro here just reminding y'all that Saturday's show at the Saxon *is* our official cd release party. Rumor has it there'll be food there too. Ok, so then "ikusi Arte" (see ya later).
Posted by on Thu, 11 May 2006 09:06:00 GMT

Last Night's Show, And Other Stuff

Epa! Yall!Zoro Euskadi here just saying our show last night at the Saxon Pub Was a good success. We played after Bob Schneider who was really fun to watch and hear. So, even though ole' Zoro moves s...
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 11:48:00 GMT

Ongi Ettori eta Eskerrik Asko Gure Lagunak Berri!!

Epa Y'all Just wanted to thank and welcome all our new friends (Lagunak). Zoro would like to write and thank all you individually but he's half blind so just see this blog and know that I am sure I s...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:05:00 GMT

Holy Sweet Jesus on a Ritz!

Holy Sweet Jesus on a Ritz! We've gone worldwide! The long awaited, anticipated, and cogitated arrival of our first album, DEEP DARK SOUTH, has come to pass, sorta like a kidney stone, I might add. ...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:24:00 GMT

Boy This Myspace Stuff is Fun!!

Well here's a blog from the crazy Sheephearder in the band (Zoro Euskadi)
Posted by on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:57:00 GMT