Impressions and music grow in the belly of a gypsy lifestyle, and cheap guitars and the 1980’s can leave scars on anyone’s interior. Songwriter Jeremy Serwer’s childhood was spent in Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, northern Wisconsin and inside the beltway of Washington, DC. It was in DC during the early 1990’s that Jeremy began writing his first songs. Two moves later he was playing bass in Wisconsin-based Lamp Shade Honey around the mid-west.After some formative years in Seattle and San Francisco, Portland provided many opportunities at the time for songwriters and smaller bands in 1999. Jeremy helped form a band called Moon Dogg and they were off playing 123 shows in nine months around the Northwest. Jeremy then focused on his other band, Rich Man’s Burden. The current lineup is long time bassist Andy Clapp, Jess Goodwin (drums) and Paul Tyo (guitar). Rich man’s Burden released the full-length album “Whispers†in October 2007. “Whispers†has received airplay inside and outside the US and received much praise from fans around the globe. Jeremy has continued his solo performances all along showcasing more intimate songs and different arrangements of band songs.In 2003 Jeremy formed neo-classical chamber pop band Thistle with pianist/songwriter Ali Ippolito and Cellist Anna Fritz. They recorded a 3 song EP entitled “Bitter Sweet Ballads from the Netherworld.†There were also nine months in Alt Country Operation “The Christine Young Band.†Additionally in 2003 Jeremy joined forces with Jenni and Amanda Price of Acoustic Minds in 2003 making this a very busy year. During this time he spent some time on the road hitting up shows in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast in a solo format supporting a short run CD entitled “Redistributing the Wealthâ€.In the spring of 2005 Jeremy hit the road with Jenni and Amanda Price and guitarist Nathan Milton on a two-month national tour. The tour supported The Acoustic Minds debut release “Time†for which Jeremy contributed half the songs. Acoustic Minds is currently working on a third record which Jeremy has helped co-write and is being produced/engineered by Jim Brunberg at Mississippi Studios for an early spring release.Jeremy has also appeared on recordings with: Jenn Dashney, Purusa, The Christine Young Band, ..No. 3 Breakdown, Tony Smiley...Currently Jeremy is working on a solo effort, which he is recording/producing with Adara Blake and this will be his best material to date. The album is entitled “FM†and will be available in spring with a West Coast tour to follow.Live radio performances: KBOO 90.7, KPSU 89.1 (Portland), KVRM (Eugene, OR), KRSH (Santa Rosa, CA), KALX (Berkeley), KZSU (Stanford), KZFR (Chico, CA), KUMD (Duluth), KRVS (Lafayette, LA), WCSB (Cleveland),KVYN 99.3(Napa, CA).Appearances: Green Frog (Bellingham, WA) Tost, Conor Byrne, The Central (Seattle) Jimmy Z’s (Everett, WA). 15th Street Pub (Vancouver, WA) The Doug Fir, Satyricon, Music Millenium, Roseland Grill, Berbati’s, Mississippi Studios, The Green Room, Jimmy Maks, The Candle Light, Crystal Ballroom, Pioneer Square, The White Eagle (Portland) The Memorial Union, Luna Jazz, Lucky’s (Eugene, OR) Boons Treasury (Salem, OR) Fox and Firkin, Bombs Away Café, The Peacock, River Restaurant (Corvallis, OR) The Martini Bar (Bend) The Huckleberry Fest (Mt. Hood, OR) Siskiyou Pub (Ashland OR) Has Beans (Chico, CA) The Make Out Room, Hotel Utah (San Francisco) The Gypsy Lounge (Lake Forest CA) The Joint, The Cat Club, Room 5, The Mint (Los Angeles) Twiggs Green Room (San Diego) Zoey’s Café (Ventura, CA) Red Room at The Grill (Tuscon) The Blue Dragon (Albuquerque) Café Latte (El Paso) The Cove (San Antonio) Flipnotics (Austin) Absinthe Lounge (Dallas) McGonigels Mucky Duck (Houston) 307 Jazz and Blues Bar (Lafayette, LA) Neutral Grounds Café (New Orleans) The High Note (Birmingham) Fado (Atlanta) Tasty World (Athens, GA) Caffeine, Frothy Monkey (Nashville) Two Times Performance (Louisville) Capitol Roasters (Charleston, WV) The Blue Moose (Morgantown, WV) Jammin Java (Vienna, VA) Staccato, Chief Ike’s Mambo Room (DC) Club 218(Philadelphia) Eat Records, Sidewalk Café, Pete’s Candy Store (NYC) Café Nine (New Haven, CT) Café Zog (Providence) The Middle East, Skyway bar, All Asia (Boston) Acoustic Coffee (Portland, MN) Radio Bean, 135 Pearl (Burlington, VT) Merlins (Buffalo) Barking Spider (Cleveland) Café Xhedos (Detroit) Subterranean, The Abbey (Chicago) Portal Music, The Terrace (Madison, WI) Acoustic Café, Mr. Heavy’s, The Log Jam (Menomonie, WI) 7th Street Entry, The Dinky Towner, Nomad World Pub (Minneapolis) Hoegrown Festival, The North Shore Theatre, Fitgers Brew House, Beaners Central, Pizza Luce (Duluth, MN) Twin Ports/Thirsty Pagan, Norms (Superior, WI) The Top Hat (Missoula, MT) Rock Coffee (Spokane) University Coffee House (Pocatello, ID)…
Appeared with: No Wait Wait (Mark Gartmen), Al Sparhawk (Low, Retribution Gospel Choir), Teitur, The Parson Redheads, National Flower, Mark Growden, Stephen Ashbrook, Charlie Parr, Haley Bonar, Mike D (I Can Lick any son of a bitch in the house), Lewie Longmire, Little Sue, Fran Grey, Anne Weiss, Brad Brooks, Dr. Theopolis, Bernie Riley, Eric Mcfadden, Scott Fisher, Stephanie Schniederman, Ezra Hollbrook, Lea Krueger, Mckinley, Lanterna, Laura Gibson, Horse Feathers, John Vechiarelli, Holcombe Waller, Ian Moore, Lap Dog, Janet Robin, Kaitlyn Ni Donovan (High Violets), Kathleen Haskard, Pete Ekstam, Sara Softich, Pete Krebs, Liv Warfield, Morgan Grace, Linda Hornbuckle, Gregory Douglas, Matt Hopper (Roman Candles), Cindy Alexander, Ali Handel, Amoree Lovell, Jeremy Wilson (Dharma Bums), Granfalloon Bus, Tony Smiley, Natalia Zuckerman, Fleeting Trance, Anna Petrocovich, Chris Von Schniedorn…
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