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Richard Schultz and the Miracle Men

About Me

The Miracle Men is Richard Schultz's latest musical adventure building on his history as a solo artist and with his previous bands the WhereAbouts, Sawdust Devil and the Special People Club.
The Miracle Men combine unique songwriting with a minimalist ethnic flair and a DIY ethic to come out sounding something like Dead Can Dance crossed with the Violent Femmes with the Cure sitting on the edge of the bed. Or something like that.
The core band consists of long time collaborators Andy Boje on bass and Alex Mohr on percussion. In late 2007 guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Bill Arab joined the Miracle Men and in 2008 keyboardist Julie Cooks did as well. The drum stool is currently vacant.
On stage and on record the Miracle Men have employed the talents of guest musicians such as Isis (percussion), David Honeycutt (drums), Lynn Janese (drums), Jay Ingraham (saxophone), Tasha Mohr (flute), and Sean Diaz (violin).
Richard pretty much plays everything else- electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums and percussion.
After launching an ambitious series of theatrical shows entitled "Primitive Incandescent Theatre" the Miracle Men invited lighting designer (and Richard's brother) Matthew Schultz to become a full-time member of the band. Matthew also contributes backing vocals to the Miracle Men.


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Video of the Week:
04/03/2008
Amoree Lovell - The Alphabet Serial Song

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/11/2006
Band Website: www.richardschultzmusic.com
Band Members: (l to r)
Richard Schultz - everything
Andy Boje - bass
Alex Mohr - percussion
Bill Arab - guitars, instruments
Matthew Schultz - lighting
Julie Cooks - keyboards
Vacant - drums

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Reviews:

"I enjoyed it very much!!! There was drama; there was humor; there was dancing. I laughed, I cried. I would see it again.

In fact one of the songs keeps playing in my head even today."

-Nej
Influences: David Bowie
Peter Gabriel
Dead Can Dance
Michael Hedges
Richard Thompson
David Byrne
Prince
Vic Chesnutt
Ani DiFranco
DEVO
KISS
Lucinda Williams
Penelope Houston
Laura Love
His Name Is Alive
The Cure
Hank Williams
Waylon Jennings
The Who
The Doors
Suzanne Vega
Peggy Lee
Dean Martin

Sounds Like:

Video of the Week:
10/06/2008
Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive

Video of the Week:
07/14/2008
Hanoi Rocks - Tragedy

Video of the Week:
07/07/2008
Richard Schultz - Signs of the Zodiac

Record Label: Post-Ambient Motion
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Memorial for Bill Bateman, May 17

Friends of Bill Bateman- As I hope you have heard, our friend Bill Bateman was found dead in his apartment last week. He died of natural causes, the autopsy showing that he suffered from an untr...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 14:28:00 GMT

We need a Drummer!

Drummer WantedRichard Schultz and the Miracle MenOriginal, ethnic pop in the vein of Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Prince, etc.Other instrumentation: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, key...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:18:00 GMT

City Weekly Article!

Richard Schultz gets real By: Marq MannerIssue: Huskers Season Preview "I live in a 1926 power company building and the ceilings collapsed in January 2007 and I was scheduled to master the album ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:38:00 GMT

The Reader - 8 Days!

Saturday 30------------------------Aug. 30Richard Schultz and the MiracleMen CD Release PartyKurt & Clyde's, 2202. S. 13th St9 p.m., $10 (includes CD)richardschultzmusic.comRichard Schultz has spe...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:46:00 GMT

OWH Article!

Miracle Men March on Omaha Lights, camera, rock! The lights are ready for Richard Schultz & the Miracle ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:55:00 GMT

We need a new Blog Entry!

I've been told by more than a few people what we need a new blog entry- so here you go!Been super busy here at Miracle HQ gearing up for the CD Release show August 30 at Kurt & Clyde's.  We'v...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:45:00 GMT

Losing your virginity to Cheryl Ladd (11/28/2007)

Remember how you imagined it would feel to lose your virginity to Cheryl Ladd in the 6th grade?  Well I'm proud to say I've finally experienced that heretofore imaginary feeling.  It was las...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:57:00 GMT

Back on the horse! (11/09/2007)

Gang-Just to let you know the Miracle Men have started rehearsing for shows and a new CD next year.  It feels great to be finally back at work!(For those who didn't know my home suffered some sev...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:15:00 GMT

Thanks for Buffoons (05/14/2006)

Thanks to everyone for another incredibly satisfying show! I know we pushed it a bit w/ the venue at first.  We bring in a lot of crap for the Primitive Incandescent Theatre shows and it can look...
Posted by on Mon, 15 May 2006 06:54:00 GMT

Berlin - The Metro VideoBlog 05/12/2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buBCmo2WOaI Man I was glad I found this!  I saw it once, on Friday Night Videos in 1983 and it almost literally haunted me.  I never saw it again until today.&...
Posted by on Fri, 12 May 2006 19:59:00 GMT