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Centralia Massacre

No, there's no place like Arline.

About Me



Booking and CD Sales: thecentraliamassacre@yahoo.com

Some kind prose from our friends:

"Centralia massacre- this two piece, sometimes three piece, make mournful, church feeling , ballads and dirges and yes they’re blood soaked tunes, I had the chance to see them live this year and they put on a wonderful energetic heartfelt show." F Clemons Hall, Dec 2007

"Great thoughtful, unpretentious folk. Lilting, with all the craggy corners sticking out. James and Laura sing together like whiskey and ice." T-AK, Jan 2008

"The instrumentation is subdued and intricate, weaving a blanket of warmth and familiarity beneath the harmonies that turns the band into a more rough-and-tumble version of The Everybodyfields, or Over the Rhine if that band had grown up in an Appalachian holler instead of Ohio." Steve Wildsmith, Maryville Daily Times, Jan 2008


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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2006
Band Members: laura: guitar, uke, vocals
james: banjo, vocals
john: upright bass

Photos by Miss Kerissa of White Lightnin' Burlesque

& friends:

john: harmonica
alex: percussion and drums
michael: bass
jim: guitar, vocals
nate: percussion
christina: vocals
wooloughby: theremin, bass
steve: guitar, harmonica

Influences: Rock-afire Explosion, John Prine, John Hurt, Rusted Root, Electric Mayhem, John Hartford, John Denver, Hank Sr, John Hiatt, Jem and the Holograms, Paul Westerberg, The Be Sharps, The Arcade Fire, Rock Roll, 16 horsepower, Avett Bros, Jet Screamer, Billy Bob Brockali, Sufjan Stevens, Josie and the Pussycats, Victoria Williams, & Glen Danzig.
Record Label: Folk Fight Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Summer Tour

We're really excited that the first nip of our summer escapade has come to fruition! So excited, in fact, that I thought I'd talk about it for a few minutes. But before I get into it: We're doing a to...
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:12:00 PST

No place like our second home

We're really excited to be going to the Acoustic Coffeehouse again this week! This is probably the nicest out of town venue we've played, period. Plus, the food is powerful good. So if you live near...
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:42:00 PST

Summer Tour: Leg 1

You read that right, we're going on tour. It's a short tour, but multi-legged, like some mutant granddaddy longlegs. This post is all about Leg 1, which begins in June. But first, I'd like to tell you...
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:52:00 PST

Right at Home cd release party

We're beyond happy. Come help us celebrate!Feb 1 @ The Knoxville Pearl in the Old CityCentralia Massacre and friends with special guest Steve KarlaMusic starts at 8pm sharp! Free to get in, CDs are $5...
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

Thanks to Acoustic Coffeehouse & last night’s crowd

We really appreciate y'all for making us feel at home. We had a wonderful time playing for you!just wanted you to know,Centralia Massacre
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:39:00 PST

news for the weary mind

We have a cd coming out in February! It's been a long couple months with everything going on in all our lives, so it's nice to know this is the culmination of our hard work. We're grateful for your s...
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:38:00 PST

old news

Hi, everyone's read this who would have been interested to now, so I've removed it. But I thought I'd leave it in place regardless.
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:14:00 PST

The various happenings in Arline for September 4th, 2007

Two nights ago, some hunters "tree-ed" a bear behind my house. I live way too far in the country.Anyways, we'll be playing at the Basement Gallery on Friday for the first ever Folk Fight. We hope to c...
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:52:00 PST

The news from Arline for June 4th 2007

We've added two new songs. They were rejects from the previous album, even though we loved both of them dearly. The first one is self-obvious. The other one (Paris) is about riding a metro and think...
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:09:00 PST

new songs

Hello friends,The Centralia Massacre hath posted two new songs for yer perusal. First, We've got "ending credits", which is indeed a bit of irony. This song has two purposes that have intertwined th...
Posted by Centralia Massacre on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:22:00 PST