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James Lieder

acoustafunkafolkaliciousgrass

About Me



Wind, water, trees, animals, people.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/30/2006
Band Members: James Lieder: 6 string acoustic, 12 string acoustic(more like 9 or 10, taking strings off is fun.), vocals, noises, mouth trumpet, trumpet, bass, percussion, didgeridoo, random noises, and mandolin.
Influences: SRV, B.Bking, Keller Williams, Yonder Mountain String Band, Oscar Peterson, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, String Cheese Incident, Railroad Earth, The Shins, Hot buttered Rum, The Beatles, Les Claypool, Eric Clapton, Kings of Leon, Pedro The Lion, Free Keven, Guster, Mike Doughty, Reel Big Fish, Less than Jake, OAR, Phish, Hot Rize, Perpetual Groove, The Ataris, The Fray, The Grateful Dead, Jack Johnson, Jump, little children, J.J. Johnson, Radiohead, Rilo Kiley, The Violent Femmes, The Flaming Lips, Xavier Rudd, Dashboard, Dispatch, Discount, The Bouncing Souls, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., Almost anything i listen to influences me
Sounds Like: Acoustafunkafolkaliciougrass
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Dubya...ya just made it personal

When you take a friend and co-worker away you make it personal. This woman was a great person....worked two jobs every day of every week supporting and rebuilding the economy that YOU DESTROYED, all t...
Posted by James Lieder on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:48:00 PST

NEW SONGS!!!!

ok, so they aren't really "new" songs.....but new to myspace. Front Porch, a newer "studio" version of Steps, and Magic. Listen away!.....hopefully some more shows booked soon
Posted by James Lieder on Sat, 05 May 2007 10:43:00 PST

Holy mixer batman!

I just got ahold of a 16/32 channel mixer that is huge, but amazing. Built in effects 4 monitor mixes...and a whole crap load of stuff i have no idea how to use......so eventually i'll be using the mi...
Posted by James Lieder on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:37:00 PST

MORE SHOWS SOON!!

I'm currently working on booking shows at the Cow in Northfield and the New Dunn Bros. on Lyndale ave. I live like right across the street from this Dunn Bros.  Keep looking at the page for date ...
Posted by James Lieder on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:44:00 PST

April Snow showers brings May Chaos

ok that makes no sense at all, anyways....I'm starting to book shows again.....any ideas for new places to play in the north iowa area? I'll be doing Minneapolis gigs soon as well.....so people should...
Posted by James Lieder on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:00:00 PST

Colorado bound....

I'm leaving via train this Sunday for snowy Vail Colorado. I will be working and playing(boarding) on the mountain for the winter. I will be coming back to Iowa/Minnesota a couple times throughout the...
Posted by James Lieder on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:47:00 PST

some may have noticed.....

some may have noticed.....i have basically dissapeared from northeast Iowa. Well currently i'm in minneapolis....and soon to be vail ....so i'll be back in iowa for a few days....then i'm off to work ...
Posted by James Lieder on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:15:00 PST

It's Here!

I've got a 6 song "EP" for you all!  only $5!  So if you want a copy.....let me know. I'll have a few at the Horshoe this Friday! two of the tunes...luckily enough are on myspace.com/jamesli...
Posted by James Lieder on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:19:00 PST

thanks to all....

Thanks to everyone who has shown some awesome support in the last few weeks of crazy amounts of shows. I've heard from the "usuals" crowd all the way to some people i haven't talked to in 3 years! I h...
Posted by James Lieder on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:19:00 PST

From the archives......

So when I was cleaning my "studio" I found a minidisc with a recording of my best friend Ian Moriarty, David Tschopp, and myself jamming at 224 1/2 West Water St. in Decorah. Ian is on drums, which I ...
Posted by James Lieder on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:18:00 PST