Beau Stapleton

NEWS
01/26/09
Just back from a playing a great BBC show with Diana Jones at the Barbican Theater in London. . . hope to get some video links soon. Also, CvB just finished a remix of the Ben Sollee track 'Panning For Gold'. Download it Free! by clicking on the banner in the left column.
05/09/08
Realease date for the Computer vs. Banjo record is set: June 17th!
03/20/08
Music from 'Will I Shine For you Still' and Beau's project Computer vs. Banjo, featured on Burton.com. More info in the blog section.
08/01/07
Computer vs. Banjo's first release 'Guitar's Need a Sinner's Touch' is now available on iTunes! The new video is posted here as well.
07/15/07
In advance of the iTunes single, the video for 'Guitars Need a Sinner's Touch' has been posted on the Computer vs Banjo MySpace page. . .
06/04/07
Had some requests for a download of 'nickels and dimes', its here exclusivley at myspace. . . new music on iTunes from Computer vs Banjo next month!!!!
05/23/07
Back in Nashville after a great Europe tour. . . I will be playing down at the Kerville Music Festival in Texas this weekend and trying to finish up some new mixes for Computer Vs. Banjo. We hope to have an iTunes release in June. . . I will keep you posted and thanks for stopping by.
BIO
I grew up on the west coast, mostly Reno/Tahoe and San Francisco. Started playing guitar and exploring rock and roots music when I was in my early teens. Along the way I gravitated toward the mandolin and the music of Southern Appalachia, the Depression and anything from the early days of regional American radio. After some time giging in all sorts of bands and stints of time in Colorado and Vermont I landed in Nashville where I have called home for over four years. That last move was precipitated by a chance run in with a guitarist/songwriter Luke Reynolds somewhere in the inner reaches of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. . . he was starting a band in Tennessee with a bunch of guys like myself who grew up on rock music but ended up with acoustic instruments in their hands. The band was Blue Merle and we lived/toured and did just about everything together for the next four years. Someone, somewhere on the internet summed it up like this:
“After releasing their debut album, BURNING IN THE SUN(Island/Def Jam) in February 2005, the title track quickly became a top five radio hit. The band headlined nationally and performed at such prestigious events as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo Music Festival and Farm AID. Along the way they got to share the stage with an incredible array of acts including Neil Young, The Dave Matthews Band, Badly Drawn Boy, J.J. Cale, The Counting Crows, Guster, John Mayer and Donavon Frankenreiter. They made their national television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) and went on to perform on A&Es Breakfast with the Arts, Vh1's save the music and CBS Saturday Early Show.”
Since we disbanded in early 2006 I have been getting back to writing and recording my own music, some of which was just released on my ep ‘Will I Shine for You Still’. I have been diving into production/programming and a whole bunch of instruments to capture some of the sounds and songs I hear in my head. Aesthetically I have been searching for ways to blend the folk textures and songwriting with the more experimental sounds of rock and electronic music. Thanks for checking out the page.
Beau
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