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The Beau Roland Band

new album available now at www.beaurolandband.com

About Me



"On My Own" by the Beau Roland Band

"On My Own" was shot in early September 2008 at the Great Meadows in Arlington, MA, on Super 8 film.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2005
Band Website: beaurolandband.com
Band Members: * Phillip Ouellette - Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar * Rick Dillon - Lead Guitar, Vocals, Mandolin * Scott Kremer - Bass * Jeremy Eagle - Drums *
Influences: more accurately categorized as 'Inspirations'... Willie, Waylon, Merle Haggard, Red Sovine, Loudon Wainwright III, Jayhawks, Bill Monroe, Simon/Garfunkel, Gram Parsons, Byrds, Steve Earle, Beatles, James Hand, Big Star, Bob Wills, Bob Dylan, the Band, BR549, the Walkmen, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Springsteen, Pavement, Eleni Mandell, Mason Jennings, John Prine, Neil Young, Junior Brown, Tom Petty, Ben Folds Five, George Jones, the Flaming Lips, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dwight Yoakam, George Harrison, Elliot Smith, Johnny Cash, CSN, CCR, Laura Cantrell, Grandaddy, Iris Dement, Buffalo Springfield, Flatlanders, Ernest Tubb, Scud Mountain Boys, America, Roy Orbison...
Record Label: self-released
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Alternate mix of a song from Northern Hospitality

For anyone who might be interested, I just ran across a mix of a song ("I Bet Someone Let You Down") from Northern Hospitality (our last record) that wasn't used in the final cut of the record. This a...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:04:00 PST

Willie weighs in: "Throw The Bastards Out!"

Willie Nelson: Impeach Bush, 'Throw The Bastards Out'Published: Tue, 19 Feb 2008, 14:31:10 GMTEdited by Carly Zander AUSTIN, Texas - Feb. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- American icon Willie Nelson says ...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:17:00 PST

Response from the Nat’l Day o’ prayer folks

See previous post for my initial letter to these guys. I give them credit for actually listening to reason and fixing the problem. Their snarky "(sic)", I suppose in regard to my use of "propagandic",...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:55:00 PST

My ongoing fascination with the National Day of Prayer folks

I sent this to the Nat'l Day o' Prayer freaks the other day, after perusing their 'resource manual' (it's as crazy as you may expect). It includes an overtly Christian prayer attributed to Thomas Jeff...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:49:00 PST

Democrats and Country Music

Reposted from musicrowdemocrats.comDemocrats and Country Music    I find it interesting that so many people are talking about Democrats in Nashville suddenly having the "courage" to adm...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:24:00 PST

National Day of Prayer

Some things you should know about the National Day of Prayer, which will occur on May 1:- Organized by Shirley Dobson, yep, wife of you-know-who.- You're supposed to get these little red dots (notice ...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:20:00 PST

Baptist minister: "Not enough killing!"

Mike Huckabee, a baptist minister, accused Mitt Romney (former MA governor) of NOT executing enough inmates. How Christian. Keep in mind, of course, that capital punishment is illegal in Massa...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:52:00 PST

Alabama governor calls for rain prayers

I find it sad and disturbing that a governor in the United States of America in the 21st century is issuing official edicts encouraging people to pray to god for rain. We know how weather systems work...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:01:00 PST

Terrorism in Texas

This didn't even make the news for the most part -- seems like Bush would be up there saying how they stopped an act of terror, how the "war on terror" is working ,etc. Except, this terrorist is white...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:49:00 PST

Is the US engaged in terrorist actions?

..>I'd like someone to explain to me how (the horrible and shockingly still-published) Ann Coulter is not advocating the US's use of terrorism against civilian populations. Although, maybe we've alrea...
Posted by The Beau Roland Band on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:39:00 PST