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From Whidbey Island Washington in the great Pacific Northwest... The Dandelion Greens are Pete Keating; singer, guitar, percussion, mandolin, banjo,harmonica- Joe Cook; upright bass, accordion, and vocal harmony- Talia Toni Marcus; fiddle- and Heidi Schuler; accordion and new addition, Tim Dolan on banjo. They have been holed up in Joe's barn for a few months and are now taking their sound to the streets and fields of North America. Using a one man band approach, Pete plays guitar, sings and plays percussion instruments with his feet. When Pete's songs met Joe's slapping bass rhythm, the two veteran musicians knew that they had stumbled upon a unique sound that mixed American and European folk influences with nods towards bluegrass and rockabilly. With the recent addition of world class violinist, Talia Toni Marcus, and accordionist, Heidi Schuler, The Dandelion Greens have become one of the Northwest's foremost original acoustic bands.The Dandelion Greens can perform as either a duo, or as a three to four piece band, and enjoy playing on the street or in the club for anyone who likes toe tapping music that is upbeat but lyrically deep. Pete's songs evoke images of common folk whose trials and tribulations we can all relate to, performed with all acoustic instrumentation allowing the listener to absorb the music and the words.The Dandelion Greens can and will play anywhere acoustically or plugged-in with no change in the instrumentation except when they exchange the "too professional" bass drum and hi-hat for a 5 gallon bucket and tambourine taped to a stick!Recorded at Acoustic Chambers in Kent Washington, The Dandelion Greens now releases their self-titled, full-length album of modern day original roots music.Writing all of their own material, this fourteen song collection of true Americana storytelling is innovative, yet anchored in a sense of familiarity, bringing hearts to pounding and feet to tapping, while managing to disguise a bit of American history and personal mayhem within a field of bluegrass/folkabilly.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 6/8/2006
Band Website: thedandeliongreens.com
Band Members: PETE KEATING; guitar, vocals, harmonica, percussion, mandolin, banjo... JOE COOK; upright bass, accordion, vocals...TALIA TONI MARCUS: fiddle...HEIDI SCHULER: accordionTIM DOLAN : banjo
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Sounds Like: An old truck rattling down a washboard dirt road, doin' 65, with the windows down, waitin' for the wheels to fly off at any second...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Live radio broadcast at the Alaska Folk Festival (KRNN 102.7 FM, Juneau)

The Dandelion Greens will be broadcasted live at the Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau on April 8th at approximately 9:30pm Alaska time. You can tune in to "Folk Alley" on the KTOO HD Radio St...
Posted by The Dandelion Greens on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:18:00 PST

Talia Toni Marcus- World class violinist to join us!

The Dandelion Greens have been searching for a fiddle player for a while to join us at gigs to fill out our sound and add those magical fiddle parts that we hear in our heads when we play. We were exp...
Posted by The Dandelion Greens on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:02:00 PST

KSER radio interview Jan. 21 @ 1:00pm

Hey, Pete and I are going to be on KSER radio 90.7 fm out of Everett! We will be talking about molecular theory and music. We will also perform 2 or 3 songs live on the air so be sure to tune in to Ma...
Posted by The Dandelion Greens on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:11:00 PST

The Dandelion Greens are getting radio play 90.7 FM (KSER) Everett

We are excited to be getting radio play on 90.7 FM (KSER) in Everett. Should your town be out of reach for reception you can access this station online at www.kser.org Hope you...
Posted by The Dandelion Greens on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:37:00 PST

Summer's coming and we've got our CD out!

We've just gotten our CDs in from Oasis and boy do they look sharp. It doesn't sound too bad either! There will soon be a little tag here from CD Baby so you can buy 10 copies for yourself and friends...
Posted by The Dandelion Greens on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:15:00 PST

New Songs Are UP!

Well finally got some of the songs up that we recorded at Acoustic Chambers Studios. We hope you like them. Watch for the release of our CD in February sometime. Thanks to the fantastic Michael Connol...
Posted by The Dandelion Greens on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:11:00 PST

Finished rough tracks

Just finished up the basic tracks at the fabulous Acoustic Chambers Studio in Seattle. Will and Aimee are really the best at their craft and great cooks too! We'll be back to mix and finalize the proj...
Posted by The Dandelion Greens on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:00:00 PST

In the studio December

Well, now that we have a few shows under our belts we feel like it's time to get creative in the studio. We will be at Acoustic Chambers Studio early December. Look for our debut full length CD out in...
Posted by The Dandelion Greens on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:50:00 PST