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Three Miles West

hip enuff to be trendy, & seedy enuff to be real

About Me


"Rowdy and yet melodic, Three Miles West’s sound is worn and comfortable, like a favorite pair of jeans." -Westword (a village voice media publication)
++++Named by Colorado Music Buzz Magazine as one of the "Bands to Look out for in 2008"++++
"alt.country engineers"- (the Denver Post) Elana Ashanti-Jefferson++++
Westword (a Village Voice Publication) nominated Three Miles West w/ Ten Cent Redemption, Oakhurst, Ghost Buffalo, & Red Cloud for best Roots/American Band of 2006
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Five of Five Stars *****
Road ready and guitar driven songs. Nice. "This band sounds like a road-ready outfit, with a guitar-based approach. No twangy stuff, just straight ahead driving rockin' tunes. There's a story in every song. Listen closely. It's likely to be your story. Similar to Drive By Truckers and Whiskeytown...what's not to like?"
........and has offered support opening for the following critically praised National Acts while in Denver:
James McMurtry
Chuck Prophet,
C. Gibbs,
Milton Mapes, Grain & Demise, Dusty Rhodes & Jon Prophet.
Has played locally with: Angie Stevens (her CD Release Show) the Holllyfelds (their CD Release Show) Drag the River John Common Jeff Finlin Carolyns Mother Rexway Love .45 Catatac Kosmos Wendy Woo
In this short span of time the band has been booked as a feature act at the following Denver venues: Ogden Theatre (NIPP) Larimer Lounge, the Soiled Dove, The Walnut Room, the dNote Benders Tavern, Hard Rock Cafe (Denver), The Toad Tavern the Historic Oriental Theatre. & lots of dive bars!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/7/2005
Band Website: threemileswest.com
Band Members: Rusty - vocals, guitar // Todd -guitar // Ryan - bass // James- drums
Influences: Drive By Truckers, My Morning Jacket, Jason Isbell, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Paul Westerberg, the Replacements, Josh Ritter, Bruce Springsteen (solo), the Frames, Radio Nationals, 16 Horsepower
Sounds Like: we really don't know...so listen and tell us.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

3MW live on the raaydeeeo

Hey, This very Thursday at noon mountain time&. (adjust accordingly) Russ and Todd will be live on the raaaydeeeo.  We'll be doing a bunch of acoustic stuff, stripped down, nekkid if y...
Posted by Three Miles West on Wed, 14 May 2008 10:28:00 PST

Check out this event: Three Miles West : CD Release

Hosted By: Three Miles West When: May 2, 2008 8:00 PMWhere: the Walnut RoomDenver, CO 80104United StatesDescription:Three Miles West Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Three Miles West on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:14:00 PST