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Whisperado

About Me

Formed spontaneously out of the primordial ooze, Whisperado - now five billion years old - has finally almost learned to play its instruments. Whisperado is Jon Sobel (vocals, bass), Patrick Nielsen Hayden (guitar, vocals), David Mills (drums), and Jeff Lampert (pedal steel, vocals) playing Americana songs patched together from rock, country, folk, obscure literary references, and silliness.

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Member Since: 15/02/2005
Band Website: http://www.whisperado.com
Band Members: David Mills, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Jon Sobel, Jeff Lampert
Influences: John Hiatt, Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dave Alvin, Halley DeVestern, and many other great songwriters and Americana artists
Sounds Like: John Prine, young Bob Dylan, Blasters

Record Label: Bagel&Rat

My Blog

What's Up With Whisperado? and Free Music from Solo Jon

I'm excited about the stuff that's going on with the band and I wanted you all to know what we're REALLY up to - besides playing at Kenny's this Wednesday at 8 PM (see you there!)ITEM!  FOUR IS BETTER...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:32:00 GMT

Gigs! Arguments!

We got us some Big Apple gigs coming up on weekends, just like y'all ast fer! So, it's like this: we need y'all at Desmonds June 2 'cause it's a new venue for us and we gotta show 'em we have tons of...
Posted by on Thu, 17 May 2007 17:21:00 GMT

Blogcritic of the Month

Yo yo yo, it's J-So, resident Whisperado bass player. I'm Blogcritic of the Month over at Blogcritics.org. Check it out!
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:54:00 GMT

New live tracks

Got a couple of new live tracks posted, check 'em out! And don't miss Jon's big birthday show on Jan. 24. We'll be debuting the new song "Bigger Gun," we'll have special guests, plus all kinds of to...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:28:00 GMT

Bandiversary Reflections

As we approach the fourth anniversary of the debut of the band known as WHISPERADO, we pause to reflect upon our amazing journey.The platinum records, the cheering throngs, the whirlwind tours and the...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:31:00 GMT

Uncompressed Downloads (WAVS) Now Available

Cruxy.com to the rescue! Now you can download our songs in uncompressed WAV format. Pay by credit card or Paypal, and you don't have to sign up for anything or have an account anywhere. Here's the ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:37:00 GMT

Track of the Week! and more news

The title track of our EP "Some Other Place" is the Track of the Week on the Great American Music Hour.http://greatamericanmusichour.com/Congratulations and wedgies will be gracefully accepted.++++Sum...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:49:00 GMT

Airplay news: Moozikooradio and The Great American Music Hour

Whisperado is proud to be receiving airplay at two prestigious new stations:- Moozikooradio- Great American Music HourAlso: Whisperado is proud to be sponsored by the following fine equipment manufact...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:34:00 GMT

We Will Not Resign

Ladies and Gentlemen, Ms. Chairman, Distinguished Members of the Academy:Whisperado will not resign.Such an action would serve only to make martyrs of us, thus playing into our own hands. And that, w...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:12:00 GMT

Great American Music Hour Podcast

Hey! We're featured in the current Great American Music Hour podcast. The theme is bands from Brooklyn! Sweet. Also GAMH is planning to include one of our songs in an upcoming "Best Of" compilatio...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:16:00 GMT