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emith

...can ya dig it???, just give it a try!!!...

About Me

Founded in 2003 at a crossroads between Los Angeles and the infamous Inland Empire, emith (“the good life”) is an original band of the old and new, of humor and sadness, of the pristine and the profane. The band plays both as an acoustic duo, featuring new songwriter Carol Ann Ives on vocals and guitar, and highly respected guitarist Stevie Gurr (Dr. John, Elvin Bishop, and others) on guitar, bass and harmonica, and also as a full band supplemented by various local favorites on bass and drums.emith’s style of music features melodic, haunting influences from rock, folk, country, blues, and Celtic genres. One of the members of Peter Paul and Mary, apparently so overcome with a powerful inspiration in writing one of his songs, once started a foundation for songs that are inspired by spirits “calling from a distant place.” This is the kind of music emith features, ethereal but rootsy, lyrically compelling but catchy, and full of humor, passion and a wry sex appeal. The band brings a modern energy to melodies that sound as if they were written centuries ago. Accessible by both youthful and mature audiences, emith is a fresh new arrival producing compelling songs and an in-the-flesh impression that is hard to forget.

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Member Since: 2/21/2005
Band Website: emith.com
Band Members: Stevie Gurr (guitar, bass, harmonica, vocals) Carol Ann Ives (guitar, vocals)
Influences: Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, Enya, Little Walter, Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Forest, the Police, Sting, CSN, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Jackson Browne, Elvin Bishop, Dr. John, Buddy Holly, Metallica, AC/DC, Social Distortion, the Darkness, Sarah McLachlan, Afro-Celt Sound System,Amalia Rodrigues,Merit Hemmingson,Judy Mayhan,Billy Roberts,Eric Dolphy,Peter Green,Federico Mompou,John and Alice Coltrane,Mingus,Hans Werner Henze,Nathan Milstein,Janos Starker,Delius,Love Sculpture,Andy Pratt,Patto,Davy Graham,Faust,Pearls Before Swine,Free Design,Graham Bond,Blue Nile,Harold Budd,Music Machine,James Brown,Zigaboo Modeliste (Meters),Nancy Cronburg,Krzysztof Penderecki,Alejandro Jodorowsky,Lord Buckley,Beany and Cecil,Abdullah Ibrahim(Dollar Brand),Joe Henderson,Billy Butler,Little Beaver Hale,Los Zafiros,Eno,Bobby Rush,Snooks Eaglin,John Jacob Niles,Derek and Clive,Jack McDuff,Albert Ayler,Betty Harris,Johnnie Johnson,Buddy Guy,Pacifica,Beethoven,Maurice Durufle,Magic Sam,Lazy Lester,B.B. King,Freddie King,Albert King,Baden Powell,Etta Jones,Jean Shepard,Jason Robards,George Freeman,Art Ensemble of Chicago,Jonathan and Darlene Edwards,Sam Rivers,Andy Bey,Lee Dorsey,Alan Watts,Hermeto Pascoal,Caetano Veloso,Airto,Miles Davis,Nancy & Lee,Mel Brown,Linda Perhacs,Nick Drake,Elvin Jones,Ivan Moravec,William De Vaughn,Spinners,Randy Weston,Otis Spann,Lucky Scott,Sun Ra,Gary Bartz,Mary Hopkins,Ramblin' Jack,Joel Scott Hill,Chris Etheridge,Gene Parsons,Gene Clark,Tony Joe White,Johnny Barbata,Booker T & the MG's,Steve Cropper,Dan Penn,Spooner Oldham,Wild Magnolias,"Fess,more to come!!!
Sounds Like: Aimee Mann, Emmylou Harris, Cranberries, Eastmountainsouth, Fleetwood Mac, Nico, what do you think?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Climbing out from under

At last.  The new CD master is complete.  Artwork in progress.  We are almost there.  And now we are starting to play shows again.  Yay.  We're actually going to try to g...
Posted by emith on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:40:00 PST

off to Memphis

awwww here we go off to Memphis, lookin' forward to a solid week of nuthin but world class myuuuuuuzzik! new songs posted, new news coming out soon, record is coming along, hopefully to be finished so...
Posted by emith on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:40:00 PST

pictures from the Barefoot Coffee Roasters

See some pictures of last week's joint show with Needle at the Barefoot Coffee Roasters at http://melastmohican.net/photo/Barefoot.  kindly taken by Mariusz of the SFPolskis group, who were our e...
Posted by emith on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 03:01:00 PST

tour wrap, T-shirts, Katrina, etc. etc.

Greetings emith fans! We got a bundle o stuff to report&   Katrina stuff Tour wrap-up Upcoming local dates Upcoming tour dates Photos 6.      T-shirts   &nbs...
Posted by emith on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:03:00 PST

Hot in the city comedy...

So I was telling this story to someone else and I thought you allmight get a kick from hearing it too. "Gig from hell" stories arealways kind of fun...after the fact...So we just played the River at R...
Posted by emith on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

emith dispatch

Here's all the latest emith news.  you can also get this by subscribing to our email list... Mmmkay heres the good word on whats a happenin with the Stevie and Carol connection known as emith....
Posted by emith on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

on the road again...

Well we're off on another whirlwind tour, banging around the Big Apple for a few days, ending with our show on March 12 at the Baggot Inn. After that it's down to DC and then on to Tampa. We didn't ...
Posted by emith on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST