We Were Promised JetPacks, Anders Osborne, Loundon Wainwright III 3.5.14

Our mission is simple. Every week, we feature 3 bands that matter. Enjoy. 

March 5, 2014

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We Were Promised Jetpacks is a futuristic-named Scottish band with a lush and simple sound.  You know how when you hear British guys singing, they don't seem to have accents?  Well these guys sure do...they sound like young Sean Connery's or Groundskeeper Willies.  Their songs grow on you over time, like we said, simple, but somehow haunting and comforting.
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Website: http://wewerepromisedjetpacks.com/
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks
Tour Dates: http://wewerepromisedjetpacks.com/shows/

Selected YouTube Videos:

• Quiet Little Voices (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ZhBAylbN4
• Keeping Warm (Studio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNJyY2sKkWc
• Short Bursts (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbRkytK9VE
• Sore Thumb (Studio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inQaYV6A-20
• It's Thunder and It's Lightning (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2q-X7DwlqI

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Anders Osborne is a Swedish-born American musician based in New Orleans.  He's got a real joy of performing and is on the road constantly.  A tiny bit of Greg Allman mixed with a rich gumbo of Nawlins influences...Anders is one of the city's unique talents.

Website: http://andersosborne.com/

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/AndersOsborne

Tour Dates: http://andersosborne.com/tour/

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Selected YouTube Videos:

•  Summer Time in New Orleans (Live in a van): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QmbwGy6IUHI
• Echoes of my Sins (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rnz-XBId2LQ 
• Spanish Moon (Live with Warren Haynes & Karl Denson): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h9GR9iRBEco
• Boxes, Pills & Pain (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzxSI4WbGvQ

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Loudon Wainwright III may be America's most introspective singer-songwriter.  To listen to his catalog of albums is to feel like you know the man.  While the stories he sings can't all be true, certainly a lot of them are.  You hear about the birth and rearing and estrangement of his children (including accomplished performer Rufus Wainwright and sort-of accomplished performer Martha Wainwright), his many loves and conquests, his feelings for his other family members and the grim reality of aging.  If Joni Mitchell was a guy (and not Canadian), and Bob Dylan had never been born, LWIII would likely be America's best known folk artist.  Instead he's just our most accomplished.  He's been wagging his tongue around since Michael Jordan was dribbling formula instead of a basketball, and his humor, stage presence and biting wit is more entertaining than his voice.  Catch Loudo and catch a half century of American music history.

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Selected YouTube Videos:

• A Father & Son, and Rufus is a Tit Man (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoC_8rwE1uM
• I'm All Right (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ89xtmyqT4
• Down Drinking at the Bar (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OedLAodBJ3k
• The Shit Song (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-LeKkUsMpE
• I Wish I was a Lesbian (Studio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idhxrZKlLvc

Website: http://www.lw3.com/
Tour Dates: http://www.lw3.com/#!itinerary/cnnz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loudonwainwrightIII

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