LEIF JAMES & THE STRUGGLE
When
Nov 25, 2009 7:00 pm (Wednesday)
Where
McMenamin's Old St. Francis School (map)
700 North West Bond Street
Bend, OR 97701
Bend, OR 97701
44.0566171
-121.3148952
Who
What
Wednesday, November 25LEIF JAMES & THE STRUGGLE7 p.m. | Free | All AgesHailing from Hamilton, New York, Leif James embarked on an eight-year trek across the United States at the you...
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Wednesday, November 25
LEIF JAMES & THE STRUGGLE
7 p.m. | Free | All Ages
Hailing from Hamilton, New York, Leif James embarked on an eight-year trek across the United States at the young age of 15. During this time of turmoil and adventure, James picked up a guitar and began to explore his own creativity in an effort to survive, playing street gigs, and later moving into the venue scene with a variety of other players.
With a memorable voice and sincere lyrics, Leif James creates original music without sounding recycled. He opts to sing and play from his heart, as he feels there is nothing more enlightening or satisfying than sharing your soul with an audience. When asked to name the influences in his life, Leif James replies, "Everything from whiskey nights and sad luck days, to the smell of a sweet southern wind. " Leif James listens to the likes of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Karl Denson, Ben Harper, Tom Waits, and Leo Kotke (to name a few from a long list of timeless artists), but the distinctiveness of his voice eludes any specific comparison.
Leif James has shared East Coast stages with Michael Glabicki from Rusted Root, and famed bluesman Curtis Crawford and on West Coast Stages with the likes of the legendary Surf gutarist Dick Dale and Dave Matthews cohort, Tim Reynolds. He is now a prominent force in the vibrant new music scene of Central Oregon's hottest hotspot, Bend, playing at the areas most popular music venues as a solo artist as well as the founding member of his former band Poor Bastards Romance who got voted "Best Band" by the source weekly in 1997.
Visit myspace.com/leifjames for more information.
LEIF JAMES & THE STRUGGLE
7 p.m. | Free | All Ages
Hailing from Hamilton, New York, Leif James embarked on an eight-year trek across the United States at the young age of 15. During this time of turmoil and adventure, James picked up a guitar and began to explore his own creativity in an effort to survive, playing street gigs, and later moving into the venue scene with a variety of other players.
With a memorable voice and sincere lyrics, Leif James creates original music without sounding recycled. He opts to sing and play from his heart, as he feels there is nothing more enlightening or satisfying than sharing your soul with an audience. When asked to name the influences in his life, Leif James replies, "Everything from whiskey nights and sad luck days, to the smell of a sweet southern wind. " Leif James listens to the likes of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Karl Denson, Ben Harper, Tom Waits, and Leo Kotke (to name a few from a long list of timeless artists), but the distinctiveness of his voice eludes any specific comparison.
Leif James has shared East Coast stages with Michael Glabicki from Rusted Root, and famed bluesman Curtis Crawford and on West Coast Stages with the likes of the legendary Surf gutarist Dick Dale and Dave Matthews cohort, Tim Reynolds. He is now a prominent force in the vibrant new music scene of Central Oregon's hottest hotspot, Bend, playing at the areas most popular music venues as a solo artist as well as the founding member of his former band Poor Bastards Romance who got voted "Best Band" by the source weekly in 1997.
Visit myspace.com/leifjames for more information.
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