Jamie McLean Band w/ Crowfield @ Double Door Charlotte, NC 6/27/09

SWAMP NEW ORLEANS SOUL ROCK
Doors @ 8:30PM
Show @ 10PM
$12 @ the Door

Jamie McLean Band

www.jamiemclean.com

From Madison Square Garden to Bonnaroo to Japan’s Fuji Rock, Jamie McLean’s musical footprint has marked every corner of the globe. Performing alongside musical icons such as Elvis Costello, Widespread Panic, and Dave Matthews, he has shared the stage with scores of prevalent names in the industry. Always in high demand, McLean has also lent his studio chops to everyone from Norah Jones to Chuck D, proving he is the quintessential workingman’s guitarist. Backed by a dynamic voice loaded with soul, McLean’s transformation from sideman to front man has been seamless. With drops of southern roots rock, blues, R&B, funk and soul oozing from their amplifiers, the Jamie McLean Band offers “honest rock and roll” that pulls no punches. Night in and night out, Jamie McLean’s performances are smothered in soul and confident command of the six-string. Take the straightforward, no-nonsense rock of the Rolling Stones and The Black Crowes and mix in the personal sincerity of Ryan Adams and Tom Petty and the result is the Jamie McLean Band.

Crowfield

The pursuit of our dreams can lead us in many directions in life. The hunger for the pursuit of dreams is probably the strongest among musicians. Sometimes in the pursuit you load up your possessions in a Jeep Cherokee and a small trailer and set off with $300 dollars in your pocket and a map pointed to Charleston, SC. That is the beginning of the story of two Indiana natives that met in their freshman dorm at Ohio's Miami University.

Following their graduation in the summer of 2005, Tyler Mechem (vocals/guitar) and Joe Giant (keys/backing vocals) the founding members of Crowfield, did just that and now call South Carolina home. "We got our first gig the second day we were there,” says Mechem. "The manager of the venue said he wouldn't pay us and if we sucked, we had to go home." Crowfield didn't have to pack up and knew immediately they had a new home.

Bar gigs lead to real gigs and after a prominent promoter in the South Carolina area begin spreading the gospel about the band, their demos fell into a few hands.

After a couple of hand shakes, the band ended up in Atlanta, GA recording their first record with producer Rick Beato for his new start up label, Ten Star Records.

The album was recorded predominately live over a short 2-week span. The band and Beato enlisted the help of an all-star cast of musicians who have performed with the likes of Trey Anastasio, Howie Day, Jump Little Children, Rufus Wainwright and Patti Griffin.

The album "Goodbye, Goodnight, So Long Midwestern" is set to be released on Ten Star Records in the early spring of 2008.