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THE RETURN OF MURDER BALLADS PROGRAM

Vintage sounds selector Smokin’ Blue Bear will provide DJ sets of early blues & washboard tunes during Intermission and after the show!

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Oct 20 — The Return Of Murder Ballads

It’s almost Halloween, which brings The Return Of Murder Ballads to the Echoplex, a tribute to timeless songs about killers, scorned lovers, & evil doers.

Hosted by The New L.A. Folk Festival, L.A. Record, & Grand Ole Echo.
Oct 20, 2011. Doors open at 8pm. Be seated by 8:45pm. Seats are first come, first served.
Echoplex – 1154 Glendale Blvd
Tickets – $10 advance / $12 at the door [purchase tickets]
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THE LINEUP
Visit the LINEUP page to hear songs and watch videos of this year’s performers.

Oct 11, 2011 | Categories: Featured | Tags: 2011, 60 watt kid, a/j jackson, eastside hayride, echoplex, fort king, gabriel hart, garrett pierce, grand ole echo, halloween, ides of gemini, jail weddings, kevin litrow, l.a. record, leslie stevens, los angeles, Matt Taylor & His Laurels, Michelle Vidal & The Fur Traders, morgan gee, murder ballads, new los angeles folk festival, olentangy john, restavrant, rt n' the 44's, saint motel, t.o.m., the americans, the damselles & the tc4, the echo, tom brosseau, tommy santee klaws, Troy Olaf Murrah | 2 Comments »

The LINE-UP for The Return Of Murder Ballads

LISTEN TO SONGS AND WATCH VIDEOS OF THE PERFORMERS FOR THE RETURN OF MURDER BALLADS

THE AMERICANS
listen to: “Gospel Roads”

watch video: “Live in Charlottesville”

A/J JACKSON
of Saint Motel
Listen to: “Puzzle Pieces”

Watch video: “Butch” (acoustic)

CORREATOWN
listen to: “La Serena”

watch video: “La Serena”

THE DAMSELLES & THE TC4
listen to: “Be My Lovin’ Man”

watch video: “Be My Lovin’ Man”

EASTSIDE HAYRIDE
featuring members of RT N’ The 44′s, Olentangy John, Matt Taylor & His Laurels, Fort King, and more

watch video: “Dead Flowers”

GABRIEL HART
of Jail Weddings
listen to: “Staring At The Stars”

watch video: “I Thought You Were Someone I Knew”

GARRETT PIERCE
listen to: “Everybody Breaks”

watch video: “And The Ghosts Boarded Trains”

Garrett Pierce is known for soft, tender music, now watch him in this video with Litrow from 2007.

IDES OF GEMINI
listen to : “Resurrectionists”

video: “Martyrium of the Hippolyt”

KEVIN LITROW
Garrett Pierce was the original drummer in the experimental noise band started by Kevin Litrow in San Francisco before Litrow re-located to Los Angeles, where 60 Watt Kid’s unhinged melodic soundscapes were eagerly embraced by the local D.I.Y. movement.
listen to: “Drone Of Dume”

watch video: “Drone Of A Dume”

LESLIE STEVENS
listen to : “Los Angeles”

watch video: “Call Me”

MICHELLE VIDAL AND THE FUR TRADERS
listen to: “Skeleton Crew”

MORGAN GEE
This sound artist & composer will set the mood at Murder Ballads with viola, saw, & sinister special effects.
Listen to: “Take My Heart”