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STG Presents
10/24/2009 8:00 PM at Brandi Carlile with special guest: Katie Herzig - The Paramount Theatre
911 Pine Street, Seattle, Washington 98101
Cost: $27.50
A gifted singer/songwriter whose rich voice and literate storytelling belie her youth (she was only 23 when she released her major-label debut), Brandi Carlile was born in the small town of Ravensdale, WA, an isolated community 50 miles away from Seattle. With few neighbors or friends nearby, Carlile grew up learning to make her own entertainment, camping and hiking in the nearby woods and teaching herself to sing.
At 17, Carlile picked up the guitar, having developed a taste for rock & roll through Elton John’s classic albums of the 1970s (she cites Tumbleweed Connection as a particular favorite), and she began hitting the Seattle bar scene, playing anywhere she could get a gig (including a stint singing backup for an Elvis Presley tribute act). While playing clubs, she encountered a band called the Fighting Machinists, featuring twin brothers Tim Hanseroth on guitar and Phil Hanseroth. Impressed by their instrumental skills and spot-on harmonies, Carlile became an instant fan of the Fighting Machinists, and when the group broke up, she persuaded the Hanseroth twins to form a group with her.
While they started out as an aggressive rock & roll band, Carlile’s emotionally powerful songwriting and acoustic guitar work soon became the dominant component of the group’s sound, and they began touring regularly, headlining small venues and opening shows for Dave Matthews, Shawn Colvin, and India.Arie.
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