Ethan J Perry

In The Dead Of The Evening

2011-09-27T17:53:00.000-07:00

Like A Thief In The Night

2011-09-27T17:33:00.000-07:00

The Bainbridge Island Radio Club hosts Ethan J Perry on their show: So You Play Music?

2011-07-19T18:01:00.000-07:00

Bainbridge Island Radio Club hosts Ethan J Perry on their show: So You Play Music?

The show's premier airs on July 20th @ noon, and will be on their rotation following. The show is available for download as well. Just go to:

http://www.bainbridgeislandradioclub.org

You may also find them on facebook here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bainbridge-Island-Radio-Club/140270472711326?sk=wall

"Like" them, love them!!!

Ethan J Perry & The Wild Hearts

2011-04-12T16:07:00.001-07:00

Bryan Dever

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Bryan Dever - Bass, Vocals

Jordan A. Erickson

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Jordan A. Erickson - Percussion

Talina Wood

2011-04-12T02:43:00.000-07:00

Talina Wood - Guitars, Vocals

THE BAND GETS A NEW NAME... MEET THE WILD HEARTS

2011-04-12T02:38:00.000-07:00

The band name has officially been changed to The Wild Hearts! Meet the Hearts...

Brad Curran Photography

2011-03-13T23:51:00.000-07:00

The Fingers Duke Art Gallery in Bremerton, WA

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The Fingers Duke Art Gallery in Bremerton, WA

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The Fingers Duke Art Gallery in Bremerton, WA

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The Fingers Duke Art Gallery in Bremerton, WA

2011-03-13T23:44:00.001-07:00

New Album, Night Lights, Available As A Free Download!!!

2011-01-08T02:09:00.000-08:00

Just go to this url, and your just a click away from owning the new album, Night Lights:

http://ethanjperry.bandcamp.com

Enjoy!!!

Night Lights Album Release Show - Photos by Judson Felder

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Night Lights Album Release Show - Photos by Judson Felder

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Night Lights Album Release Show - Photos by Judson Felder

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Night Lights Album Release Show - Photos by Judson Felder

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Here & There 2010

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Here & There 2010

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Here & There 2010

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Here & There 2010

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A Show Poster, The New Logo, & The Back Cover to Night Lights

2011-01-06T14:07:00.000-08:00

Here & There 2010

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Here & There 2010

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Here & There 2010

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2010 Ugly Christmas Sweater Eviction Extravaganza!!!!

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2010 Ugly Christmas Sweater Eviction Extravaganza!!!!

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2010 Ugly Christmas Sweater Eviction Extravaganza!!!!

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Meet the new band, The Nights!!!

2010-12-17T10:55:00.000-08:00

Brett Alain Phillips - Guitars

Bryan Dever - Bass

Brandan Herrell - Drums

Ethan J Perry - Guitars & Vox

Night Lights Available Now

2010-12-17T10:41:00.000-08:00

The new album, Night Lights, has arrived. Available for a free download on Bandcamp here: http://ethanjperry.bandcamp.com/ , or, given you are in the mood to support music, you may also buy it here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ethanjperry1 . Adam Schwankle painted the cover art. You may learn more about him here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-Schwankl-Art/106056239416720

Concordia Discorse: From the Album, The Bohemian Bitch & Other Songs From Poets Row

2009-12-18T03:36:00.000-08:00

Here she is

& there she goes again

She fades out

& then she fades back in

Hear the train whistlin',

"Hello, hello," it sais,

"Now I gotta go."

Here she is

& there she goes again

& just when

Our hearts

Started

To give in

Oh please, don't go

Not in the night

Not in the cold

& stars line up

& stars, well, they explode

Just so, hearts line up

Just so, hearts are torn

& young we're born

But then, death cheats the old

Bombs blast the night

But sparrows praise the morn

Concordia Discors

Here she is

& there she goes again

She fades out

& then she fades back in

Here the train whistlin',

"Hello, hello," it sais,

"Now I gotta go."

Just a few more...

2009-12-09T01:01:00.000-08:00

The Leaf & Bean: Bozeman, MT. The last show until the return home... We started with 3, then 2, now it's up to me to carry the flag home.

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The last of Norris Hot Springs... fade into western sunsets... next stop: HOME! No wait... one more show.

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& Even A Few More Norris Hot Springs...

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More Norris Hot Springs: Bozeman, MT.

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Norris Hot Springs: Bozeman, MT. Photos taken by Mr. Jeff Scurlock. Thanks, Jeff!

2009-12-09T00:18:00.001-08:00

The Infamous Poets Row in Denver. This is the building I lived in when I wrote the album, The Bohemian Bitch: The Robert Frost Building

2009-12-08T02:24:00.000-08:00

After Party in Denver at one of my favorite Denver Hang Outs: City O' City

2009-12-08T02:22:00.000-08:00

Did I Mention The Meadowlark Show Being A Highlight? We also had the pleasure of sharing the stage with this great band, Bad Weather California!

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The Meadowlark Show Is A Highlight, To Be Sure!!! We had the honor of sharing the stage with this fellow, Mr. David Dondaro.

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The Co-Producer of The Bohemian Bitch & Other Songs From Poets Row, the album, the reason this tour came to be, Mr. Ryan Burnett of Signal Path

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... And A Few More Meadowlark Photos...

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More Meadowlark

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The Meadowlark; Denver, CO : We are graced by Nicky, The Fish on Mandolin

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The Trident Show; Boulder, CO

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The Talented Poet, Mr. Seth Walker... We shared the stage at The Trident in Boulder

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Playing For Pops In My Brother's Studio: This is the piano I grew up playing

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Crazy Clouds in Boulder, CO

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Hanging Out At My Friend George Dessev's Art Studio: Boulder, CO

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Taos

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Taos

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Taos

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Santa Fe

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Santa Fe

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Santa Fe

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Santa Fe Train

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Colorful Albuquerque

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Fast Heart Mart

2009-07-27T18:06:00.000-07:00

We played a show put together by Fast Heart Mart of Albuquerque. They are one of the most inspiring bands that I personally know. A die hard touring band, they get around the country on a VW bus that runs on vegetable oil. They are environmentally conscious, cool, people, and great musicians. They have the vision. They also put us up at their place, where we sat around the camp fire with a few brews, underneath the New Mexico stars, talking music. The other awesome thing about this show: I got to hang out with an old friend who also headlined, Doo Crowder. I used to play in his band, and we've know each other for years from Denver. I knew Doo when I was a budding songwriter back in the day when no-one in their early twenties and thirties were into the indie-americana thing, when the un-named pioneers of this music still walked the street into the oblivious darkness with only a dim street lamp here and there to illuminate the situation, clinging to cult heroe legends who had gone before us. Doo is one of the most un-recognized great songwriters around these days. If you catch one of his shows, he's doing this crazy electronic loop set, his brilliant songwriting intact, and his stage presence glowing like never before. Doo Crowder is certainly a diamond in the rough! Well, we all sat around the campfire, and had a great night, and slept undeneath the stars. The next day it was a hospitable New Mexican breakfast, a walk along the Rio Grande, and back on the road... this time to Santa Fe. Here are some shots of Fast Heart Mart.

Albuquerque, NM

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A mural on the wall of the venue we played, The Albuquerque Center For Peace And Justice

Moving On

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Moving on... New Mexico.

Late For the Train Cafe, Flagstaff

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Before we left for New Mexico, I had an excellent cup of coffee or two at the cafe across the street. Outside on one of their tables was a very basic and generic map. All of it with the exception of The Grand Canyon, outlines our Arizona portion of the tour. How nice.

Flagstaff

2009-07-27T16:55:00.000-07:00

Flagstaff is one of my favourite stops on the tour. The town is hip. You can walk the whole thing in less than 30 minutes. It's not congested or pretentious. The infamous, Hotel Monte Vista, infamous for it's haunting and para-normal activity, reported even by the likes of John Wayne in his day, put us up. This is where we played, too. We didn't get any shots of us while on stage. It slipped our minds to ask somebody in the audience or the other band. I've already forgotten the other bands name, and where they were from. Their music wasn't anything memorable I suppose, though I do remember their crazy light show and video projection screen, and their plethora of merchandize. Our show went well. We played our set to the rowdy Flagstaff crowd. Despite our shoegaze down-tempo, folky, sensitive set, they seemed to like us quite a bit! Here are some perimeter shots, and some we took leaving the next day for New Mexico. The strangely dressed, top hatted fellow in the shots is Joe, the ever cool bar-tender and music-phile. Attested by Joe, alone, the hospitality that the Hotel Monte Vista shows musicians is grande, and the ghosts didn't bother us in the night. Though, I don't know if you'll have the same luck! On a side note, we stayed in the Jon Bon Jovi room, room 307. If anything is haunting on this tour, it's Jon Bon Jovi. I saw his bumper sticker on a car leaving Phoenix, we stayed in his room in Flagstaff at the Hotel Monte Vista, and he repeatedly keeps coming up in conversation, & not by my instigation. I have failed to crack any connection between the tour's happenings and doings & Jon Bon Jovi, and I admit, I am no fan. The hauntings of Jon Bon Jovi must presently remain an unsolved mystery in my mind. I find comfort that the hauntings are light, and have not reached any level of obsession, or focality, at least not the sort that cloud the day. For this I am thankful.

Dropping into the Sedona Canyon

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Coming into Sedona, Cooling Off

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As we climb in elevation, the heat finally begins to break. The rocks start to emerge in their red splendor. We enter Sedona. Outside of town, north, we dip into the canyon. Immediately the temperature drops, our noses are filled with the welcoming smell of oxygen in the air, the landscape is green, the road winds and curves as we zip below the red canyon walls. The stars that night are some of the best stars I've seen. The next day we head out to Flagstaff for our next show.

Phoenix Nights (&Days)

2009-07-27T16:27:00.001-07:00

We hung out in Phoenix for a few more days and nights. Here I am playing with the camera at night. I accidentally caught the smoke. The moon was gorgeous that night. The desert nights are something! The days are another story. When we left Phoenix it was 109.

On Stage At The Trunk Space, & After The Show With The Psuedo Dates

2009-07-02T01:26:00.000-07:00

Here we are in action at the Trunk Space. After the show, The Psuedo Dates and Anja & I took this group photo. This is how musicians look after a good show!!!

An Upside Down Crucifix Outside The Trunk Space

2009-06-28T15:10:00.000-07:00

This Crucifix stood upright when we arrived, and then upside down when we left, all the while oddly out of place up against a building an a busy blvd.

The Phoenix Show @ The Trunk Space w/ The Psuedo Dates

2009-06-28T15:01:00.000-07:00

This will go down as a good show! We played our set, sang our hearts out, and were well received! In these pictures, The Pseudo Dates, who are from Denver, and have some mutual friends as me, are tearing it up... even though you don't see me in the pictures, I promise you I am dancing my guts out, having a grand old time! The Pseudo Dates really know how to put on a show!

On the Road Again to Phoenix for the Next Show

2009-06-28T14:55:00.000-07:00

Just walkin' the straight and narrow. Staying on the path, and one foot in front of the next.

San Xavier del Bac Mission "The White Dove of the Desert"

2009-06-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

Still in Tucson, there is this unfinished church, glistening white in the desert. I have to share some of the images from it, being so beautiful and mystical. It embodies the spirit of the South-West!

The Hotel Congress in Tucson, & Other Cool Spots

2009-06-28T11:19:00.000-07:00

We stayed in the Hotel Congress in Tucson. We would have like to have played in the Hotel Congress in Tucson. We almost did, opening up for Ben Kweller, but it never materialized. It's still cool to stay there, though. The Hotel has a lot of mystique! The next morning we explored the hotel, including the venue area that has an interesting steel border of black with the number "13" welded into it, and the Latin phrase, "Musica delenit bestiam feram". Having studied my fair share of Latin, later at the epic, Epic Cafe, I was unable to refrain from getting out my old trusty Latin dictionary to translate (yes I carry it with me on tour): "Music caresses/soothes the untamed beast". "Music" may also be translated as any of "the arts". And while hanging out at the Epic Cafe in Tucson, I made friends with this fellow, Zachary, who wanted to show me a mural on the side of the cafe with the exact same sentiment. The elephant is the beast, and the the boy reading the book, represents the art. Zachary, a very cool guy, had many interesting things to say about the current state of affairs, especially in the way of ethics in the agricultural industry. He also is a poet, and a jeweler, and had some great recommendations on seeing some 15th century Spanish religious art at the University.

The Red Room in Tucson

2009-06-28T11:01:00.001-07:00

An hour outside of Tucson the car acts up. The acceleration sputters at 65, then at 55, then at 45, accompanied with the hazards on the highway in a 75. Well, we've made it all this way, we are going to get into Tucson before we stop this thing. These are my thoughts anyway. We do get into Tucson, into some seedy neighborhood. We discover a loose spark plug, and the problem is fixed. But check in time for the show is pending, and we haven't had a chance to map-quest the location. We decide to just roll into downton Tucson, and to our luck and surprise, we make a couple of right turns, and poof, there's the venue. Turns out we aren't late anyway, and the show doesn't start for bit. We head in, clean-up, calm-down, have a great meal, some coffee, and begin setting up. We have a great show, and jam a bit with the second act (Jimmy and Johnny) between sets, and then again, I played with the last act (Michael) on the saloon type horribly out of tune piano, towards the end of the night.

Tucson

2009-06-28T10:55:00.001-07:00

Tucson... a very cool place. You feel like you are in the South-West here. The Cacti are visible, the sky is big and blue, and the art along the roads prove the remaining doubt. Here is an example.

Leaving L.A.

2009-06-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

L.A... The City of Angels. Well, we hung out with one and stayed at her place. Andrea is her name. We listened to classic records of Edith Piaf, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson. Such a treat to listen to great songs on record!!! We lounged around, she painted a bit, I played "Some-one to Watch Over Me" on the guitar, and all in all, worse nights are had! Andrea has her place decorated with a South-West flavor, complete with cowboy boots in the corner, and cactus horizon's for light-switch plates, and even a Sacred Heart and a Madonna placed here or there. A nice hint of things to come! In this picture we leave L.A. on a cloudy morning.

Leaving S.F. and Hitting The Road to L.A.

2009-06-28T10:31:00.000-07:00

The shot of leaving S.F. is on the Bay Bridge. I just happened to catch this sign. It's random, and I find it a bit funny. The other shot is of the Lost Highway, in this case heading down to the City of Angels.

A Night & A Day in San Francisco

2009-06-28T10:14:00.000-07:00

Look, all things being perfect, I would have included a West Coast leg on this tour, and alas, all things are not. One of my many hats includes booking the shows. Boiling down to a timing issue, our tour picks up in Tucson, AR. In more ideal conditions, I would have the circumstances to only focus on making the music, but I've heard or read that even Mr. Mozart, himself, did much of his own administrative work, down to booking the venue, organizing the musicians, rehearsing with them, printing tickets, selling them, et cetera. At least I have the internet to assist! And the venues do manage their own affairs most of the time! Here we are in S.F. with some friends of ours at a nice little cafe down off of 19th and Valencia called, aptly enough, Valencia's. San Francisco is always a nice town to visit, and maybe we'll be playing it on our Fall tour!
In the picture with me are my friends Matt and Brie. They are a great couple!!! Matt & I are no strangers to making music together, and even had a chance to do it like we used to, with him pounding the drums, and me strumming the guitar! Anja even joined in on a song or two with her cello! In the picture with Anja is Michelle, a long time music friend of Anja's. Tour's are good for catching up and re-connecting!!!

Summer Solstice in Port Townsend Washington

2009-06-28T09:53:00.000-07:00

Playing Port Townsend proved interesting, to be sure. It seems a lot of our crowd consisted of the locals hanging out, and a few of the many tourists who flock to Port Townsend for their unique attractions, along with, of course, our dear devoted fans. This was one of the longest shows I think I may have ever played... something in the likes of a marathon. Not sharing the bill with any other bands, and playing a happy hour set as well as a main show set, we totaled about 4hrs of playing solid music!!! None the less, the show came off without a hitch, and we had a good time playing it! At the end of the night, though, Ryan, informed me that Anja and I would be left to venture out on tour on our own, since he had a personal obligation that weighed more important. Saddened, the show must go on!!!

Ethan J Perry & The Poets Row

2009-06-09T21:25:00.001-07:00

Hello Readers,

My first blog begins with the exciting news that I am now playing with a band. We are called, Ethan J Perry & The Poets Row, named after my debut album, "The Bohemian Bitch & Other Songs From Poets Row." We just had our first public performance billed under this name at a farmer's market on beautiful Bainbridge Island. We had a lot of fun. Let me introduce you to the members of my band. First, Anja-Claire McElvaney, an ethereal vocalist, and fine cellist. She has the ability to entrance!!! And, Ryan P. Giffin, who plays a mean lap-steel, guitar, and also sings to boot!!! Both a songwriters in their own regard, and I am blessed to be playing with them! We have a CD release show for my debut album, "The Bohemian Bitch & Other Songs From Poets Row", coming up here in a few days on June 13th at Pegasus Coffee House, which is also on Bainbridge Island. After that, we are playing a week later at the Uptown Pub in Port Townsend, one of the coolest towns in the Puget Sound area, and then we are embarking on a two month long tour through Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, and back to the Seattle area. There will be many more blogs to come, pictures and a plethora of things to write about, so stay tuned!!! Above are some shots from the Farmer's Market by talented photographer, Jay Trinidad (jaytrinidad.blogspot.com), who incidentally suggested to me to start a blog, documenting the upcoming tour, and other music related things about the band and I, and to just simply let you know a bit more about me, my music, and who I make it with, music I mean... um, so come back soon!