Ten Spiders
Americosmic Bluejam
Over an average lifespan, you will eat ten spiders in your
sleep. Ten Spiders is also a jam band that's been surprising diverse audiences
not just with gross facts about their unsuspecting
sleep-time diet, but also with an entertaining blend of original music. A
healthy serving of sassy and thoughtful songs will be served in this
five-course, very-much-awake meal of rock, folk, funk, bluegrass, and jazz with
a cover or two for dessert.
Philly-based Ten Spiders started as an acoustic trio and grew
into a regional roots rock jam band over the course of the late 90s and early
00s. Over a decade, they played over 800 gigs in 10
different states and appeared live on community TV and radio. With banjo,
electric bass, and drums at the core of every recording, they released two
records, "Midnight Snack" and "Sun's Glow". The core
members of the band, Maria and Steve Cahill, moved to Portland Oregon and took
a break from playing out, but the songwriting continued.
Fast forward to October 2018. Ten Spiders has
played a handful of venues in Oregon over the years, but they've got some pent
up energy. The same trio from Philly records 18 songs live in a marathon
10-hour session at the Hallowed Halls, except now Maria has replaced some of
her banjo parts with the voicings on her grandfather's hollow-body electric
guitar. They luck into working with Justin Phelps, a highly skilled person who
has engineered sound for some of their favorite bands like Mars Volta, Cake,
and Galactic.
Ten Spiders expects to release their third record
in summer 2019. Until then, they are ramping up their live shows excited to
share this new material. Still heavily influenced by the diverse Philly live
music scene, their songs are folky, but not folk; rocky, but not rock; funky,
but not funk; jazzy, but not jazz; and bluegrassy, but not bluegrass. Set to
appealing, upbeat grooves, thoughtful and witty lyrics reflect the angst and
joy of life in the "modern world".
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