
I've been listening to Shearwater a lot lately. Looking forward to seeing them at the Doug Fir next week. The more I listen, the more I realize that there is no convenient niche to place them in. They are a jam band with an improvisational streak, so I hear the Grateful Dead. They are at-the-edge creative, so I hear Talking Heads. They are comfortably falsetto, so I hear Neil Young... or Joni Mitchell. They are instrumentally original, so I hear Pink Floyd... or Yes. They are authentically Southern, so I hear REM... or Creedance. And somewhere in there, I realize a strong undertow of Richard Thompson. And Peter Gabriel. Yes, they are one-of-a-kind.

Shearwater is Meiburg's band. They do an awesome job as his companions. They blasted out of the pack at SXSW in Austin.
So if you can...
Tuesday, April 27, 8/9 pm
Doug Fir Lounge
PDX
Willy, Tom and I will be there. A small room with a band on the rise. Last I looked, $10 tickets were still available.
Tickets West / Shearwater
Keep an eye out in your town. Shearwater's web site.
Here's an excellent link to a live show this year in St. Malo, France