Artist.......: Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
Album........: Live de la Semaine
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-02-19
Str.date.....: 2011-12-00
Quality......: 221kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.sallieford.com/
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1. Live de la Semaine 29:20
Runtime 29:20
Size 46.39
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Combining elements of jazz, R&B, and rock & roll -- all during the early stages
of their development -- and fusing it with a contemporary energy and swagger,
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside are a Portland, Oregon-based quartet who've
earned an impressive following in their hometown and made some influential fans,
including the Avett Brothers, who've championed the combo and taken them on the
road with them. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Sallie Ford was raised in
Asheville, North Carolina and came from a creative family; her father Hobey Ford
is a celebrated puppet artist and her mother is a music teacher. While Sallie
learned to play guitar and violin as a child, and enjoyed singing as a teenager,
she found herself intimidated by the artistic path followed by her parents and
siblings (both of whom were involved in the performing arts), and has described
herself as "the weird one" in the family. That changed when Ford moved to
Portland in 2006 after dropping out of college; influenced by Cat Power, the
Squirrel Nut Zippers, and Tom Waits, Ford developed greater confidence in her
vocal abilities and began appearing at open mike nights at local clubs. In 2008,
she crossed paths with bassist Tyler Tornfelt and drummer Ford Tennis, two
friends from Alaska who had been making music together for years and had
recently relocated to Portland. Ford discovered she was simpatico with Tornfelt
and Tennis, and they began performing together as a trio; when guitarist Jeffrey
Munger heard them while playing for change on the street, he liked what he heard
and soon volunteered his services, and Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside's lineup
was complete. Later the same year, the combo self-released an EP, Not an Animal,
and word of mouth and positive press helped to make them a top attraction in the
Pacific Northwest. When a friend of the band told Seth Avett of the Avett
Brothers to give Ford & the Sound Outside a listen, he did and liked what he
heard, inviting them to open for the Avetts for a string of West Coast dates,
further spreading the word about the act. In 2010, Partisan Records struck a
deal with the band, and Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside's first full-length
album, Dirty Radio, was released in May 2011.