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  • Genre: Folk / Indie / Other

    Location seattle, Washington, Un

    Profile Views: 36901

    Last Login: 8/29/2011

    Member Since 7/26/2005

    Website you're on it.

    Record Label none

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    In the late 1960's my grandfather Creed Chester Bowden built a small home in the Mojave Desert near Joshua Tree in southern California. I have been frequenting there as long as I can remember. It has always been a special place to retreat and just sit under the welcoming hands of the big sky. On the drive out there is a particular sign that reads 'other Desert Cities', with three arrows pointing out west. The direction of the music, towards the sanctuary of the desert, the road to creating. I fell in love with the desert and all of its mysterious landscapes at a very young age riding old dirt bikes around as a kid exploring every fork in the road, every abandoned silver mine, every trail that led to nowhere. Photography, as well as music has become another voice in which I speak, like so many other artists. Other Desert Cities isn't a song or a band, or a person. It is the place in ones own soul that everyone carries with them. The place where we recluse to, the place where we subconsciously think within, the place where we keep our fears hidden and isolated from our loved ones. The place where we get the courage to take some risk and finally let them be known in order to be free. -C Charles Bowden

  • Members

    beth balmer - piano, vocals, violin, cello | c. charles bowden - vocals, harp, guitars, some piano | meagan christy - trumpet, piano, tone belles | kubiak - bass | daniel fairbanks - drums | adam ferry - drums | ray hedgpeth - vocals, lap steel, guitar, mandolin, banjo | jared mcfarland - bass | dr. patt - pedal steel | caleb sparks - guitar, lap steel | nate stout - drums | karen sullivan - vocals | johanna vanderbeek - flute | ben vanderbeek - bass, vocals | josh walker - piano, vocals |

  • Influences

    the desert. the desert when it's cold. the desert at night. the desert right after it rains and the earth smells like it's taking a breath. still trying to live and think healthy.walking.hope.exhaustion.forgivness.fire.failure.mistakes. friends.honesty.divorce.guts.driving.recovery. abandonment.seasons.burning.being alone.good music.disintagration.separation.pianos.collapsing. God.

  • Sounds Like

    the way it sounds.

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  • other desert cities

     We are still alive.

    1 year ago
  • Peggy J. Billings

    Hey!i love you music


    2 years ago
  • Super Genius

    Thanks for being our friend!! Check us out in the April 2010 Issue of TATTOO Magazine And become a Fan on our Official Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-WA/Super-Genius-Tattoo/320088858403 -Super Genius Tattoo

    3 years ago
  • The Canon Logic

    hey... our album dropped this week! you can grab the first single here for free :) http://bit.ly/bNIl4i -sean

    3 years ago
  • Velvet Blue Music

    KISSING COUSINS "pillar of salt" available now ! @ www.velvetbluemusic.com or Itunes.

    Kissing Cousins record release show :

    June 14 , Los Angeles , CA @ Silver Factory Studios

    3 years ago
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    4 years ago
  • Big Sur

    If you aren’t too terribly busy, we’d love you to join us tonight at Conor Byrne in Ballard, where we will be playing with a lovely band called the Crying Shame. We’re bringing the legendary Loren “Hot Sauce” Huggins out of retirement for a night of sexual and violent bliss. Love, the Big Surs.

    4 years ago
  • Oceans Overhead

    Thanks for the photo comment. I'm nowhere near as good as you as a photographer, that's for sure. But thanks anyway :).

    Hope to hear new music soon from you guys, too!

    4 years ago
  • steve norman

    great show yall..had much fun

    4 years ago
  • XL427

    Other Desert Cities
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Bio:

In the late 1960's my grandfather Creed Chester Bowden built a small home in the Mojave Desert near Joshua Tree in southern California. I have been frequenting there as long as I can remember. It has always been a special place to retreat and just sit under the welcoming hands of the big sky. On the drive out there is a particular sign that reads 'other Desert Cities', with three arrows pointing out west. The direction of the music, towards the sanctuary of the desert, the road to creating. I fell in love with the desert and all of its mysterious landscapes at a very young age riding old dirt bikes around as a kid exploring every fork in the road, every abandoned silver mine, every trail that led to nowhere. Photography, as well as music has become another voice in which I speak, like so many other artists. Other Desert Cities isn't a song or a band, or a person. It is the place in ones own soul that everyone carries with them. The place where we recluse to, the place where we subconsciously think within, the place where we keep our fears hidden and isolated from our loved ones. The place where we get the courage to take some risk and finally let them be known in order to be free. -C Charles Bowden Photobucket

Member Since:

July 26, 2005

Members:

beth balmer - piano, vocals, violin, cello | c. charles bowden - vocals, harp, guitars, some piano | meagan christy - trumpet, piano, tone belles | kubiak - bass | daniel fairbanks - drums | adam ferry - drums | ray hedgpeth - vocals, lap steel, guitar, mandolin, banjo | jared mcfarland - bass | dr. patt - pedal steel | caleb sparks - guitar, lap steel | nate stout - drums | karen sullivan - vocals | johanna vanderbeek - flute | ben vanderbeek - bass, vocals | josh walker - piano, vocals |

Influences:

the desert. the desert when it's cold. the desert at night. the desert right after it rains and the earth smells like it's taking a breath. still trying to live and think. healthy.walking.hope.exhaustion.forgivness.fire.failure.mistakes. friends.honesty.divorce.guts.driving.recovery. abandonment.seasons.burning.being alone.good music.disintagration.separation.pianos.collapsing. God.

Sounds Like:

the way it sounds.

Record Label:

none

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