Music Style Indie Rock

Musical Influences Sonic youth, Slint, Folk Implosion, Television, Nick Drake, Hank Williams Sr, Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie, King Tubby, Syd Barrett, Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Devo, Patti Smith, Suicide, Clash, Cornelius, Belle and Sebastian, Breeders, Mazzy Star, Frogs, Sun Ra, Joe Jackson, Thelonius Monk, Iggy Pop, Charlie Parker, Portishead, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Beck, James Brown, Janes addiction, Kim Fowley, early David Bowie, Os Mutantes, Big Star, Steely Dan, MC5, That Dog, Make Up, Neil Young, Al Green, Velvet underground, Phillip Glass, Brian Eno, early Dylan and the Beatles.

Similar Artists Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello, Belle and Sebastian

Artist History Jeff Gutman is a local songwriter from San Francisco. For the last three years, he has been performing headlining shows at dozens of clubs all over the west coast. Jeffs songs are filled with memorable stories and melodies. Jeff released his first album The Mindfire Tapes in the Fall of 1999. The album was a collection of experimental songs and sound collages. The album went into second pressing after six months, and Jeff embarked on a tour of the Pacific Northwest. Songs from this album were featured on KUSF in the summer of 2000. In the fall of 2000, Jeff recorded the controversial Hellfire Vampire. The album was totally different from the first in that all of the songs were performed live with no overdubs. The instrumentation was sparse, with only an acoustic guitar and vocal. However, the songs were far from folk material. They were more raw and aggressive than the first album with some shocking subject matter. In the spring of 2001, Jeff formed a full group to better accentuate the complex compositions he was writing. Full of energy and intensity, the Jeff Gutman Band toured the west coast before recording an album in the fall of 2001. The album, Cold Cold Town, was tightly produced by Mark Love at Polk Street Studios and released in the summer of 2002. The album was a straight forward rock album filled with jazz based chord structures and intense rhythms. The songs focus on stories of survival in the city during recent economic decline.

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Piano, Drums, Vocals, Pipa

Albums Mindfire Tapes, Hellfire Vampire, Cold Cold Town

Additional Info CD's are available at CDbaby.com and Amoeba Music in San Francisco

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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