Alex Battles
Music
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Shows:
Alex Battles at the Living Room
October 14, 2010 at The Living Room
10pm, No Cover
Bio:
I grew up in Cleveland. I moved to New York City to fulfill my lifelong dream of becoming a paralegal.
I started playing tenor banjo in college. I tune it like a guitar because the other way is harder.
In 2001, I started my first band, The Whisky Rebellion, with some of my friends from college. I started writing songs in 2002 after a girl told me no one likes cover bands.
In 2004, I started thinking up cool names for shows (The Brooklyn Country Music Festival, The Johnny Cash Birthday Bash, The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree, The New York City Opry) and then putting those shows on. I stopped doing this in 2010.
Over the years, I've played solo, with The Whisky Rebellion, and with Banjorama!
I am currently working on making a record of my songs.
Press:
Clad in a trucker's hat, brandishing a legal pad full of just-finished lyrics, and sporting a drawling, lazy voice, Battles can wrap audiences around his knotty fingers. - The Village Voice
There's a country music festival in Brooklyn? - The New York Times
A sly, catchy mix of old-fashioned country songs. - Time Out NY
Brooklyn's current Cash - Hank - Hag - Buck - Willie fixation has it its core an unlikely anti-hero, Alex Battles, a 33-year-old singer and banjo-picker. - No Depression
Audio:
You can hear some of my songs on myspace.
I released an EP in 2007. If you can find it, you can listen to it.
More material will be made commercially available.
Video:
Go to YouTube.
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