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GREG VANDERPOOL SONGS/MUSIC | SUB RATON VINYL LP/DIGITAL AVAILABLE NOW
UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS:
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2024 JAN 3 WED |
Austin, TX |
Hole In The Wall |
Trio, 10pm w/ Bret Egner (9pm) |
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Management/Publicity: (Please contact via Bandcamp)
Texas-based singer/songwriter Greg Vanderpool has worked the last 20+ years, steadily releasing albums (eponymously and with Milton Mapes, Monahans) that explore the subtle nuance within stark/hazy drones, Sunday hymns, and intensely rhythmic pop anthems.
His latest, Sub Raton (2020), goes all in with quiet, warm, country heartbreak. It's a tribute to choice albums by Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young (think Harvest Moon), and Cowboy Junkies. As with much of his catalog, these songs find their spiritual roots in the familiar arms of the American Southwest. But this time, the occasional crack of thunder gives way to a gentler roll, like a dry whisper, from beginning to end. Sub Raton was created with the help of producers Britton Beisenherz and Roberto Sanchez, Jim Fredley, Phil McJunkins, and Jon-Michael Rogers.
This album is the first release since 2017's Pilot, where uncertainty and mortality met head-on in raw, reverb-drenched, 21st-century blues, searching the horizon for hope in turbulent times ahead. The urgency is best expressed in the refrain of “To Violet” which candidly asks “Has the whole world lost its mind?”.
Vanderpool's journey also includes shows and tours with musical heroes Willie Nelson, Magnolia Electric Co., The Jayhawks, Cowboy Junkies, and Alejandro Escovedo (to namedrop a few); recording collaborations with Sinead O’Connor and Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas), respectively; and even a song covered by Robert Plant in 2010. Austin NPR affiliate KUTX described the music as possessing “the skeletal darkness of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska and Brian Eno’s ambient beauty”.
PREVIOUS SHOWS:
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2022 MAY 6 FRI |
Austin, TX |
Sam's Town Point |
full band w/ Little Mazarn |
2022 MAR 20 SUN |
Austin, TX |
Little Sky Ranch |
SXSW Day Party |
2021 SEP 18 FRI |
Austin, TX |
Hole In The Wall |
full band w/ Alex Dupree, Dom Fisher |
2020 NOV 7 SAT |
Austin, TX |
Lazybrook Lounge (house show) |
w/ Alex Dupree |
2020 OCT 18 SUN |
Austin, TX |
Little Sky Ranch (house show) |
w/ Margaret Chavez |
2020 FEB 8 SAT |
Austin, TX |
The Far Out |
w/ Doug Burr |
2019 APR 6 SAT |
Austin, TX |
Cactus Cafe |
w/ The Sanco Loop |
2018 AUG 15 WED |
Austin, TX |
The Townsend |
w/ Marcus Striplin |
2018 JUL 5 TUE |
Austin, TX |
House Show |
w/ The Whiskey Priest |
2017 AUG 1 TUE |
Austin, TX |
The Townsend |
w/ Mike Nicolai, Margaret Chavez |
2017 JUN 22 THU |
Austin, TX |
Barracuda |
w/ David Bazan |
2017 JUN 17 SAT |
Austin, TX |
Cactus Cafe |
w/ The Wheelwrights |
2017 JUN 13 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Continental Club Gallery |
w/ Michael Fracasso, Nathan Hamilton |
2017 MAY 9 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Hotel Vegas |
w/ James Stevens |
2017 APR 21 FRI |
Austin, TX |
Stubb's |
w/ Smooth Hound Smith |
2017 APR 20 THU |
Denton, TX |
Thin Line Fest |
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2017 APR 13 THU |
Austin, TX |
Waterloo Records |
w/ Will Johnson |
2017 APR 9 SUN |
Fayetteville, AR |
George's Majestic Lounge |
w/ The Jayhawks |
2017 APR 8 SAT |
Dallas, TX |
Twilite Lounge |
w/ Daniel Markham |
2017 APR 7 FRI |
Austin, TX |
Continental Club Gallery |
w/ Daniel Markham |
2017 MAR 29 WED |
Houston, TX |
White Oak Music Hall |
w/ Israel Nash |
2017 MAR 15 WED |
Austin, TX |
SXSW Guero's |
Combo Plate Booking (w/ James Stevens, Curtis McMurtry, Betty Soo...) |
2017 MAR 15 WED |
Austin, TX |
SXSW Hole In The Wall |
Chicken Ranch Records (w/ James Stevens, William Matheny...) |
2017 FEB 18 SAT |
Austin, TX |
Microsessions at Music Lab |
w/ The Wheelwrights, Tom Meny, Lydia Palazzolo |
2016 JUN 13 MON |
Austin, TX |
KOOP Radio |
w/ Aimee Bobruk, Patrice Pike |
2016 JUN 8 WED |
Austin, TX |
Cactus Cafe |
w/ Anna Tivel, Nathan Hamilton |
2016 MAY 1 SUN |
Austin, TX |
Iron Cactus North |
Soul Of A Musician Series |
2016 APRIL 24 SUN |
Austin, TX |
St. David's Bethel Hall |
Austin Artist Series
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2016 APRIL 17 SUN |
Austin, TX |
St. David's Bethel Hall |
Austin Artist Series
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2016 APRIL 10 SUN |
Austin, TX |
St. David's Bethel Hall |
Austin Artist Series
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2016 APRIL 3 SUN |
Austin, TX |
St. David's Bethel Hall |
Austin Artist Series
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2015 DEC 8 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Hole In The Wall |
(residency) |
2015 NOV 10 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Hole In The Wall |
(residency) |
2015 SEP 22 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Hole In The Wall |
(residency) |
2015 SEP 15 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Hole In The Wall |
(residency) |
2015 SEP 8 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Hole In The Wall |
(residency) |
2015 SEP 1 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Hole In The Wall |
(residency) |
2015 APR 10 FRI |
Austin, TX |
Mohawk |
w/ Sarah Jaffe |
2015 FEB 7 SAT |
Austin, TX |
Frank |
w/ Moonlight Towers |
2015 JAN 25 SUN |
Austin, TX |
Continental Club Gallery |
w/ Jon Dee Graham |
2014 OCT 17 FRI |
Austin, TX |
Red 7 |
w/ Israel Nash, Salesman |
2014 OCT 8 WED |
Fort Worth, TX |
Magnolia Motor Lounge |
w/ Ha Ha Tonka, Cyrus James |
2014 SEP 27 SAT |
Dallas, TX |
Index Festival |
(Daniel Markham, The Cush, White Denim, Lord Huron, Mother Falcon, Dawes...) |
2014 SEP 23 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Mohawk |
w/ Girl Pilot,
Saint Clair, Adam Torres |
2014 APR 22 TUE |
Austin, TX |
Red 7 |
w/ Damien Jurado,
David Wingo (of Ola Podrida) |
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2014 MAR 14 FRI |
Austin, TX |
SXSW - Lamberts |
Misra Showcase
w/ R. Ring, Torres,
Motel Beds, Connections |
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