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Date: Sunday, July 15, 2012
Start Time: 8:00 PM
Event Type: Special Events, Concerts
Last Updated: July 09, 2012
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Drunken PrayerCasey Ruff & The Mayors Of BallardThornton CreekDrunken PrayerDrunken Prayer is the brainchild of Morgan Christopher Geer of Asheville, NC. In a strange turn of events, sometime in 2005 at a fish market in tiny Sebastopol, CA, Morgan found himself in a prolonged conversation with his hero Tom Waits. After an exchange on the nature of life, living and music, Waits convinces Geer to pursue a sound and lyric that engage the theosophical musings of sin and redemption, Saturday nights and Sunday mornings; a topic clearly near and dear to Geers heart. In that moment, Drunken Prayer is born.Like the Eels what sets Drunken Prayer refreshingly apart from the rest of todays neo-Americana artists is one doesnt get the feeling DP is trying to represent any singular style of music. Here is an honest tune: an un-ironic narrative, speaking to the harsh and beautiful realities of life on Earththat flat out rocks: a kind of Holy Blues. There is a unique genuineness here that is born of pure inspiration.Within the first few months of officially forming, Drunken Prayer was asked to open for Southern Culture On The Skids at the legendary Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR. Drunken Prayer is waiting in the wings of the national stage, sharing club and festival dates with Victoria Williams, The Handsome Family, Tim Easton, The Reigning Sound and Freakwater. DP gigs regularly throughout the NW, routinely tours the West Coast and often makes it cross-country.