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[independent.com stories] A longtime friend and fellow music maker of Shins frontman James Mercer, Johnson was asked to join The Shins in early 2007, directly after contributing to their Grammy-nominated third album, Wincing the Night Away. As the lone stable entity behind the Chicago-based Fruit Bats, Johnson was more than thrilled to take Mercers offer”but not at the cost of his own musical baby.
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[Tiny Mix Tapes] Tiny Mix Tapes NEWS: Vetiver Reveal Tight Knit Details; Give Tad ...: Getting back on topic, Tight Knit is due February 17 and features such special guests as Eric Johnson (Fruit Bats, The Shins), Jonathan Wilson, “Farmer” Dave Sher, and Adam Peters. Tracklist:.
[local Cut] Extended Q&A with the Shins James Mercer-- local Cut: What was really cool actually, what made it cool, was [the Fruit Bats’] Eric Johnson, our new band member, he can sing better than I could. So he did his bit, and he also added some guitar stuff, which was cool.
[Sound On The Sound - A Seattle Music Blog] random news items » Sound On The Sound - A Seattle Music Blog: I love the Fruit Bats and I thought this interview exchange with James Mercer was nice:. I heard that Eric Johnson from the Fruit Bats has officially joined the band.
[Indie Update] The Shins : Indie Update: The Shins is a United States indie rock group comprising singer, songwriter and guitarist James Russell Mercer, keyboardist/guitarist/bassist Martin Crandall, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, drummer Jesse Sandoval, and Eric Johnson of the Fruit Bats. Their sound draws on several musical genres, including pop, alternative, alternative country, and folk.
[Largehearted Boy] Largehearted Boy: Shorties: After working with Chris Funk from the Decemberists, and working with Eric, I realized it would be great to have a multi-instrumentalist. Eric can also sing very beautifully.
[SideReel News] The Shins - Music Video - SideReel: on Sub Pop Records comprising singer, songwriter and guitarist James Russell Mercer, keyboardist/guitarist/bassist Martin Crandall, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, drummer Jesse Sandoval, and Eric Johnson of the Fruit Bats.
[blogTO] The Shins @ the Koolhaus, 3/17/07: There was unmistakable levity onstage, even the normally deadpan Mercer laughed-off a lyrical blunder and ribbed "the new guy" (the Fruit Bats' Eric Johnson). Those introverted college radio Shins are clearly growing up, .
[Bandega.com Indie Music Listings] bandega.com :: The Shins: Dave Hernandez, former member of Scared of Chaka, joined the group following the departure of bassist Neal Langford. Chutes Too Narrow followed in 2003 to much fanfare in indie music circles, featuring even more multi-layered lyrical inventions and a musical approach that explored new genres, song structures, and levels of production fidelity.
[DCist] DCist: The Shins @ DAR: They rather predictably placed their more popular two singles, "New Slang" and "Caring Is Creepy" in the middle and end of their main set, which had, overall, not veered very far from the album in terms of extended or alternate live versions. Their encore included a cover of a Modern Lovers single, “Someone I Care About” and “So Says I” which together were much more upbeat and interesting than anything else they played, offering a little variety to the end of the show.
[Sub Pop on the Road] Sub Pop Records: S: I have known all of you on the marketing staff for way too long to play favorites so Im gonna say our lawyer Eric Brown. Eric is secretly hilarious [Thats right, Eric”no one actually knows youre funny!
[SaberScouting] SaberScoutings Draft Top 100 | SaberScouting: I actually held off on Oropesa (contact questions), Ryan Carpenter (makeup and projection questions), and Erik Johnson (late riser) until I talked to a west coast scout about some guys lower on our list. I think they’ll probably all be in the honorable mention category, but that honorable mention might just have 100 guys in it at this rate.
[Baseball America Prospects Blog] BaseballAmerica.com: Blog: Baseball America Prospects Blog » Blog ...: 333/.386/.643 in 297 at-bats for Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Oklahoma, with 23 home runs, 21 doubles and 73 RBIs. The 22-year-old now has homered in two consecutive games for the Rangers, giving him 25 total on the year and conjuring images of Adam Dunn’s first summer in Cincinnati, back in 2001.
[The College Baseball Blog] The College Baseball Blog | Bama, Portland, USF, JMU, Louisville ...: Michael Johnson, Wayne Miller and Marseco tallied the three straight hits in the inning, with Marseco’s infield hit scoring Johnson with the tying run. Miller also scored on a throwing error by Wilson at second base to give the Bulldogs a one-run lead.
[Gifts and Free Advice] John Mayall Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton,Peter Green,Mick ...: I’ve just the spent one of the best weekends of my life listening only to John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers CDS: John Mayall Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton [DELUXE EDITION] a 2 CD collection featuring most of Eric Clapton’s sixties recordiings with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers A Hard Road with Peter Green Deluxe Set a 2 CD Collection featuring most of Green’s recordings with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in the sixties and “Crusade” with Mick Taylor later Rolling Stones guitarist.
[Trust Me on This] Backpost: The Shins at Terminal 5 (10/24/07): I’m not really a fan of Wincing the Night Away, the Shins’ most recent full-length, which was released in early 2007.
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