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the shakes!
November 2007

the shakes are mark lane, dan easley, and crystal shrewsbury. mark and dan were finishing the debut release just as crystal joined the group. it's available here!
the three of them are currently working on a followup release and preparing for live shows


dan easley not live
August 2007

no, he stopped performing solo again, but for very rare open mic appearances. now he plays a lot with The Lotus Eaters, an old-time string band, especially at the little grill on wednesday nights.
in the studio, he's working with mark lane on the debut record by The Shakes, and he's working with frédéric on the third kindly ones record.


dan easley live
June 2006

dan easley's been performing out in public again. here's a show schedule.
dan easley archive series vol. 4: solo live at the little grill collective and wxjm-fm, circa 2002, now available here!


the kindly ones
April 2006

the kindly ones have released their second collection, speak of the devil.


server
March 2006

check out this groovy screenshot of my linux server on my desk. it's hooked up to a 1974 harman/kardon 330b receiver kevin gave me, with similar vintage criterion 50a speakers i picked up at a yard sale for ten bucks.


lap steel
March 2006

we just bought a really cheap chinese electric lap steel guitar. a picture is here.


the kindly ones
January 2006

the kindly ones have released their debut collection, lousy like our mood, as well as a single promoting their upcoming second record.


relocation
June 2005

dan has successfully relocated to a new house, and is currently renovating an old garage into a studio. [with much basic infrastructure still incomplete, recording began in the new digs in october '05 -ed.]


chad gusler - torn advertisements
March 2005

chad gusler, accompanied by easley and deaton, reads a few of his shorter stories, and an excerpt from a longer one, on his debut towndowner records release - it's available here !


the kindly ones
February 2005

dan easley, frederic doree, and assorted friends, are the kindly ones, a euphemism for the Furies, and are in the studio, working on three separate projects at once. drafts of the first are here! [finished - see above -ed.]


archive series: dan easley: early studio recordings
January 2005

the soleaux tapes, suites for machines, and naive music: three early works by dan easley, now available here!


accordion
December 2004

we just bought an accordion - a vintage italian piano accordion with 120 bass buttons. pictures are here, here and here.


the upcoming film
ongoing

dan easley is currently working on a film - he describes it as a combination music video/documentary/moving wallpaper. it should be out on dvd in time for christmas. (project has since been put on hold, as lanefilms is working on a film with similar intentions but greater abilities.)


michelle star griffin
Fall 2004

we'll be releasing michelle star griffin's debut record in spring 2006. she's a singer, guitarist and songwriter. dan easley is producing, singing a few harmonies, and playing bass and accordion. her web site is here.


news

at some point in the fall of 2004, this news page was put up. this is now, of course, old news.




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