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Blind Bartimaeus

Portland, OR Americana / Tombstone Blues / Vice Rags

Blind Bartimaeus

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Members: Santi Elijah Holley - Vocals, guitar // Allen Clayton - Bass, vocals, mischief

Sounds Like: Gillian Welch, Justin Townes Earle, Black Prairie, Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis

Bio: Please visit www.blindbartimaeus.com.

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“Sometimes artists give you a bit of a break from having to decode the zeros and ones of their works. With a name like Blind Bartimaeus—in homage both to the sight-cured roadside beggar from the Gospel of Mark, as well as to sight-hampered blues musicians of the pre-war South—you’d reasonably expect gospel-tinged songs of love and faith. Well, close. Gospel Songs of God & Death, released in December, travels road-tested gospel-folk, with only acoustic guitar and violin to guide it through its dark expanses. Vocalist/guitarist Santi Elijah Holley’s whiskey-whispered singing, and ghostly harmonies from Liz Chibucos prove a potent one-two, especially in more upbeat tunes (in tempo, mind you; certainly not lyrically) like “As Cold and Lonesome As the Moon,” in which Holley describes a woman with a “Xanax grin and nicotine teeth” over jaunty finger-picked blues. It’s a lesson in contrasts, and an easygoing one to boot.”

— Ryan J. Prado, The Portland Mercury

“The music of this good lookin’ Portland-based blues band is biblically dark, sexy, and soulful. Bring a towel to dry off after they play.”

— B Frayn Masters, Back Fence PDX/Entertainment for People

“Blind Bartimaeus…[conjures] a spirit that is equal parts Mark Lanegan and Mississippi John Hurt.”

— Portland Monthly Magazine

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Wed
May 29

Laurelthirst Public Hou…
Portland, OR, US | 6:00pm
Laurelthirst Public House
Portland, OR, US
Wed May 29 6:00pm
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Happy Hour // With Brad Parsons // 6:00-8:00
Fri
May 31

Mississippi Studios
Portland, OR, US | 8:00pm
Mississippi Studios
Portland, OR, US
Fri May 31 8:00pm
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Santi Elijah Holley solo. With Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers).

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Lawrence
I really ove your music. Would like to know when and where I can come hea you. I play my banjo with your songs all the time when I am not making music of my own. Yo...

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