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This Way

- Portland, ME Americana / Country / Folk

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Members: Jay Basiner, Andrew Martelle, Charlie Sichterman, Colin Winsor, Ryan Halliburton

Manager: management@thiswayband.com

Bio: This Way is an alternative country band with members from across New England, but call Portland, Maine their home. Two parts Waylon, one part Whiskeytown and a dash of Steve Earle, This Way creates American roots music that feels at home on the front porch or the big stage.

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“I get all excited when bands get ambitious and This Way’s latest release, The Story of Simon Pure, is exactly that...It’s awfully good stuff, especially the title track and the Dylan-fied harmonica jam 'Old Mister Drifter'.”

— Emily Burnham, The Bangor Daily News

"This is a cohesive, smartly constructed album of rootsy songs that draw on rock and commercial country themes, but This Way do a pretty good job of putting an original stamp on the package as a whole"

— Sam Pfeifle, The Portland Phoenix

“Among the interesting things about this CD (The Story of Simon Pure) is that it's very much a story album. Other than the bonus tracks at the end of the disc, the songs all relate to each other and tell a complete story about a purposeful rambler from Oklahoma who leaves his family to pursue his dream of making music in Nashville.”

— Bob Keyes, Portland Press herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

“...impassioned harmonies of songs like “Take It All (Or Leave It All Behind)” or “Feels Like Home” bring to mind groups like The Avett Brothers, as well as The Beatles, though the flashes of fiddle and accordion feel far more like Willie Nelson, or even Lyle Lovett.”

— Emily Burnham, The Bangor Daily News

“Reviewing the band's set at the 2011 The New England Americana Festival: This Way: "Headed by Basiner...simply put, they ripped the club apart during their set. Every member of the band moved to the music, and crowd quickly followed suit. I’ll be damned if I miss their CD release show on May 14."”

— Max Bowen, Citywide Blackout

"The movement of "Take It All Or Leave It All Behind" is evident in the locomotive that must be powering the strumming and fiddle-sawing....This song’s progression switches around a bit, moving from major to minor modes almost on a whim – but always with some degree of sense made. There is an admirable sense of balance to the song, which is all the more impressive by the sheer velocity that the whole affair travels at. As the song says, you need to make a choice, because this thing’s moving, friends. We suggest you take it."

— C.D. Di Guardia, Boston Band Crush

"Enter young pop-folk dynamos This Way, whose latest CD, "Goodbye Forever," colors soaring radio pop with rolling-hills accordion, harmonica and mandolin."

— Mike Olcott, The Portland Press Herald

"...there's more real emotion and songwriting here than on anything Basiner and crew have done to date. "The Reigning Blues," featuring a particularly melancholy fiddle, says it best: "The moment I falter is also the moment I fall." There's a little bit of a tightrope walk going on here, but This Way manage to stay upright and cross to the other side with a major step forward."

— Sam Pfeifle, The Portland Phoenix

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