CHRISTOPHER BOUSQUET
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AMERICAN ELM IS THE NOME DE GUERRE OF CHRIS BOUSQUET, A
SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM CONNECTICUT. HE IS THE FORMER LEADER OF THE
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED HIGH LONESOME PLAINS. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH
SUCH LUMINARIES AS ROGER MCGUINN (THE BYRDS), MERCURY REV, HOWE GELB,
MIRACLE LEGION, JOHN SEBASTIAN, ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, RHETT MILLER,
MARK MULCAHY, THE TURTLES, NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS, J.
GEILS, AND SUSAN COWSILL.
THE HIGH LONESOME PLAINS ROSE TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM BETWEEN 1999 AND
2006, RECEIVING AIRPLAY AND GARNERING CRITICAL ACCLAIM ON FOUR
CONTINENTS, AMERICANA-UK CALLED THEIR 2002 EP SONGS FOR YOUNG LOVERS,
“ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST.” ROLLING STONE WRITER AND AUSTRALIAN DJ
STUART COUPE CALLED IT "THE BEST THANG TO ARRIVE IN THE MAIL FOR
AGES." THE LEAD TRACK ON THE EP, "BRASS RING" WAS FEATURED IN THE
INDEPENDENT FILM THE BOX, THE TELEVISION SHOW WITCHBLADE AND WAS
INCLUDED ON 36,000 COPIES OF A MAGNET MAGAZINE NEW MUSIC SAMPLER.
IN 2006 THE HIGH LONESOME PLAINS RELEASED A FULL LENGTH ALBUM ENTITLED
THE RIVER AND THE SEA WHICH RECEIVED GLOWING PRAISE BOTH DOMESTICALLY
AND ABROAD (INCLUDING BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, UK, AUSTRALIA AND
SPAIN). INDEPENDISC.COM SELECTED “THE RIVER AND THE SEA” AS THEIR
RECORD OF THE YEAR.
FROM 2004 TO 2007 CHRIS TOURED THE NORTHEAST AS PART OF THE “TIMES
THREE TOUR” WITH SONGWRITERS FRANK CRITELLI AND MR. RAY NEAL
(MIRACLE LEGION, VIC CHESNUTT).
BETWEEN 2008 AND 2015, AMERICAN ELM RELEASED THREE STUDIO E.P.S:
“ULMUS AMERICANA” ( 2008), “ALONESOMENOISE” (2014), AND
“INTO THE LIGHT WITHIN” (2015), AND A SINGLE "EMPTY ISLAND HOUSES"
(2014).
2018 WAS A PRODUCTIVE YEAR IN WHICH BOUSQUET RELEASED A LIVE E.P. "THE
IVORY SESSIONS," AND THE "A LONG ROAD TO BE FREE" SINGLE, A
COLLABORATION WITH MUSICIAN AND PRODUCER ERIC LICHTER (KERRI POWERS,
MERCURY REV), RECORDED AT DIRT FLOOR STUDIOS IN CONNECTICUT. 2018 ALSO
MARKED THE PUBLIC DEBUT OF "THE YEAR OF THE HORSE: A FOLK-ROCK SONG
CYCLE" WRITTEN BY BOUSQUET, AND PERFORMED LIVE IN NEW HAVEN BY SOME OF
THE REGIONS MOST TALENTED, AND BELOVED MUSICIANS.
AJ GUNDELL [https://ajgundell.com]
AS A PERFORMER AND RECORDING ARTIST, A.J. HAS PRODUCED A COMPILATION
OF HIS GREATEST TV HITS CALLED “LOVE ON THE AIR,” RELEASED AS A CD
BY POLYGRAM/UNIVERSAL AND AS A SONGBOOK BY CHERRY LANE MUSIC, AS WELL
AS HIS OWN INDEPENDENT RELEASES. HIS ALBUM, “COLLECTION,” WAS
CALLED “A HIDDEN TREASURE” BY LEGENDARY ROCK ‘N ROLL DJ PETE
FORNATALE ON HIS WFUV SHOW “MIXED BAG,” AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB VIA CD BABY, ITUNES, AND SPOTIFY. HE WAS THE VOCALIST FOR TWO OF
HIS THREE ORIGINAL SONG EMMYS. HIS MUSIC HAS BEEN RECORDED BY SUCH
CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY-RECORDING ARTISTS AS KATHY MATTEA,
CRYSTAL GAYLE, AND DON WILLIAMS. A.J. HAS ALSO PLAYED LIVE FOR MANY
YEARS, OPENING SOLO FOR SUCH NOTABLES AS JANIS IAN, RICHIE HAVENS,
LESLEY GORE, MARSHALL CRENSHAW, AND JOSE FELICIANO, AND CONTINUING TO
PERFORM WITH THE BAND HE STARTED IN COLLEGE, YES 40 YEARS AGO AND
STILL GOING STRONG, THE HELIUM BROTHERS, AS WELL AS WITH A JACKSON
BROWNE TRIBUTE BAND, “RUNNING ON EMPTY.”
CALVIN DECUTLASS
THE BIRDMEN [https://www.facebook.com/birdmenmusic/]
The Birdmen are Johnny Java (bass), John LIndberg (electric guitar),
Johnny Memphis (vocals/guitar/fiddle), and Richard Neal
(vocals/guitar/mandolin/banjo).
All four are longtime musical collaborators of James Velvet. Shortly
after his untimely passing they decided to carry on performing music
either composed by James or associated with his many musical personas.
The Birdmen's sound is based in American roots music. It blends
acoustic folk, rock-and-roll, blues, soul, swing styles.
In addition to James' songs, the Birdmen have recently added a number
of compositions by Richard Neal to their stage repertoire.
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