Uncommon Ground ^ Jessel Harry
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Jessel Harry
Jessel was born on St. Vincent in the West Indies and was raised in Canada, NY and NJ. Most of his depression and melancholy can be attributed to the moment in the fifth grade when he proudly presented his mother with new and improved lyrics for "the Sound of Silence." The poor lady rushed to her bedroom and pulled the sheets over her head realizing that she was raising a child more depressed than both Simon and Garfunkel combined. Many years later while attending various colleges for various reasons he published his first poem while releasing his first CD with the rock band Monkey Engine. He decided to quit college because thats what all the cool artists did. Monkey Engine released the CD Squared Away and opened for many national acts but split up after reaching the regional level. This led to a deep "national depression" for the artist. (National depression is when you wander around the nation in a deep depression) In the mid nineties, the new resurgence of country rock began to take root. Bands like Uncle tupelo and The Jayhawks had a passionate audience in Springfield long before their popularity grew nationally. These "new" influences combined with the folk and classic rock influences of his delinquent adolescence began to take root. He quickly drew a passionate following in Springfield and decided it was time to take things to the big Apple with his new EP 'Death poems for the living gods of America'. That year and a half was spent playing in the subway, gigging in various East village jaunts and subsisting on 211 malt liquor and pork fried rice. At the tail end of the NYC stint he parlayed a deal with producer Eric Ambel (Joan Jett, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle). The songs from those sessions, along with his solo material, move effortlessly roots rock, folk, garage and classic rock. Disjointed characters living on the fringe form the lyrical characters for songs that are the obvious result of reading way too much Raymond Carver, Thom Jones, Larry Brown, Charles Bukowski and Thomas Hardy. In 2003 he moved back to MO and enthusiastically upgraded his diet to PBR and Beef Lo Mein while releasing two Cd's locally. While the prospect of wordly success appears to be drawing nigh from The herculean efforts of The Western Paradise, the artist has become increasingly obsessed with pondering if he will remain a quasi blue collar plebeian or become a hackneyed elitist trafficker. |
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Uncommon Ground Past Show Dates |
| 2008-05-09 (8 days) |
Kirsten Davies |
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Kate Magnuson |
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Steve Gibons and Gypsy Rhythm Project |
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Lukas Simpson |
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Jessel Harry |
| 2007-01-15 (488 days) |
Crystal Bowersox |
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Matthew Davies |
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Sima Cunningham |
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Adam Hitchell |
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Arthi Meera |
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Paul Gulyas |
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Genevieve and Marc |
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2620 |
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Andrew Pelletier |
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Heather Styka |
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Rebecca Rego |
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Larissa DeLorenzo |
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Jim Teichert |
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Jim Teichert |
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Nicholas Beaven |
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Kristin Cash |
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Mark Brink |
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Jessel Harry |
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Jules Abraham |
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Ian Engels |
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Joe Drennan |
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Alexander Sands |
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James Moore |
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Cameron McGill |
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SHURE Open-Mic GRAND FINALE |
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Brian Walker |
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Ryan Suzuka |
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Known Open Mic Appearances:
05/21/2007
12/04/2006
11/13/2006
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