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Topic: PRESS RELESE
Purple Shed Records
Compilation Album
“Bands from the Back 40”
National Release Date
Tuesday September 19, 2006

This 10 track, 10 songs, Compilation is dedicated to the newest rising superstars, all from a small southwestern town know as Nevada, Missouri. The CD includes our very own Nashville beauty, Marci Mitchell, the Midwestern mavericks known as Baby Fingers, and the second coming of Bob Dylan, or as you may know him, the Beatnik Poet, Matthew Harper. The album also will include newcomer to the Missouri emo scene James McIntire, homegrown bluegrass by the Joneses, the band Worba, Seth Crawford’s ELSINORE, and none other than Americas favorite road dog and song guru, Dangerous Doug Harper.

The set list includes:

"Road Trip" an upbeat rockin’ country song, recorded in Nashville Tennessee as well as “Lovers to Friends” a soon to be top 40 country hit are both penned by Marci Mitchell, a Nevada Missouri girl, gone Nashville and current Lori Morgan keyboardist Mark Oliverius. You can get more info on her at www.marcimitchell.com. Track #2 "Cake and Ice Cream" is brought to you from ELSINORE, and project from Nevada, Missouri boy Seth Crawford in the style of early 1990‘s alternative radio hits such as Nirvana‘s “Polly“, and Weezer‘s “Undone the Sweater Song“, this is a fun song that you may find yourself listening to again and again. Matthew Harper fans have been waiting for some new recorded material since his last CD excitedly, but this time Matthew took more of a striped down acoustic solo take just like his ever popular live show. So many people were saying they wanted to hear that on a record he chose to include two song on the CD "Morning Guy" and “Long Haired Friend of Jesus” both written by Matthew. For more info check out his web page: www.matthewharper.ws. "Jezebel" the acoustic version has now became a household sing along around town artist: Baby Fingers, a project by Nathan Rorabaugh brings modern-rock and acoustic together in an all around ear pleasing hit for people of all ages. New Missouri emo child James McIntire bring you the Violent Fems meets Green Day up-tempo acoustic song about love, the song is titled "Right By Your Side" written and performed by James. Track #6 is titled "I Found Myself a Monkey" written and performed by: Dangerous Doug Harper and recorded live at the Snake River Canyon Jam near Rogerson Idaho. The fun song includes a guest appearance from Nathan Rorabaugh on lead guitar, and Monkey on electric rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Bob and Dawn Jones know on the album as the Joneses for obvious reasons, have many musical talents and love to play bluegrass gospel at their church Maranatha Christian Fellowship, and have jams at their home with friends. At home Bob has his home studio known as Head Level, and has recorded an entire album that you can listen to and, download for free at his web page www.headlevel.org. Last but defiantly not least is the progressive punk-rock ballad with drum solo, "Fall In" a song written about artist and writer, Aaron Rorabaugh’s girlfriend from Cottey College. His band Worba are planning to put the song on their upcoming full album release “Aliens”, the track also features his kid brother Nathan Rorabaugh on guitar as well. For More Information contact: Local Ear P.O. Box 892
Nevada, MO 64772, 417-684-1732, www.localearmusic.com

Topic: PRESS RELESE

This week marks the third week running that music enthusiasts of Vernon County have been enlightened with the new attraction added to our uptown-downtown nightlife.


Only two weeks ago a letter arrived at the Daylight Donuts and Coffeehouse 114 N Cedar street in Nevada, from ASCAP, an association of singers and songwriters, offering a license granting performance rights to over 20,000 songs. After graciously thanking ASCAP for their most generous offer, the Daylight Donuts & Coffeehouse decided to continue the music quest that began March 15, 1996. The passion that they breath into our community is to promote the original music from the wonderful touring singer/songwriters, and bands that flock through the city gates and right into the doors of Daylight.


Daylight Donuts & Coffeehouse is the one and only original music venue of Vernon County, now nationally and internationally known. Only after receiving notoriety in the Midwestern Artist, Venue, & Management Guide, distributed at the 2005 Grammy Awards, was Daylight brought to life. Now telephone calls, letters, and e-mails are nothing strange to daily routine at Daylight. Now many acclaimed musicians & bands plan trips to Daylight.


Last week a new group from the Branson music scene dropped in for a breath taking performance while on the last leg of their 2005 Midwestern Tour. Starrfadu now supporting their second album "A Narrow Road to Silence" made friends with all of the Coffeehouse regulars and a few new faces when they demonstrated their new blend of indie-sounds. "It can't be described as folk, but it's not quite country either," said Austin Hartley, lead singer, harmonica and acoustic guitarist for the band. Needless to say, the band had something for everyone from 5 to 65. Starrfadu's music has reached thousands and the band is now another of the many great, and nationally touring acts that have performed at the Daylight Donuts and Coffeehouse.


In the upcoming months, Daylight has her sights on a Nashville singer/songwriter, an all girl band from Australia, and a rock-based Christian worship group from Chicago, Illinois. In addition, our acoustic friend from Pennsylvania will return, as well as the Band Berlin Drop, scheduled to perform Saturday May 14, 2005.


If you would like to know more about the events at Daylight Donuts & Coffeehouse, you may stop in the shop, and get a free music schedule (while supplies last), also
Watch the Nevada News for listings and feel free to call the 24 hr. Concert Hotline at 684-1732, or visit the Local Ear we page at www.localear.tk at your convenience