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Portland, United States (2006 – present)
Blind Pilot is an American indie folk band based in Portland, Oregon.
The band has performed on Carson Daly’s show, has opened arena shows in England, has been selected as iTunes’ Single of the Week. After a busy summer that included the Lollapalooza, Sasquatch!, and Outside Lands festivals and a high-profile slot opening for fellow Portlanders the Decemberists on select dates, Blind Pilot is embarking on a national headlining tour to support their magnanimous debut, 3 Rounds and a Sound, released last year on Expunged Records. Initially a duo of Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski, the group now includes Kati Claborn on banjo and dulcimer, Luke Ydstie on upright bass, Dave Jorgensen on trumpet and harmonium, and Ian Krist on vibraphone.
Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski first met as college students at the University of Oregon. They played together in the occasional band, but the roots of Blind Pilot didn’t take hold until the two friends spent a summer abroad in Newquay, England, a laidback surfing town in the coastal county of Cornwall. Nebeker says, “The first night we saw a musician playing on the street. A cop came up and we thought, ‘This guy’s going to get busted.’ But the cop stood and listened, then flipped a pound into the guy’s case and walked off. So we said, ‘Oh, we’re doing this!’” Nebeker strummed an acoustic guitar while Dobrowski, a fine art student, kept time on a makeshift percussion kit constructed out of a sketchpad and pencil tin. “I used that sketchpad more as an instrument than for artwork,” laughs Dobrowski. “By the end of the summer, the tin was all flared out from me hitting it.”
The band has performed on Carson Daly’s show, has opened arena shows in England, has been selected as iTunes’ Single of the Week. After a busy summer that included the Lollapalooza, Sasquatch!, and Outside Lands festivals and a high-profile slot opening for fellow Portlanders the Decemberists on select dates, Blind Pilot is embarking on a national headlining tour to support their magnanimous debut, 3 Rounds and a Sound, released last year on Expunged Records. Initially a duo of Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski, the group now includes Kati Claborn on banjo and dulcimer, Luke Ydstie on upright bass, Dave Jorgensen on trumpet and harmonium, and Ian Krist on vibraphone.
Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski first met as college students at the University of Oregon. They played together in the occasional band, but the roots of Blind Pilot didn’t take hold until the two friends spent a summer abroad in Newquay, England, a laidback surfing town in the coastal county of Cornwall. Nebeker says, “The first night we saw a musician playing on the street. A cop came up and we thought, ‘This guy’s going to get busted.’ But the cop stood and listened, then flipped a pound into the guy’s case and walked off. So we said, ‘Oh, we’re doing this!’” Nebeker strummed an acoustic guitar while Dobrowski, a fine art student, kept time on a makeshift percussion kit constructed out of a sketchpad and pencil tin. “I used that sketchpad more as an instrument than for artwork,” laughs Dobrowski. “By the end of the summer, the tin was all flared out from me hitting it.”
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alinix wrote:
i am in love with all of this. [2]
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i am in love with all of this.
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*their & they're, but I agree.
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jomabbs wrote:
I can't find a bad recording on ether of there album's... there magic.
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KeithKokain wrote:
An 8 year old introduced me to this band. Now I plan on seeing them live in 3 weeks or so.
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Put up the beautiful 'Half Moon' on our music review page. Drop by www.facebook.com/AltitudeArithmetic if you have a chance :)
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Acquiescee wrote:
COME RO BRAZIL!
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CoconautRecords wrote:
To the shores of freedom
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itsdacris wrote:
NEW ALBUM?! WOOOOHHOOOOOOOO
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Cuttooth84 wrote:
Just discovered these guys, loving their latest album !! :)
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momosaic wrote:
Blind Pilot will be performing at the Mosaic Music Festival 2012 in Singapore! 18 Mar 2012! 2 show! Tickets on Sale 20 Dec! www.mosaicmusicfestival.com
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♥ (^ - ^) ♥
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laureldumbdumb wrote:
WHY CAN'T WE GET OUT SCHEDULES TOGETHER? Of course they play near my house... when I'm moving across the country frrrriccck.
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sunnypnut wrote:
So good. I still have yet to hear anything from them that I don't like. :)
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Alomorf wrote:
And everybody on the street is singing like it's Sunday
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bruno_borat wrote:
Half Moon!!!!!!!!!
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Gibbonah wrote:
We are waiting for you in Moscow!
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icharbeitegrad wrote:
i watch this side every week and i hope you will come to europe / germany :(
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dissected133 wrote:
i fell asleep listening to blind pilot, and i had a dream i was seeing them live... i was with my best friend, and it was so incredibly beautiful and perfect, we started to tear up. it was the best dream i ever had. words cannot express how much i love this band.
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TonyMontana135 wrote:
Can't wait to see them again in Madison tomorrow!
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