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Blue Merle was a music group centered in Nashville, Tennessee. Their name comes from the lyrics of a Led Zeppelin song, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp from Led Zeppelin III, referring to a “blue-eyed merle”. Their lead singer Luke Reynolds, has a voice that has been compared to those of Chris Martin and Dave Matthews. The band is also known for live renditions of the Talking Heads song Psycho Killer.

The band was first formed when Luke Reynolds and Jason Oettel met and began to work together. A friend in a studio offered them some recording time, and they began recording several demo tracks. While they were doing so, the President of Sony Publishing happened to be there, and offered them a contract. While they passed on it, it was start. Reynolds then met Beau Stapleton, a Mandolin player, on his way back to his home in Vermont and invited him to join. Oettel brought one of his own friends, William Ellis, a drummer into the band as well. It was William who came up with the band’s name. The last member to join was Luke Bulla, a fiddle player, who had been asked to fill in for a couple weeks, and soon was a full time member.

In February 2005, Blue Merle released “Burning In The Sun”, which features the singles Burning In The Sun, Every Ship Must Sail Away, and Lucky To Know You. Blue Merle played Lollapalooza in 2005.

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1	Every Ship Must Sail Away full track	112
2	Burning In The Sun full track	99
3	Lucky to Know You full track	43
4	If I Could full track	40
5	Stay full track	38
6	Places full track	33
7	Made to Run full track	32
8	Bittersweet Memory full track	29
9	Part Of Your History full track	27
10	Either Way It Goes full track	23
10	Boxcar Racer full track	23
12	Seeing Through You full track	20
13	Blue Merle - Burning In The Sun	1
13	Road To Town	1
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3amConspiracy wrote:
January 2009

I found them by accident on searching Limewire sometime back. It's to bad they broke up. You'd think with the singers voice sounding kind of Chris Martin-ish you'd think they would have caught on.

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pxnk_maria wrote:
January 2009

blue merle must regroup. I NEED more of their music!

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entvex wrote:
October 2008

this music is very good!

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earthman21 wrote:
October 2008

i think my favorite is "lucky to know you" It always makes me think of somebody every time I hear it.

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adrian313 wrote:
May 2008

i just love how catchy boxcar racer is weeeeee

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Degarmo wrote:
March 2008

all the best artists have released so little and all the worst.. too much

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bigfreddd wrote:
February 2008

Burning in the Sun is a slapper.

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liquidsun wrote:
July 2007

I love made to run. <3 those vocals

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lizluvzmuzic wrote:
July 2007

I like Burning in the Sun a lot

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dusteratwork wrote:
June 2007

made to run = awesome

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Nestalgica wrote:
May 2007

Urgh. So much talent, so few songs. Love it.

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smartsimpleton wrote:
June 2006

they broke up?! hmph.

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notherdirtybird wrote:
June 2006

why did you have to break up?

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