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Iron & Wine is the stage and recording name of folk rock singer-songwriter Sam Beam (born July 26, 1974). He currently resides in Dripping Springs, Texas, outside Austin and has released three studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance). The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named “Beef Iron & Wine” that he found in a general store.
Beam was raised outside Columbia, South Carolina, United States where his father worked in land management and his mother was a schoolteacher. He graduated from the Florida State University Film School with an MFA degree. Until the first Iron & Wine album, Beam’s main source of income was as a professor of film and cinematography at the University of Miami and Miami International University of Art & Design. He had been writing songs for over seven years before a friend lent him a four-track recorder. His friends handed out copies of demos that he had made, and the owner of Sub Pop Records personally contacted Beam and proposed a deal.
Beam released his first album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, on the Sub Pop label in 2002; Beam wrote, performed, recorded, and produced every track on the album by himself at a studio in his home. The album features acoustic guitars, banjo, and slide guitar; its music has been compared, variously, to that of Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, Elliott Smith, and Ralph Stanley.
Beam was raised outside Columbia, South Carolina, United States where his father worked in land management and his mother was a schoolteacher. He graduated from the Florida State University Film School with an MFA degree. Until the first Iron & Wine album, Beam’s main source of income was as a professor of film and cinematography at the University of Miami and Miami International University of Art & Design. He had been writing songs for over seven years before a friend lent him a four-track recorder. His friends handed out copies of demos that he had made, and the owner of Sub Pop Records personally contacted Beam and proposed a deal.
Beam released his first album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, on the Sub Pop label in 2002; Beam wrote, performed, recorded, and produced every track on the album by himself at a studio in his home. The album features acoustic guitars, banjo, and slide guitar; its music has been compared, variously, to that of Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, Elliott Smith, and Ralph Stanley.
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Enokii wrote:
It's pretty weird that their 3rd song in the top isn't even a song by them...
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bareknuckles wrote:
Iron & Wine fans = the easiest fans to troll
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FarCrysss wrote:
does he think he looks good with a beard or is it all part of the ~*~image~*~
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jankhe33 wrote:
good voice:D
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GangWarily wrote:
Why the hate for Fleet Foxes? Scarredforlyfe is a stupid troll :P
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chewingbottles wrote:
"this guy is like a lame rip off of owl city! find your own sound, poser!" lolololololololol, oh god, the hilarity. Someone please tell me this moron is joking. [2]
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hannahxgetlow wrote:
hahahahaha the ignorance! How is Sam Beam ANYTHING like Owl City? Owl City sounds like a horrible, torturous mix of Ben Gibbard's vocals (as if he could ever be on the same rank as Death Cab) and hellogoodbye's beats. It's pure shit.
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torbensdatter wrote:
hmmm Iron & Wine started in 2002, Owl city started in 2007. How can Iron & Wine then be an Owl city rip off?!?
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jazzenchiladas wrote:
Wish Love Vigilantes was hurrrr. :/
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SailorC wrote:
"this guy is like a lame rip off of owl city! find your own sound, poser!" lolololololololol, oh god, the hilarity. Someone please tell me this moron is joking.
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gallimaufry_ wrote:
Don't check out fleet foxes [3]
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wal-in-space wrote:
check out my band!! hope u like it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOPRmEh441E
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TouAnjhad wrote:
It's all true about his beard i say!! he looks like Jesus Christ! But aide from that point, my personal favorite it Passing Afternoon, very touching, it has a heavenly flow to it..
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EliHarold wrote:
haha scarred is a fvcking idiot. How about you learn about an artist before you talk.
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whorly wrote:
Too bad he's been making music for 5 years longer than Owl City.
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