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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 while shooting a film.
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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ametrostation wrote:
Like a warm rainy day spent on the porch with friends, without a worry in the world, watching the people rush in slow motion as a friend flicks at the guitar... perfect soundtrack for life.
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freebird- wrote:
marry me, Sam Beam?
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Sunzy wrote:
Fans of Acoustic Guitar Artists
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chungyen wrote:
I am not a fan of his newest album. Way overproduced.
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set_fires wrote:
what is wrong with ths guy <3
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caco2310 wrote:
The best folk artist, nothing more to say! This guy is amazing! God bless him!!!
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SAMASSACRE wrote:
:) please listen http://www.last.fm/music/Sin%C3%A9ad+And+The+Dawnbreakers
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Cardboard_C wrote:
I am somewhat in love with Sam Beam.
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Localdummiesguy wrote:
A lot of my friends listen to this guy. I find him to be super talented but also so sparse in his arrangements that it bores me often. Its great music, just not something to jump around to or get excited about. No disrespect though. :)
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odysseia wrote:
I'm listening ti Iron & Wine all of the time. His songs are getting better and better. It's amazing. I hope he 's coming to the Netherlands angian this year.
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swaggamouse wrote:
he is a dirty hippie
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Maniachellhound wrote:
At First the songs seemed pretty ordinary now it's really growing into me
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JenaSunshine wrote:
Iron and Wine is ridiculous. So ridiculous that it's amazing. I haven't heard a band, this day in age, that I have latched onto quite like them. I've loved you for a long time <3
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tangoa wrote:
@MMzero: i believe so. i'm on a crusade, whenever i leave my computer, i'm gonna leave one of his other songs, one that's not in the top 15, on repeat, to try to get them all above it.
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muse_haarp wrote:
amazing <3
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r0b0t1 wrote:
Can't wait to see him at Bluefest!
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haluwa wrote:
<3
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Averly218 wrote:
Jezebel should be in the top tracks
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ToBeDisaster wrote:
He is amazing. The Trapeze Swinger is one of my favorite songs. : )
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Chadipoo wrote:
Beautiful music.
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No Depression Festival
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Calgary Folk Music Festival
Prince's Island Park, Calgary AB, Canada
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Iron & Wine w/ Glen Hansard
Paramount Theatre, Austin TX, United States
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Messiah College . Grantham, PA . September 12, 2009 . Onsale Friday
7 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/ironandwine
Iron & WineSeptember 12, 2009Messiah CollegeGrantham, PATickets onsale this Friday, July 10, 2009, 10AM (EST).www.messiah.edu/tickets
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