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Columbia, South Carolina, United States (1974 – present)
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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jaradjohnson wrote:
The man makes the beard, the beard does not make the man.
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stuniel wrote:
Hey, check out my first song ! It's an acoustic version of a song that I will record soon. http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Unicorn+Addiction/Big+dog/Big+Dog+Acoustic
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norris6969 wrote:
boring plain unoriginal = this guy
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Sarahonyourmind wrote:
Flightless Bird, American Mouth, love it <3
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RReneeElizabeth wrote:
yes, I love this.
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Saskiahhh wrote:
You are amazing :)
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TheHochhaus wrote:
folk as its best
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rjwilliams86 wrote:
mmmmmm danone
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bexestabueno wrote:
so addicted. atm.
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EliHarold wrote:
Sam Beam's feces has more talent than Markass and Jontasara.
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kiwibeard wrote:
he's coming to Ann Arbor!
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FuckinEchoes wrote:
Epic Beard
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Ilmakko wrote:
I disagree about that. Both songs are good BUT TO ME iron & wine cover is better. it is slow and have been rythmed great (i know that isnt the right expression, who cares) but of course wich one is better, that is a matter of opinion. Do you like faster or slower, wich genre you like more, voice all of those and other else affects your stand.
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MarcKass wrote:
and @ RosewoodThief, you're wrong, Iron & Wine covered Such Great Heights.badly.
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MarcKass wrote:
wow he actually destroyed "such great heights". well done, faggot.
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these_hands wrote:
ouch, RosewoodThief. 0/10.
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Jontasara wrote:
Faggot!!!!!
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TwixFM wrote:
Flightless Bird, American Mouth <3
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rogerio_v wrote:
sam beam is the best, oh.
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krustywazoo wrote:
Boy with a Coin should be the number one track. And I should get the rest of his albums...
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