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Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra is a project by multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee.
Shawn grew up in a rural area on the outskirts of Wichita, Kansas. His mother is half Lebanese, half American Indian, his father Irish-American. While his peers got off on cheesy corporate rock and the kind of line-dancing tunes recently fashionable in Gap ads, Shawn was groovin to the blaxploitation funk Sly and the Isleys. Later, his local Baptist Church widened his appreciation of black music, but when he sang and played drums in its gospel choir, he discovered some of his white friends were racists who disapproved. F**k this, he thought, time to leave the Mid-West but not before playing in local band Lotus with future country superstar Martina Mcbride.
Next stop Los Angeles. Already an able multi-instrumentalist (guitar, drums, perc,bass, etc) Shawn now set about developing his songwriting. There were bands, publishing deals, relationships,tours and day jobs: more notches on the bedpost of experience. Shawn was introduced to producers the Dust Brothers( post Paul’s Boutique) and spent much time hanging out,drinking cappuccino’s and making mix tapes from their dusted record collection. .This period also saw Shawn befriend the late Jeff Buckley, and somebody, somewhere has a tape of them jamming Honky Tonk Woman. “Keith your fired”!!!!!
In 1995, Shawn moved to London, where he recorded his solo debut for DJ Gilles Peterson’s Talkin Loud label. For all the wrong reasons, the album was never released. It was soul destroying; a bit like somebody erasing 3 years of your life. Resolving to write and record on his own terms, Shawn kept working.
Shawn grew up in a rural area on the outskirts of Wichita, Kansas. His mother is half Lebanese, half American Indian, his father Irish-American. While his peers got off on cheesy corporate rock and the kind of line-dancing tunes recently fashionable in Gap ads, Shawn was groovin to the blaxploitation funk Sly and the Isleys. Later, his local Baptist Church widened his appreciation of black music, but when he sang and played drums in its gospel choir, he discovered some of his white friends were racists who disapproved. F**k this, he thought, time to leave the Mid-West but not before playing in local band Lotus with future country superstar Martina Mcbride.
Next stop Los Angeles. Already an able multi-instrumentalist (guitar, drums, perc,bass, etc) Shawn now set about developing his songwriting. There were bands, publishing deals, relationships,tours and day jobs: more notches on the bedpost of experience. Shawn was introduced to producers the Dust Brothers( post Paul’s Boutique) and spent much time hanging out,drinking cappuccino’s and making mix tapes from their dusted record collection. .This period also saw Shawn befriend the late Jeff Buckley, and somebody, somewhere has a tape of them jamming Honky Tonk Woman. “Keith your fired”!!!!!
In 1995, Shawn moved to London, where he recorded his solo debut for DJ Gilles Peterson’s Talkin Loud label. For all the wrong reasons, the album was never released. It was soul destroying; a bit like somebody erasing 3 years of your life. Resolving to write and record on his own terms, Shawn kept working.
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ffresh wrote:
miles of styles is a deeeeeadly ol' album
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ulinvodnaar wrote:
Hits the Hits is a pretty damn good covers album :D - Nothin on his work with Clutchy though!
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LLlAMAH4UK wrote:
Очень круто-so cool! I listen to this music every day and get exellent mood)
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bear_panda wrote:
he's the best for sure
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megatronz0r wrote:
this picture is getting boring
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Pankii wrote:
Indian Summer is perfect track :) I love this music .. Perfect when creating graphic in Photoshop ..
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pro100 wrote:
San Diego, California!!!!!!!!
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Psykillogy wrote:
Indian Summer is one of my favorite song by Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
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cherryeater987 wrote:
he's excellent. no questions.
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ravennote wrote:
I love your version of The Little Drummer Boy.
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redy_ohad wrote:
yeah shikarno)
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noddyvantinking wrote:
shikarno?
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tony_bb wrote:
шикарно
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Rhett_Trickett wrote:
SLPPO just released their album Miles of Styles: http://www.5to9.co.za/miles-of-styles
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Matway wrote:
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra 4ewer! Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra rules! Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra is the best! god woldnt make it better
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sawaawawa wrote:
mmm
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yagood wrote:
Hits the hits is genius, really shows off his multi-instrumental nature. As someone wrote somewhere -- SL can even make Britney Spears sound pretty good. Highly recommended.
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lunacode wrote:
toxic goes bollywood! new stuff is excellent!
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chupar00 wrote:
man, why the fuck don't I listen to this enough?
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ohcleverhansyou wrote:
The covers on the new CD are rather decent, for the most part.
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