Shurman
The hard-touring Los Angeles quartet played more than 400 shows in 2004-2005, headlining clubs and opening for such diverse acts as Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, Cross Canadian Ragweed, the Jayhawks, Ted Nugent, Bob Schneider, the Drive-By Truckers, Los Lonely Boys and Sammy Hagar. Obviously, theyve forged a sound that refuses to be pigeonholed. Aaron Beavers, shurmans lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, notes, We just go out and say, This is what we do.
The band released it’s first live CD called A Week in the Lifein late summer 2006 and the response has been amazing. Beavers says, I guess we’ve always been know for our live shows and that is DEFINITELY captured here! The 11 song CD features a preview of some new material like Small Town Tragedy & Big Things and some ol’ favorites from the Vanguard Records debut jubilee.
Sure, theres twang in the 11 songs on 2005’s jubilee, which was produced by Beavers, Dusty Wakeman (Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam), and Andrew Williams (Five For Fighting, Old 97s). Thats only natural, considering that the groups founding members grew up in Texas and Georgia. But theres a lot more to it than that…...
