Media/Press

“…remarkable vocalist and songsmith…breaks away from the mold.” (Performing Songwriter Magazine)

“Engaging… urgent… more than you get from most majors these days.” (Missoula Independent, Missoula, MT)
“An explosion of creativity.” (Register Guard, Eugene, OR)

“I gushed like a hot, bothered groupie.” (The Source Weekly, Bend, OR)

“Refreshing topics seduce your ears.” (Performing Songwriter Magazine)

“… a thick intensity that never falters.” (Willamette Week, Portland, OR)

“John Shipe threatened to kill me once in one of his songs. But his vocal production and melodies were so bad-ass I didn’t even bother getting a restraining order. HE IS THAT GOOD!” (Shane Michael Cook, KLRR 101.7, Bend, OR)

John Shipe’s newest album, Yellow House, gets praise and airplay. Saturated with irresistible melodies and Thurberian characters—mysterious landlords, honky-tonk Romans, skateboard kids, fishmongers, and one Crazy Cat Boy—its storytelling threatens to land Shipe in folk territory. Gone solo, Shipe doesn’t mind. But this House, produced by Ehren Ebbage, is deceptively multi-genred, enriched with fiddle & trumpets, sparse rhythm section, keys, and lap steel slide. Not to mention glockenspiel & hedge clippers. Shipe will throw anything in. (“Only he could make an album so diverse without appearing schizophrenic.”– Eugene Register Guard)

At 100 gigs a year for over a decade—either solo, or with his bands—Shipe has shared the bill with Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Keb Mo, Cake, Jerry Joseph, Jimmy Cliff, Derek Trucks, Los Lobos, Tony Furtado, Hootie & The Blowfish, and more. He is confident on any stage, instrumentally clad in only his Breedlove acoustic guitar.

Yet, even in his current solo incarnation, he manages to serve his rockin’ alter ego on the sly, releasing a sparkling re-mixed of his adventurous 2005 indie-rock album, John Shipe & The Blue Rebekahs. On top of that, he recorded a new live album with his old rock-n-roll band, The Renegade Saints: Mercy Saints Alive! (Both albums get airplay alongside his solo efforts.)

Two production videos, running loose on the internet, “Yellow House,” and “Pit Bull Blues” have Shipe reaching out to a broadening fan base. In an unexpected turn, “Pit Bull Blues” is now the adopted anthem of canine advocates around the world.

John Shipe lives in Eugene, Oregon, where he has written 200 songs and released 9 albums. Thirty Shipe tunes have rotated on 100 independent and commercial radio stations. His music has been used in feature films, including Drinking Games and Pizza Girl. Two Shipe tunes appear in the 2009 AOF award-winning Vicktory to the Underdog, which was nominated for Best Sountrack.

He tours circles around the American West and is plotting East Coast and European tours in 2010. He has been reviewed favorably in Dutch.

Contact for interviews & business:
John Shipe, Involushun Management- (541) 521-5111
johnshipe@johnshipe.com

To book John Shipe, contact:
Kirk Davis, Davis Management- (971) 832-0899
davismanagementagency@gmail.com

Profiles, Audio & Video Clips:
www.reverbnation.com/johnshipe
www.myspace.com/johnshipemusic
www.sonicbids.com/johnshipe
www.youtube.com/johnshipe
www.involushun.com

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