Jamestown Story

Jamestown Story
Dane Schmidt playing live August 3, 2008, MN
Background information
Origin	Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Genres	Acoustic , Indie rock
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Independent
Associated acts	Stephen Jerzak, Sing it loud
Website	jamestownstory.com
Members
Dane Schmidt Brandyn Anderson
Past members
Pat Tarnowski Kieren Smith Chris Lee Chad Snell Jefferson Hankins

Jamestown Story is an American acoustic indie rock band from Duluth, Minnesota. The band was formed in 2003 as And Then I Turned Seven and changed their name on the first of January 2007. The band has toured 35 states in the US since 2005, and on August 6, 2010 Dane and Brandyn traveled to Yuigahama Beach, Japan to play 2 shows in 5 days.^[1][2][3]

History

And Then I Turned Seven formed in 2003 and started booking shows in high school auditoriums, community centers and all-ages clubs across the country. Former violinist Kieren Smith, a junior at Marshall School, talked his folks into homeschooling in 2006 to accommodate the band's intense tour schedule. Although their October release, "The Jamestown Story," features topics geared toward their peers – suicide, first loves, etc. – lead singer Dane Schmidt said about a quarter of their discs are sold to people his parents' age. The band only consisted of Dane Schmidt by 2008 until Brandyn Anderson joined in 2009. Jamestown Story's most well-known songs include "I Miss You" and "Goodbye (I'm Sorry)".

Dane Schmidt played drums for the pop rock band Sing it Loud.

Their song "Ashamed" was featured on an episode of Jersey Shore that originally aired on September 1, 2011.

Members

Current members

• Dane Schmidt - acoustic guitar, vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums (2003–present)
• Brandyn Anderson - Piano (2009–present)

Former members

• Pat Tarnowski - electric guitar, vocals (2003–2008)
• Kieren Smith - violin (2003–2008)
• Chris Lee - drums (2003–2008)
• Chad Snell - bass guitar (2005–2008)
• Jefferson Hankins - song writer (2003–2008)
• Trevor MacKenzie - bass guitar (2003–2005)
• Jordan Schmidt - bass guitar, electric guitar, back up vocals (2003–2005)

Discography

• Broken Summer - (2003)
• Jamestown Story EP - (2005)
• One Last Breath - (2007)
• The Prologue EP - (2008)
• Love Vs. Life - (2008)
• Split EP - (2009)
• Never Enough EP - (2009)
• A Collection of Covers - (2010)
• A Jamestown Story Christmas EP (2010)
• Find A Way - (2011)

References

1. ^ jamestownstory.com
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3. ^ jamestownstory.com

External links

• jamestownstory.com
• Jamestownstory on MySpace