- Pete Krebs
Pete Krebs is an independent musician from
Portland, Oregon , best known as a member of thepunk-pop band Hazel, and for a split record withElliott Smith .Having already served successful tours in the Northwest punk bands Thrillhammer,
Hazel (two albums onSub Pop records) and the rambunctious bluegrass band Golden Delicious, Pete Krebs has established himself as a prolific contemporary singer-songwriter. Much like his friend and collaboratorElliott Smith , Krebs uses his more rock-oriented roots to drive intenselyintrospective songs. Both Krebs and Smith have passed through early periods of extremely stripped down solo recordings to tackling grander works.Debuting as a solo musician in 1995 on
Cavity Search Records , Krebs' starkly acoustic "Brigadier" established him in the crowdedsinger-songwriter idiom.The 1997 release "Western Electric" often recalls the
folk sounds of theGreenwich Village movement ("J.F.K.", "Horsepower Daydreams", "Purple Heart Of Texas") and even thepastoral folk ofDonovan andGordon Lightfoot ("Madison", "Purple Heart Of Texas"), if notNick Drake 'smanic depression ("Elevation"). "Hideaway" and the 10-minuteinstrumental "Luminous" show Krebs' stylistic range."Sweet Ona Rose", following in 1999, filled out his
alt-country sound with a cast of friends (including formerSoundgarden bassistBen Shepherd ).Krebs took a few side trips along the way, collaborating with other
Portland, Oregon Gypsy-jazz enthusiasts on the album "Hot Ginger and Dynamite" in 2001. He also teamed up with Bad Livers singer andbanjo virtuosoDanny Barnes for "Duet For Clarinet and Goat" (Cavity Search) in which the musicians covered each other's songs.Krebs' latest offering, the folky "I Know It By Heart" (Cavity Search, 2003), was a collection of melodic
vignettes that hark back tothe Kinks ' exuberant guitar-pop ("Sleeping Beauty" and "Distant Lights of Home") and to Sixtiesbubblegum pop ("Smashed to Splinters"). Krebs also shows an experimental side with thetrip-hop of "Kid Domino".As of 2007 Pete is playing many gigs with his band, The
Stolen Sweets . The Sweets play music modeled after that of theBoswell Sisters , a 1930's group.External links
*official|http://www.petekrebsmusic.com
* [http://www.thehouseofcardsmusic.com/ Pete Krebs' booking agency]
*myspace|id=petekrebs|name=Pete Krebs
*myspace|id=petekrebsgypsytrio|name=Pete Krebs Gypsy Trio
* [http://www.stolensweets.com/ Pete Krebs' Stolen Sweets band page]
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