Angie Aparo

Infobox musical artist

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Born = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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Instrument = Live Angie Aparo often plays a Gibson Chet Atkins acoustic guitar through an Ampeg Reverberocket Amp.
Genre = Rock
Folk music
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Guitarist
Years_active = 1996–present
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URL = [http://www.angieaparo.com angieaparo.com]
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Angie Aparo is an American musician and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently recording an album and touring with his long-time drummer, Derek Murphy.

Aparo began playing in a group called Angie's Hope in the early 1990s before making the decision to go solo. After making that decision, Aparo chose to go out on the road touring with his acoustic guitar in the Southeast. In 1996, he released his first CD "Out of the Everywhere," recorded at David Briggs Studio in Nashville, Tennessee with Jim Stabile as engineer. Burnard Tate played drums.

In 1999, with Grammy-winning producer Matt Serletic, Aparo released "The American". His single, "Spaceship," hit the radio waves in 2000, and "The American" also includes his original version of the single "Cry", made popular by Faith Hill and featured on her album of the same name. Many songs from "The American" are also on a live CD "9Live" that was released in 2004.

While stuck in musical limbo due to record label issues, Aparo released "Weapon of Mass Construction" (2001) (Later re-released under the title "One With the Sun"), a CD of cover songs taken from varying artists from The Beastie Boys to Neil Young and Elton John, as well as two previously unreleased originals. In his own words, "It was fun, and I got it out of my system." [http://www.myspace.com/angieaparo]

In 2003, another album, "For Stars and Moon", a Beatles-influenced showcase - was released independently.

Most recently, Aparo has put together The Infidels, and is touring the Southeast while recording a new album, "El Primero Del Tres" (Spanish for "The First of the Three"), with producer Dann Huff. The music has moved in a different direction than his previous recordings. The Infidels consists of Derek Murphy ("The American", "9Live", "One With the Sun", "For Stars and Moon", "Praise Be"), Mark Dannells, Martin Lesch ("For Stars and Moon"), and Shannon Woods.

Discography

*"Out of the Everywhere" (1996)
*"The American" (1999)
*"Weapon of Mass Construction" (also released under the title "One With the Sun") (2001)
*"For Stars and Moon" (2003)
*"9Live" (2004)
*"El Primero Del Tres" (2006)
*"Praise Be" (2006)

Band members

* Angie Aparo: Vocals
* Derek Murphy: Drums

External links

* [http://www.angieaparo.com/ AngieAparo.com] - Official site
* [http://www.myspace.com/angieaparo Angie on Myspace] - Angie Aparo and the Infidels at myspace.com
* [http://www.derekmurphy.net/ DerekMurphy.net] - Official site for Derek Murphy
* [http://www.archive.org/details/AngieAparo Angie Aparo collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive

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