Years active 2003–2015 Record label Peapod Recordings | Labels Peapod Recordings | |
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Origin Portland, MaineProvidence, Rhode Island Past members David Lamb†MorganEve SwainJerusha RobinsonJeremy RobinsonMike Samos Members MorganEve Swain, David Lamb, Mike Samos Albums Salt for Salt, Fits of Reason, The Devil Dancing, Axis Mundi, The Bottom of the Sea Profiles | ||
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Brown Bird was a band from Warren, Rhode Island, formed in 2003 as a solo project by David Lamb. In their final incarnation, the band was the duo of Lamb and his wife MorganEve Swain. The band disbanded in 2014 following Lamb's death from leukemia.
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History
Lamb formed Brown Bird in 2003 in Seattle, Washington but moved soon thereafter to Portland. The line-up soon included Jerusha Robinson on cello and her husband Jeremy Robinson on multiple instruments. The Robinsons left the group in 2009, leaving Lamb, MorganEve Swain on fiddle, and Mike Samos on lap steel guitar and dobro in the line-up.
In 2010, with the departure of Samos, the band had become a duo.
Brown Bird played the Newport Folk Festival for the first time in 2011 and were then currently based in Providence, Rhode Island. They have toured with The Devil Makes Three.
Brown Bird went on hiatus in early 2013 after David Lamb was diagnosed with leukemia. Lamb died from the disease on April 5, 2014.
Musical style
Brown Bird is influenced by American folk music, Gypsy music, and Bluegrass. According to Aimsel Ponti of the Portland Press Herald "[t]heir sound is one that lives on the darker side of American folk, ensconced in Eastern European roots music."
Works
Songs
BilgewaterSalt for Salt · 2011
Fingers to the BoneSalt for Salt · 2011
Danger and DreadThe Devil Dancing · 2009