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The Spares

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Genre
  
Rock

Albums
  
End Of The Line, Tired & Bizarre, Hand Me Down, Download

Record labels
  
Tweed Records, Rat Music Art

The Spares is an alt-country, Americana duo from Chicago, Illinois. Jodee Lewis, a chemical engineer from Missouri and Steve Hendershot, a journalist from Michigan, formed The Spares in 2004. They released their first album, "Hand Me Down" in 2005. The Spares have 5 CDs released by Tweed Records.

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According to their official website, The Spares' music is "hauntingly gorgeous" (Maverick Magazine), "simple, aching and hearty" (NewCity Chicago) and "somewhere in heaven between Gram Parsons and Alison Krauss" (Smother Magazine). Their music has been compared to the sounds of Alison Krauss & Union Station, and Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons.

The Spares have toured throughout the Midwest. Jodee and Steve are frequently joined in the studio and on the road by Troy Bartholomew on drums, Jason Reed on mandolin, and Doug Zylstra on bass.

The Spares will release their fifth album, "Everything is Easy" in mid-August 2010.

Discography

  • Everything is Easy (2010)
  • Now That's It's Burning (live) (2009)
  • Glory and Grace (2008)
  • Beautiful and Treacherous Thing (2007)
  • Hand Me Down (2005)

    • Awards and nominations

  • Finalist for 2009 Americana Album of the Year in the Just Plain Folks Music Awards
  • Won "Best Song -- Country", "Mexico", for 2006 by the International Academy of Independent Artists

    • Songs

    Dolly RockerTired & Bizarre · 2000
    Another Time TodayDownload · 2003
    Sit With MeHand Me Down · 2005

    References

    The Spares Wikipedia
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