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This band needs little introduction but does not require a lot of fanfare and hoopla. You ve probably had one of their beers while listening to a song played in a local club and might not have know it. This is a band that is comfortable yonkers store with who they are as individuals and as a whole. Music on the Street caught up with Eric Nordby of Norman and he shared some things you might not know about him.
I grew up listening to oldies on vacations on cassettes. I had a healthy diet of The Beatles, yonkers store Simon and Garfunkel, and CCR. From an early age I was exposed to a lot of the music my parents listened to in the 70s. Lots of mellow 45s that my mom collected in her youth that she kept in a little pink 45 box.
I remember a pivotal yonkers store point in my listening to music came when I was at Sam Goody (a CD and Cassette store from the 80s and 90s) and had a serious debate on whether to buy Nirvana’s “Nevermind” or Boys II Men “II”. I hold the clerk at the counter responsible for my spiral into grunge for telling me I needed that Nirvana record if I was going to buy something.
I started playing guitar when I was 14 and convinced my parents yonkers store that I really wanted to play music. My dad bought my first guitar was a Fender acoustic. My parents were worried that it was a waste of money and that I wouldn’t play. Now, I think they’re a little bit worried about my music gear habits. Is there such thing as too many guitars or picking up a new instrument? I don’t think so, but I don’t really know what my folks thought when I brought home a pedal steel, or when boxes arrived with a 6 piece Slingerland kit, or when I really needed to buy a PA. I amassed vintage keyboards, even if they didn’t work all the way, and I started fixing them. It’s an obsession. I hear sounds and I have to figure out how to get them. I’m currently looking for a Univox yonkers store Minikorg K-2 Synth like The Cars used. They sound incredible!
I don’t think it was ever an aspiration in my high school years, but as time grew on music was all I could do to keep a record on what was going on in my life. I dropped out of school and spent time driving around a Buick playing shows with a moog and looping pedal. yonkers store I was the one man band for a couple years. Playing and writing is just something yonkers store I have to do now. It’s part of my character. I don’t think I could even joke about not playing again. Music is always going to be an important part of my life in some way or another.
Norman is the name of my late Grandfather. He passed away when I was 2. Although I didn’t get to know him, I do have one memory of him chasing me around a dining yonkers store room table making train sounds on a harmonica. Norman was an organ repairman in California. He repaired church organs for Sherman & Clay. He also played Patsy Cline and hymns on harmonicas. I have a cassette of his recordings. He had a love for his family and is someone I aspire to be like. I’d say that his timelessness in my life has had a direct affect on the way I see the world and write songs.
Norman really doesn’t fit into a specific generation or period in music. As members yonkers store we all have our own very drastically different influences and inspirations. yonkers store We’re always trying to write something different. Currently there’s a tinge of 70s rock. Tom Petty, The Band and Neil Young. Storytelling and Americana. yonkers store Those artists definitely had an effect on the newest album, but there are for sure a lot of other ideas swimming around in our musical yonkers store writings.
I always tell people that we play rock where you can understand the lyrics. I’d much rather leave the door open for people yonkers store to make the judgment themselves without comparing us immediately. It’s a bit more entertaining to hear the comparisons that come from people’s listening. Everyone experiences music in a unique way and hearing feedback and comparisons is alright however
Home News Venues Calendar Previews Festivals Portland Jazz Festival 2014 Reel Music Festival 2013 Waterfront yonkers store Blues Festival 2013 Soul'd Out Music Festival 2013 Portland yonkers store Jazz Festival 2013 Reel Music Festival 2012 Waterfront Blues Festival 2012 Soul'd Out Music Festival 2012 Silverton Wine and Jazz Festival 2012 Portland Jazz Festival 2012 PDX Pop Now! 2011 Mississippi Ave Street Fair 2011 Waterfront Blues Festival 2011 Silverton Wine and Jazz Festival yonkers store 2011 Sould Out Music Festival 2011 Portland Jazz Festival 2011 Reel Music Festival 2011 MusicfestNW 2010 PICA Time-Based Art Festival 2010 Portland Folk Festival 2010 PDX Pop Now! 2010 Mississippi Street Fair 2010 Waterfront Blues Festival 2010 Sasquatch Music Festival 2010 Silverton Wine & Jazz Festival 2010 Sould Out Music Festival 2010 Portland Jazz Festival 2010 Media MP3 Photo Galleries In-Store Performances Podcasts About Donate
This band needs little introduction but does not require a lot of fanfare and hoopla. You ve probably had one of their beers while listening to a song played in a local club and might not have know it. This is a band that is comfortable yonkers store with who they are as individuals and as a whole. Music on the Street caught up with Eric Nordby of Norman and he shared some things you might not know about him.
I grew up listening to oldies on vacations on cassettes. I had a healthy diet of The Beatles, yonkers store Simon and Garfunkel, and CCR. From an early age I was exposed to a lot of the music my parents listened to in the 70s. Lots of mellow 45s that my mom collected in her youth that she kept in a little pink 45 box.
I remember a pivotal yonkers store point in my listening to music came when I was at Sam Goody (a CD and Cassette store from the 80s and 90s) and had a serious debate on whether to buy Nirvana’s “Nevermind” or Boys II Men “II”. I hold the clerk at the counter responsible for my spiral into grunge for telling me I needed that Nirvana record if I was going to buy something.
I started playing guitar when I was 14 and convinced my parents yonkers store that I really wanted to play music. My dad bought my first guitar was a Fender acoustic. My parents were worried that it was a waste of money and that I wouldn’t play. Now, I think they’re a little bit worried about my music gear habits. Is there such thing as too many guitars or picking up a new instrument? I don’t think so, but I don’t really know what my folks thought when I brought home a pedal steel, or when boxes arrived with a 6 piece Slingerland kit, or when I really needed to buy a PA. I amassed vintage keyboards, even if they didn’t work all the way, and I started fixing them. It’s an obsession. I hear sounds and I have to figure out how to get them. I’m currently looking for a Univox yonkers store Minikorg K-2 Synth like The Cars used. They sound incredible!
I don’t think it was ever an aspiration in my high school years, but as time grew on music was all I could do to keep a record on what was going on in my life. I dropped out of school and spent time driving around a Buick playing shows with a moog and looping pedal. yonkers store I was the one man band for a couple years. Playing and writing is just something yonkers store I have to do now. It’s part of my character. I don’t think I could even joke about not playing again. Music is always going to be an important part of my life in some way or another.
Norman is the name of my late Grandfather. He passed away when I was 2. Although I didn’t get to know him, I do have one memory of him chasing me around a dining yonkers store room table making train sounds on a harmonica. Norman was an organ repairman in California. He repaired church organs for Sherman & Clay. He also played Patsy Cline and hymns on harmonicas. I have a cassette of his recordings. He had a love for his family and is someone I aspire to be like. I’d say that his timelessness in my life has had a direct affect on the way I see the world and write songs.
Norman really doesn’t fit into a specific generation or period in music. As members yonkers store we all have our own very drastically different influences and inspirations. yonkers store We’re always trying to write something different. Currently there’s a tinge of 70s rock. Tom Petty, The Band and Neil Young. Storytelling and Americana. yonkers store Those artists definitely had an effect on the newest album, but there are for sure a lot of other ideas swimming around in our musical yonkers store writings.
I always tell people that we play rock where you can understand the lyrics. I’d much rather leave the door open for people yonkers store to make the judgment themselves without comparing us immediately. It’s a bit more entertaining to hear the comparisons that come from people’s listening. Everyone experiences music in a unique way and hearing feedback and comparisons is alright however
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