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Unwed Sailor Fall U.S. Europe Tour Dates....blog

Unwed Sailor Fall U.S. & Europe Tour Dates....

Hello... We are preparing for our upcoming tours through the U.S. and Europe in November & December. Here are the current dates...more will be announced…
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unwedsailor Oct 06, 2008
Unwed Sailor U.S. Europe Shows....blog

Unwed Sailor U.S. & Europe Shows....

Unwed Sailor Tour Dates.... 11/6/08 - Nashville, TN @ The End 11/7/08 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree 11/9/08 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jackrabbits 11/10/08 - Tampa, FL @ New…
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unwedsailor Oct 04, 2008
Unwed Sailor Cd's T-Shirtslink

Unwed Sailor Cd's & T-Shirts

You can order Unwed Sailor Cd's & T-Shirts at www.myspace.com/unwedsailor www.unwedsailor.net
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unwedsailor Aug 25, 2008
Unwed Sailor - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room - Summer 2008pic

Unwed Sailor - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room - Summer 2008

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unwedsailor Aug 15, 2008
Fall TouringHistoryblog

Fall Touring/History

Unwed Sailor is back on the road again this fall, with U.S. dates in november, and Europe dates in december. We are finishing up our next…
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unwedsailor Aug 15, 2008
Unwed Sailor - Little Wars Recording - Fall 2007pic

Unwed Sailor - Little Wars Recording - Fall 2007

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unwedsailor Jan 10, 2008
Unwed Sailor Live in Tampa New World Breweryvid

Unwed Sailor Live in Tampa @ New World Brewery

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unwedsailor Dec 20, 2007
Chandeliervid

Chandelier

A collaborative project between the bands UNWED SAILOR and EARLY DAY MINERS with photographer CHRIS BENNETT. Photographer Chris Bennett traveled the US and Europe over the…
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unwedsailor Dec 20, 2007
Shadowsvid

Shadows

Unwed Sailor scored the soundtrack for this short film, For Jonathan. Filmaker - Chris Bennett. The film "For Jonathan" was created as a simple requiem for…
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unwedsailor Dec 20, 2007
New Unwed Sailor Record - Little Wars - March 18 Release Dateblog

New Unwed Sailor Record - Little Wars - March 18 Release Date

Greetings! Unwed Sailor has finished mixing & mastering Little Wars. The album contains nine songs which clock in at 42 1/2 minutes. The 2xLP version will include…
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unwedsailor Dec 20, 2007
Unwedsailor's Photo Streamgallery

Unwedsailor's Photo Stream

4 new pics
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unwedsailor Dec 20, 2007
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Unwed Sailor

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Unwed Sailor (more info)
  • Label: Burnt Toast Vinyl(U.S.)/Gentlemen Records(Europe)
  • Label Type: indie
  • About:
    Born in Seattle in 1998 at the tender age of intent, Unwed Sailor is helmed by Oklahoma-born songwriter Johnathon Ford. The basis for the instrumental project came into being while Ford was still writing with Seattle luminaries Roadside Monument. Pulling towards a bass guitar-oriented sound, the songs he had begun to craft did not fully feel right for Roadside Monument, thus the unbeknownst predestined forming of Unwed Sailor. Not aiming for Unwed Sailor to fall into the regular confines of a typical band, Ford's ever evolving cast and crew has been tirelessly composed over the years of good friends and company. Throughout the past decade, Unwed Sailor has shared the stage with the likes of Pedro the Lion, Mary Timony, The Danielson Famile, Sufjan Stevens, Early Day Miners, Minus the Bear, The Advantage, The Starlight Mints, Battles, and Mates of State(just to name a few....). The band has since been relocated and based out of cities across the United States, including Chicago, Seattle, Washington D.C., Jackson MS, Little Rock, AR, and most recently Lawrence, KS. With over 14 US tours and four in Europe, the band has traveled almost as much as it has evolved.

    From their 1998 debut ep release, Firecracker(featuring Dave Bazan from Pedro the Lion, and Casey Wescott from The Vogue & Seldom) to their 2001 full length release The Faithful Anchor(engineered by Dan Burton/Early Day Miners), the band strived to create side door studies into the pictures behind sound, while opening multiple avenues in the creation of reflective, legitimate, sometimes instrumental music. In 2002, these studies also produced two short film soundtracks for independent film maker Chris Bennett - Stateless (a musical collaboration with Early Day Miners), and For Jonathan, a multi-genre compilation featuring artists as varied as The Album Leaf and Mikael Jorgensen to Jessica Bailiff and Her Space Holiday.

    In 2003, the shape of Unwed Sailor changed dramatically as the sound became less a standard suite of songs, developing instead into a growing creature, cinematically-operated and tell-tale both in its sonic and packaged presentation. The resulting album was recorded and released as The Marionette and the Music Box; music set to tell the painted "story-book" story of a lonely little marionette in search of a cherished, lost music box. Describing the picturesque brushes and swells of a rather unique orchestra, Unwed Sailor composed pieces as suited for concert halls as they are the hot, impassioned stages of dark night clubs from city to city. As a live performance, the music is only more chaotic in its finely-tuned restraints. Here audiences are treated to a powerful performance, played out as though on the screen; they walk away from the shows as though from a theater, excited and curious about the world again. On stage, Unwed Sailor as people melt away, becoming nobody and everybody at the same time; a two hearted octopus with every arm working twice as hard.

    In 2006 the band introduced two brand new recordings with Dan Burton(Early Day Miners) once again behind the soundboard, the ambient EP "Circles", and the atmospheric and brooding full length "The White Ox". These releases were supported by national tours with Me Without You, Murder By Death, and The Appleseed Cast, as well as an extensive 5 week tour throughout Europe. Unwed Sailor continues to tour throughout the United States and Europe during the year of 2007, as well as release their anticipated new full length album "Little Wars".
  • Members:
    Johnathon Ford - Bass
  • Member Since: 2007-12-20