3 Rounds And A Sound - Album

Blind Pilot Is An US-American Indie Folk Band Based In Portland Oregon. Their Debut Album 3 Rounds And A Sound Reached Number 13 On The Billboard Top Digital Albums Chart. The Band Completed A Bicycle Tour In 2008 Biking From Bellingham Washington To San Diego California Carrying Their Instruments On Custom Bicycle Trailers They Fashioned Themselves. They Made More Than Two Dozen Stops Along The Way Including Port Townsend Seattle Olympia Portland Corvallis Eugene Coos Bay Arcata And Santa Cruz. In 2009 Blind Pilot Added Four More Touring Members Luke Ydstie Upright Bass Backing Vocals Kati Claborn Banjo Dulcimer Backing Vocals Ian Krist Vibraphones And Dave Jorgensen Keyboards Trumpet To Match The Sound Of Their Album 3 Rounds And A Sound. The Group Started A New U.S. Tour In March 2009 The First With The Six-Member Lineup. They Headlined In Clubs Across The Country. The Band Also Filled Support Slots For Langhorne Slim And Gomez On A Handful Of Dates During This Tour. In May 2009 The Band Traveled To Europe For A Series Of Gigs Opening For Counting Crows And The Hold Steady. Blind Pilot Returned To The U.S. In June To Join The Decemberists On The Road As Their Opening Act. They Followed This Run With Another Tour Of Clubs In The Northeast Mid-West And Canada. In May 2009 And 2012 Blind Pilot Performed At The Sasquatch! Music Festival At The Gorge Amphitheatre In George Washington. In August 2009 The Band Performed At The Lollapalooza Music Festival In Chicago Illinois And The Outside Lands Music And Arts Festival In San Francisco California. On December 29 2009 The Band Released An ITunes Only Live EP. This EP Featured A Cover Of Gillian Welch's "Look At Miss Ohio". The EP Also Included New Versions Of Previously Released Songs Along With A New Song Titled "Get It Out". The EP Was Mixed And Recorded By Tucker Martine Who Has Also Mixed For The Decemberists Death Cab For Cutie And R.E.M.. Blind Pilot Also Participated In ITunes Live From SoHo In April 2009 But Chose Not To Release The Recordings. Blind Pilot Completed A Tour In July 2011 That Included Five Colorado Stops In Winter Park SolShine Festival And Smokin Moe's Boulder Chautauqua W/ Josh Ritter Telluride Sheridan Opera House And Aspen Belly Up As Well As Salt Lake And Santa Fe. Their Second Full-Length Album We Are The Tide Was Released In September 2011. On August 3 2012 The Band Performed In The Lollapalooza 2012 Festival At Grant Park IL Chicago. Drummer Ryan Dobrowski Did The Artwork For Both 3 Rounds And A Sound And We Are The Tide. Discography
3 Rounds And A Sound 2009 ITunes-Session EP 2009 We Are The Tide 2011 read less