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Bobby Long
Also Playing: Samantha Stollenwerck
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Tue Nov 17
9 pm
Bobby Long and Samantha Stollenwerck at 2017 13th St.
His spare, acoustic ballads, gravelly voice, and prodigious harmonica blowing may not be enough to distinguish Britain’s young Bobby Long from other Dylan-esque folk-revivalists like Conor Oberst or The Felice Brothers—but then, none of those guys are buddies with actor Robert Pattinson. The Twilight star got his friend’s lonesome ballad “Let Me Sign” on the extended version of the film’s soundtrack, and as with anything associated with the emo-pire juggernaut, it launched him full-force into a world of screaming, crying teenage fans before he’d even released an album. He quickly rectified that with a 10-song bedroom recording, Dirty Pond Songs, designed as a stopgap to keep fans on the hook while he works on a more polished official debut. In a way, Twilight could wind up a burden for Long: He's far more compelling than the teen-vamp connection might suggest.
2017 13th St. 2017 13th St., Denver/Boulder, CO
His spare, acoustic ballads, gravelly voice, and prodigious harmonica blowing may not be enough to distinguish Britain’s young Bobby Long from other Dylan-esque folk-revivalists like Conor Oberst or The Felice Brothers—but then, none of those guys are buddies with actor Robert Pattinson. The Twilight star got his friend’s lonesome ballad “Let Me Sign” on the extended version of the film’s soundtrack, and as with anything associated with the emo-pire juggernaut, it launched him full-force into a world of screaming, crying teenage fans before he’d even released an album. He quickly rectified that with a 10-song bedroom recording, Dirty Pond Songs, designed as a stopgap to keep fans on the hook while he works on a more polished official debut. In a way, Twilight could wind up a burden for Long: He's far more compelling than the teen-vamp connection might suggest.
Updated 01/31/2011
