Commoner
With a sound that would love to wade in the stream with Wilco, Gillian Welch and Townes Van Zandt, Commoner plays sweet, sad songs to close your eyes to.
Virgil Shaw
Virgil Shaw is a singer and a songwriter and a painter in San Francisco California.
Virgil grew up in Fairfax, California. He began his career in Arcata, CA in the late 1980s as a member of the high energy speed-pop band Brent's T.V. He later moved to San Francisco where he played in the band Dieselhed from 1992 to 2000. When Dieselhed disbanded, Shaw began to perform and record as a solo artist, sometimes with the help of his backing band that he named "The Killer Views". After living for a time in New York City, and then in Portland, Oregon, he is once again based in San Francisco.
He has released three solo records. "Quad Cities", in 2000, "Still Falling", in 2002, and New Mid City in December 2013 , recorded mostly live with his band, and engineered and produced by Kelley Stoltz.
Commoner
With a sound that would love to wade in the stream with Wilco, Gillian Welch and Townes Van Zandt, Commoner plays sweet, sad songs to close your eyes to.
Virgil Shaw
Virgil Shaw is a singer and a songwriter and a painter in San Francisco California.
Virgil grew up in Fairfax, California. He began his career in Arcata, CA in the late 1980s as a member of the high energy speed-pop band Brent's T.V. He later moved to San Francisco where he played in the band Dieselhed from 1992 to 2000. When Dieselhed disbanded, Shaw began to perform and record as a solo artist, sometimes with the help of his backing band that he named "The Killer Views". After living for a time in New York City, and then in Portland, Oregon, he is once again based in San Francisco.
He has released three solo records. "Quad Cities", in 2000, "Still Falling", in 2002, and New Mid City in December 2013 , recorded mostly live with his band, and engineered and produced by Kelley Stoltz.
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