Ian Moore (musician)
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Ian Moore is a guitarist and singer-songwriter
from Austin, Texas
. He studied fiddle as a child, but switched to guitar when wrist problems interfered. His music contains elements of folk
, rock and roll
, world music
, and blues
. After playing guitar in Joe Ely
's touring band and appearing on one studio album, he spent time in Austin with his own group, first Ian Moore and Moment's Notice, then The Ian Moore Band. Prior to Luminaria's release, he moved to Vashon Island
, located in Puget Sound
near Seattle in the State of Washington, where portions of "To Be Loved" were recorded in his home studio.
Covers from "Green Grass", which was his first non-Capricorn based album, include Jimmy Cliff's
"Many Rivers to Cross", the Beatles'
"Hey Bulldog
," and Bob Dylan's
"You're a Big Girl Now." He has played with such musicians as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan
, and ZZ Top
, and appeared in Billy Bob Thornton's
movie Sling Blade
.
Ian recently announced that he is now playing guitar with Jason Mraz
on his upcoming 2010 fall tour.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
from Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. He studied fiddle as a child, but switched to guitar when wrist problems interfered. His music contains elements of folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
, and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
. After playing guitar in Joe Ely
Joe Ely
Joe Ely is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll....
's touring band and appearing on one studio album, he spent time in Austin with his own group, first Ian Moore and Moment's Notice, then The Ian Moore Band. Prior to Luminaria's release, he moved to Vashon Island
Vashon Island
Vashon is a census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon-Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10,624 at the 2010 census. At , it is about 60 percent larger...
, located in Puget Sound
Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...
near Seattle in the State of Washington, where portions of "To Be Loved" were recorded in his home studio.
Covers from "Green Grass", which was his first non-Capricorn based album, include Jimmy Cliff's
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff, OM is a Jamaican musician, singer and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences...
"Many Rivers to Cross", the Beatles'
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
"Hey Bulldog
Hey Bulldog
"Hey Bulldog" is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album in 1969. Primarily by John Lennon , and finished in the studio by Lennon and McCartney, the song was recorded during the filming of the "Lady Madonna" promotional video, and like "Lady Madonna" is...
," and Bob Dylan's
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
"You're a Big Girl Now." He has played with such musicians as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, and ZZ Top
ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...
, and appeared in Billy Bob Thornton's
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone...
movie Sling Blade
Sling Blade
Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film set in rural Arkansas, written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars in the lead role. It tells the story of a mentally impaired man named Karl Childers who is released from a psychiatric hospital, where he has lived since killing his mother...
.
Ian recently announced that he is now playing guitar with Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
on his upcoming 2010 fall tour.
Albums
- Ian MooreIan Moore (album)Ian Moore is the eponymous debut album by Ian Moore and was released in 1993 .-Track listing:All songs by Ian Moore, except where noted#"Nothing" - 5:16#"Revelation" - 4:34#"Satisfied" - 4:15#"Blue Sky" - 5:56...
(1993) - Live from AustinLive from Austin (Ian Moore album)Live from Austin is the first live recording by Ian Moore, released in 1994 .-Track listing:All songs by Ian Moore, except where noted# "Pay No Mind" - 5:19# "Satisfied" - 5:17# "Deliver Me" - 6:47...
(1994) - Modernday FolkloreModernday FolkloreModernday Folklore is the second studio album by Ian Moore and was released in 1995 . The album peaked at #14 on Billboards Top Heatseekers chart.- Track listing :All songs by Ian Moore, except where noted...
(1995) - Ian Moore's Got the Green Grass (1998)
- And All the Colors... (2000)
- Via Satellite (2001)
- LuminariaLuminaria (album)Luminaria is the sixth studio album by Ian Moore and was released in 2004 .-Track listing:All songs by Ian Moore, except where noted#"What I've Done" - 3:56#"Caroline" - 7:13#"New Day" - 3:24...
(2004) - To Be Loved (2007)
- El Sonido Nuevo (2010)
- The First Third (2011)