JamesSasser.com
JamesSasser.com
Contact
E-mail: sassermusic@hotmail.com
Phone: 971.235.2051
Address: 742 NW Adwick Drive Beaverton, OR 97006
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Shows
May 30 2008 ( Friday ) River City Saloon(The Heads of Animals) Hood River, OR
Jun 21 2008 ( Saturday ) Private Party Sandy, OR
New & Reviews
Fall EP 2007 - (Oct 15 2007)
The Fall EP 2007 done! To get yourself a copy, go to the contact page and email the band. This the first of a yearly and free offering to suppliment your musical nut... [ More ]
Failing Records Compilation - (Apr 21 2007)
"Chinatown" from The Melcliff will be included on Failing Records Compilation of Portland Volume 4! These are great compilations and we're excited for its release on A... [ More ]
Miles of Music - (Apr 15 2007)
The Melcliff is now up on a great site called Miles of Music. Check it out! You'll find tons of great folk/country/roots/americana rock bands here.
Here's the link: ... [ More ]
Biography ( MadLibs )
He's done all styles of singing - country and western, blues, ballads, Spanish and gospel - all with highly gratifying results. Now James Sasser goes psychedelic, and the versatility that is the hallmark of this great singer shines through like the glimmering moon over Waikiki. This bi-polar singer of he-man ballads has injected his own unique artistry into the warm swaying music of The Rose City and has conjured up visions of an alley way, Plaid Pantry and other exotic locales that are but dreams to most of us.
All of the well known and well loved songs of the "Melcliff" are here, "Your Side of the Stone", "Practical Pistol", "Ivory", "Radio Cab", numbers which seem to take on a personal significance. For it was here as a youthful sailor in World War II that James Sasser first became acquainted with Portland apartment living. This sentimental attachment becomes literally heartbreaking in his "Chinatown" and "Drugstore Blues", both farewells to paradise. It is another Eden that James sings about: The people so intoxicated and gracious, the way of life so irresistible, the romance of staying, the agony of leaving.