Peter Joseph Yorn (born July 27, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first gained international recognition after his debut record, ''
Musicforthemorningafter
''Musicforthemorningafter'' is the debut album by Pete Yorn, released on March 27, 2001, through Columbia Records.
Reception
The album was well received by critics. MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic wrote, "The year 2001 belonged to Yorn, and his c ...
'', was released to critical and commercial acclaim in 2001. He is known for playing the bulk of the instruments on his records.
Spin magazine
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Histor ...
, in a career retrospective article dated March 26, 2021, recognized Yorn as one of his generation's best songwriters. Yorn’s 10th full length album, Hawaii, was released on June 17, 2022.
Early life
Yorn was born in
Pompton Plains, New Jersey
Pompton Plains is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the majority of Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It is in the valley of the Pompton River, which forms the eastern border of the community, the townshi ...
, and raised Jewish in
Montville, New Jersey
Montville is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 21,528, reflecting an increase of 689 (+3.3%) from the 20,839 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in tu ...
, the son of Joan, a former school teacher and real estate agent, and Lawrence K. Yorn, a retired dentist and former Captain in the United States Army. Yorn attended
Montville Township High School
Montville Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Montville Township, in suburban Morris County, United States. The school was founded in 1971 and serves students in ninth through twelfth grades as the ...
. Yorn graduated from
Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...
in 1996. His brother Rick is a major talent manager in Hollywood, and was responsible for teaching nine-year-old Pete to play the drums. His eldest brother
Kevin Yorn
Kevin Brett Yorn (born July 4, 1965) is an American entertainment attorney who co-founded Yorn Barnes Levine Entertainment Law Firm where he is managing partner.
Early life and education
Yorn is an alumnus of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA ...
is an entertainment lawyer.
Yorn mentions the Nova Scotia band
Sloan as one with great influence on him, even admitting after seeing them live in 1999, he was so blown away by their talent that he wondered whether it would be worth continuing to even pursue his debut album. Sloan would later tour with Yorn in the US.
Breakthrough
''musicforthemorningafter''
Yorn released his debut LP, entitled ''
musicforthemorningafter
''Musicforthemorningafter'' is the debut album by Pete Yorn, released on March 27, 2001, through Columbia Records.
Reception
The album was well received by critics. MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic wrote, "The year 2001 belonged to Yorn, and his c ...
'', on March 27, 2001. It went gold on the strength of the album's lead single, "
Life on a Chain
''Musicforthemorningafter'' is the debut album by Pete Yorn, released on March 27, 2001, through Columbia Records.
Reception
The album was well received by critics. MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic wrote, "The year 2001 belonged to Yorn, and his c ...
."
Rolling Stone
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Magazine named Yorn one of "Ten
rtiststo Watch in 2001" and gave the album a favorable four-star rating. Yorn and his band "Dirty Bird" toured for 18 months straight in support of his debut record.
Yorn went on to release the 2003 album ''
Day I Forgot
''Day I Forgot'' is the second studio album by Pete Yorn, released on April 15, 2003. It contained the single "Come Back Home," and featured R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck on a number of tracks. The album peaked at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 Alb ...
'' which had sold over 275,000 copies in the United States as of 2005
[ and scored a third radio hit with the song " Come Back Home." Q Magazine, in its 4 star review, described the record as simply "wonderful". The record also featured "Crystal Village", and "Turn of The Century". The latter was featured in the 2004 film '' The Girl Next Door''. On the heels of the extensive 'Day I Forgot' tour, Yorn released a double live album, "LIVE From New Jersey", which was recorded at the Community Theater in Morristown, New Jersey.
In 2006, Yorn released his third album, '' Nightcrawler'' and toured extensively in support of it. He preceded every show with an instore acoustic appearance at an indie record shop in the town he was passing through. All of these instore performances were recorded, thus creating an extensive series of Live EP's. (complete list of instore EP's below). Nightcrawler was named one of the top 20 records of 2006 by Paste magazine.
]
The Trilogy
Pete Yorn's third studio release, '' Nightcrawler'', completes a conceptual trilogy of sorts, which spans his first three albums (EPs not included); beginning in the morning with the ''musicforthemorningafter
''Musicforthemorningafter'' is the debut album by Pete Yorn, released on March 27, 2001, through Columbia Records.
Reception
The album was well received by critics. MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic wrote, "The year 2001 belonged to Yorn, and his c ...
'' LP, continuing through the day with the ''Day I Forgot
''Day I Forgot'' is the second studio album by Pete Yorn, released on April 15, 2003. It contained the single "Come Back Home," and featured R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck on a number of tracks. The album peaked at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 Alb ...
'' LP, and arriving at nightfall with the ''Nightcrawler'' LP.
In September 2006, in an interview with silentuproar.com, Yorn elaborated on his true intentions behind the trilogy, remarking that it was at least partially a conscious trilogy but wasn't meant to be taken too seriously: "I didn't mean like a ''Star Wars'' trilogy where it's one story at all." Yorn expressed that the "trilogy" was more of a diary of sorts; a person gaining new life experiences and simply commenting on them in linear order. "So it's a sort of continuing analysis of those topics, and the ''Nightcrawler'' LP would represent a later phase," Yorn said.
Subsequent releases
In 2008, Pete Yorn recorded with Frank Black and released a new song, entitled "American Blues Vol. 1." A music video was shot for the single, and the song itself was released for free on Yorn's official website for a short period of time. Concerning the song, Yorn has said "I wrote American Blues Vol. 1. on the 4th of July after reading the morning paper. It's unlike any song I've ever written. I was moved by how much negativity I was reading about and how even groups were boycotting Independence Day because they were so disgusted with the state of our Nation. I was hoping things would improve...they obviously haven't yet...but I know they will in time."
Yorn appears on Canadian artist Matthew Good
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's 2009 album ''Vancouver'' performing backing vocals.
"Can't Hear Anyone," a song that Yorn wrote during the '' Nightcrawler'' sessions, was used for a Mercedes-Benz commercial and was released as a digital single on March 31, 2009.
Columbia Records released his Mike Mogis-produced album, entitled '' Back and Fourth'' on June 23, 2009.
Yorn toured with Coldplay as an opening act through summer 2009 and collaborated with actress/musician Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (; born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. The world's highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, she has featured multiple times on the ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100 list. ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 100 ...
to record a project entitled ''Break Up
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''. The album was released on September 15, 2009, and its first single—"Relator
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"—was released digitally on May 26, 2009. The record has since gone platinum in France.
Yorn released a self-titled album on September 28, 2010. This record was released by Vagrant Records, and produced by Frank Black of The Pixies. It received a favorable 8/10 stars in ''Spin'' magazine and 4/5 stars in Mojo. He toured North America and Europe in support of this record February 14 − June 12, 2011.
In November 2012, Santa Monica-based radio station KCRW began spinning songs from a new record by a band called The Olms
The Olms is a two-member musical group made up of singer-songwriter Pete Yorn and J.D. King. Their debut self-titled album debuted at #4 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers.
History
Yorn and King originally met through Linda Ramone, a mutual friend ...
. DJ Jason Bentley has reported that Yorn is indeed a founding member of this group. On January 8, 2013, NPR's flagship station KCRW released a track by The Olms titled, "Wanna Feel It." The Olms' self-titled debut album was released on June 4, 2013 by the newly relaunched Harvest Records
Harvest Records is a British-American record label belonging to Capitol Music Group, originally created by EMI in 1969.
History
Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music, and to compete with Philips' Vertigo ...
.
On September 15, 2013, Yorn and The Olms performed along with Vampire Weekend at the iTunes Festival in London. An EP was released of the performance in conjunction with a documentary centered around their first tour which premiered on November 12, 2013. Allmusic.com in its 4 star review of The Olms had this to say: "...an excellent album by two guys who have discovered the transformative power that can be derived from collaboration".
On November 6, 2015 in a statement to fans, Yorn announced that he had signed to Capitol Records and would be releasing his sixth studio album, ''ArrangingTime
''ArrangingTime'' is a 2016 studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Pete Yorn, released on Capitol Records.
Critical reception
''ArrangingTime'' received generally favorable reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. I ...
'' in early 2016.
In 2018, Yorn once again collaborated with Johansson
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The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch var ...
on a new EP, ''Apart'', their first such project since working together on 2009's Break Up
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. In an interview with Forbes, Yorn remarked on how much the album, contrasted with the previous collaboration, provides perspective on how his life changed in the past decade, while Johansson teased a third album presumably to be released in the late 2020s.
On August 9, 2019 Yorn released his seventh solo full-length album '' Caretakers'' via his new label Shelly Music. It was produced by Pete Yorn and Jackson Phillips of Day Wave
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. Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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gave ''Caretakers'' four stars in his All Music Guide
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review, calling it "...an appealing blend that sets it apart from most other albums in 2019". The first single from ''Caretakers'', "Calm Down", reached #2 on the Mediabase AAA radio chart, almost 19 years after his debut single "Life on a Chain" went all the way to #1 and stayed there for 6 weeks back in 2001.
''Pete Yorn Live at the Troubadour''
''Pete Yorn Live at the Troubadour'' was released digitally and on CD via Bandcamp
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on May 14, 2020.
''Pete Yorn: Live at the Fonda''
Released on August 29, 2020 ''Pete Yorn: Live at the Fonda'' is a digital and CD double live release on Bandcamp
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. The package comes with a concert film shot by director and longtime collaborator Jim Wright (at the same show as the album on August 28, 2009). Covers during the set include Bruce Springsteen
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's "Hungry Heart
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" and New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle
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".
''Pete Yorn Sings the Classics''
On January 15, 2021, Shelly Records released ''Pete Yorn Sings the Classics'', a full-length record of cover songs. It starts with his version of the Pixies
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"Here Comes Your Man
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" and ends with the classic "Moon River
"Moon River" is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (film), Breakfast at Tiffany's'', winning an Academy Award for Best Original ...
" (originally recorded in 1961). Liz Phair
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, Rami Jaffee
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(Foo Fighters
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, Wallflowers) and Tim Walker
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Walker was born in England in 1970. His interest in photography bega ...
(Minibar) are some of the guest musicians on the 10 song studio album. Yorn made the record with longtime friend and fellow musician/producer Marc "Doc" Dauer. The record was initially released on CD and digital formats through Pete's Bandcamp store. Vinyl release is expected for Record Store Day in the Spring of 2021. Writer Jim Beviglia at American Songwriter called it an "outstanding new covers album" and added "The affection and care that Yorn holds for the chosen material show up early and often in ''Pete Yorn Sings the Classics''." On January 19, 2021 Pete performed the song " They Don't Know" which was written by Kirsty MacColl
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on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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.
Collaborations
Guitarist Peter Buck
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of the band R.E.M.
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has made appearances on several Pete Yorn recordings, including instrumentation on the single version of "Strange Condition
"Strange Condition" is a song by American musician Pete Yorn. Produced and recorded by R. Walt Vincent and Brad Wood, it appears on his first studio album ''Musicforthemorningafter''. It also appears on Yorn's 2000 '' Sunset EP'' as well as on the ...
" and a number of songs from the ''Day I Forgot
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'' LP. Yorn has worked with producers R. Walt Vincent
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Grandson of recording pioneer George Robert Vincent, fo ...
, Brad Wood
Brad Wood is an American record producer located in Los Angeles. He has produced many albums, including Liz Phair's ''Exile in Guyville'' and Placebo's debut.
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, and Ken Andrews
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of Failure
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and Year of the Rabbit
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, in addition to several other producers including Scott Litt
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, Butch Walker
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and Sonic Youth
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producer Don Fleming.
Yorn has shared bills with the Dave Matthews Band
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, R.E.M.
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, Crowded House
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, Foo Fighters
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, Weezer
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, Coldplay
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, The Dixie Chicks
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, Semisonic
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, and Sunny Day Real Estate
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, among others.
Yorn has played at Carnegie Hall on two occasions as part of tributes to Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. Yorn gave the 2011 commencement address to the Visual and Performing Arts class at his alma mater, Syracuse University.
Yorn can be heard on Guided by Voices' 2007 Live From Austin Texas album, singing back up and sporadic leads on "Cut Out Witch." Robert Pollard
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says after the song that he hopes it "doesn't ruin orn'scareer."
Yorn's song, "Lose You" can be heard just before the ending credits of the episode "Simple Explanation
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" during Kutner's funeral on the Fox
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show ''House, MD
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''.
Yorn has collaborated twice with actress/singer Scarlett Johansson: first in 2009's Break Up and again with 2018's Apart. The pair have suggested a third album can be expected after another 10 years.
Discography
Albums
Live albums
*'' Live at the Roxy'' (2001) #131 US
*''Live from New Jersey
''Live from New Jersey'' is a live album released by Pete Yorn in 2004.
It was recorded in Fall 2003 and actually had been available through Yorn's website since January of that year, but now has an "official" release. This release gives a full c ...
'' (2004)
*''Pete Yorn Live at the Troubadour'' (2020)
*''Pete Yorn: Live at the Fonda'' (2020)
EPs
*''Sunset'' (2000)
*''Westerns'' (2006)
*''You & Me Acoustic: Live from...'' (2006)
*''Live from SoHo'' (iTunes-exclusive) (2007)
*''The Demos: Garage Sessions Vol. 1'' (2009)
*''Paradise Cove'' (2009)
*''Apart'' (with Scarlett Johansson
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) (2018)
Singles
Non-album tracks
*"Hunter Green" – ''Trampoline Records Greatest Hits Vol. 1''
*"Suspicious Minds
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" (Dusk Version) – "Suspicious Minds" CD Single
*"Suspicious Minds" (Dawn Version) – "Suspicious Minds" CD Single
*"I Feel Good Again" – ''Trampoline Records Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' and '' Concert Series Volume 1''
*"Do They Know It's Christmas?
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" – ''The Year They Recalled Santa Claus
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''
*"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
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...
" – '' We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to the Ramones
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''
*"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
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" (Buzzcocks
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cover) – ''Shrek 2
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'' soundtrack
*"Red Right Hand
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" – ''Hellboy
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'' soundtrack
*"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
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" – '' Just like Heaven'' soundtrack
*"Skinny, Mean Man" – Say Anything Say Anything may refer to:
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's ''In Defense of the Genre
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''
*"It Never Rains in Southern California
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Michael Edward Hazlewood (24 December 1941 – 6 May 2001) " '' Stuck on You'' soundtrack
*"Undercover" – ''Spider-Man
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'' soundtrack
*"I Belong" – '' Open Season'' soundtrack
*"Where the Streets Have No Name
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," "Alice in My Fantasies," "I Feel Good Again," and "Chimes of Freedom" – '' Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1''
*"Splendid Isolation" – '' Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon''
Videography
*"June" (2001), directed by Steven Orrit
*"For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)," directed by Malik Sayeed
*"Life on a Chain" (2001), directed by Samuel Bayer
Samuel David Bayer (born February 17, 1962) is an American Visual arts, visual artist, cinematographer, and commercial, music video and film director. Bayer was born in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts ...
*"Strange Condition" (2002), directed by Marcos Siega
*"Come Back Home" (2004), directed by AV Club
*"Crystal Village" (2004), directed by AV Club
*"For Us" (2006), directed by Robert Hales
*"American Blues Vol. 1 (2009)
*"Sans Fear" (2010), directed by Eric Ernest Johnson
*"Lost Weekend" (2016)
Backing band
Yorn's last touring band was composed of members of the indie dream-pop band Day Wave.
Previous bands have included…
*Joe Kennedy – piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
, keyboards
Keyboard may refer to:
Text input
* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
, and harmonica
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...
*Scott Seiver – drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
*John Spiker – bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
Yorn's Back & Fourth touring band was:
*Max Goldblatt – tambourine
The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...
*Joe Kennedy – piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
, keyboards
Keyboard may refer to:
Text input
* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
, and harmonica
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...
*Mark Noseworthy – guitar
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*Jonny Polonsky – guitar and mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
*Scott Seiver – drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
*Zak Schaffer – bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
Pete Yorn's Nightcrawler era touring band was Minibar, hailing from Britain and including the following members:
*Malcolm Cross – drums
*Sid Jordan – bass guitar and backing vocals
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...
*Joe Kennedy – piano, guitar, and backing vocals (not part of Minibar)
*Simon Petty – backing vocals and guitar
*Tim Walker – guitars
Pete Yorn's former backing band went by the name Dirty Bird and includes the following members:
*Luke Adams – drums
*Terry Borden – bass guitar and backing vocals
*Jason Johnson – guitar
*Joe Kennedy – piano, guitar, backing vocals
*R. Walt Vincent – bass guitar
*Scot Coogan – drums
Pete Yorn's "eternal bandmates":
*Joe Kennedy – piano, guitar, and backing vocals
*WAZ – bass guitar, guitar, and back vocals
*Rick Yorn – drums
References
External links
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Pete Yorn Interview on Silent Uproar
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1974 births
American folk guitarists
American male guitarists
American folk singers
American harmonica players
American rock guitarists
American rock songwriters
American rock singers
Columbia Records artists
Jewish American musicians
Living people
Singer-songwriters from New Jersey
Montville Township High School alumni
People from Montville, New Jersey
People from Pequannock Township, New Jersey
Syracuse University alumni
The Minus 5 members
Vagrant Records artists
Jewish folk singers
20th-century American male singers
20th-century American singers
21st-century American male singers
21st-century American singers
20th-century American guitarists
Capitol Records artists
Rhino Records artists
Warner Records artists
Guitarists from New Jersey
21st-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American Jews
American male singer-songwriters