About

"One Man Band of Gypsies" represents a new musical chapter for solo artist / jack of all trades Logan Kendell. His first full length album since 2002's "Beautiful Gray Sky" which was described as "The soundtrack to a broken heart", and "The perfect album for a rainy day", "One Man Band of Gypsies" is described as " An eclectic combination of indie pop, rock & roll, folk, hippie harmonies, surf guitar, and island music. An escapist excursion for landlocked beach bums everywhere. " and it is exactly that.

"I grew upon a farm in Idaho" Logan says " My dad introduced me to Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Jimmy Buffett, Crosby Still Nash & Young, and Bob Marley. My mom's influence was on the softer folk side, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Carol King, and so on. I honestly didn't even realize for most of my early years that the music I was listening to wasn't current, which was alright as it was the 80's and I don't think I missed much. I started doing Elvis impersonations when I was around 8 or 9. From there I found Rockabilly and Surf."

“I played in several punk and ska and reggae bands throughout High School and college, occasionally jamming with some old hippies playing classic rock, blues, or oldies. Then one of my band mates introduced me to the world of multitrack recording."

Logan's most recent album is the successful combination of his varied influences. "California" combines Crosby Stills Nash & Young like harmonies with a modern rock drum line, indie folk banjo accompaniment, and a surf guitar solo that would make Dick Dale proud, all melding so seamlessly as to barely draw attention to the fact that none of the above should fit together. "Naive" grows from a distant ambient harmony into a roaring, dreamlike, epic. One highlight from the album, a cover "Kiss The girl" from Disney's "The Little Mermaid" combines wall of sound production, classic reverb heavy guitar twang, Hawaiian style ukulele, full symphonic orchestra, and smoothly crooned vocals.

"The most challenging thing about doing everything on your own is that the only time you hear the finished song is when you've finished the recording" Logan says, on being the sole singer, songwriter, musician, and producer of the album. "I would go into a song thinking I knew how it would sound in the end, but each song would take several weeks to complete, one instrument, and one track at a time. Almost every track evolved and developed into something entirely different than expected. That's what I love most about doing this though. I no longer feel like I'm trying to say something with my music. I feel like I'm trying to learn what the music wants to say, and that feels pretty groovy."