Big Wide Room

Artist Information

Biography

Big Wide Room brings into an exceptional musical alchemy the diverse talents of Mark Davis, Brett Perkins and David Zink.

Each member comes to the trio as a veteran performing songwriter with a strikingly different voice, vision and critically-praised body of work.

Playing a "California Sound" strain of folk-rock and Americana pop, together they have crafted songs that rise to themes of spirit, life and passion.

Audience raves regularly describe this fusion of talents as "awesome...greater than the sum of the parts..."

Performing on guitars and percussion with interwoven harmonies, Big Wide Room has drawn early comparisons to Crosby, Stills & Nash, Counting Crows and The Beatles.

Mark Davis
Voted Orange County's Album of the Decade by the Los Angeles Times "Four stars out of four stars for you came screaming". Getting at large truths with songs full of human-scale detail and unsentamentalized beauty. A profound, intense, varied, and splendidly melodic pop-rock album that would have been hailed as an instant classic if a major star had made it."-- Los Angeles Times

Brett Perkins
1st place winner of the Great American Song Contest Pop Category, Australian Song Contest International Pop Category, with 9 albums and 34 countries toured thus far, numerous tv and film placements including MTV's Road Rules and 'Anna Pihl', several national radio singles and numerous active co-writes with Boo Hewerdine, Tom Kimmel, Teitur, Kevin Welch and many more. "Pop/folk songs that embrace the listener like a warm blanket on a cold winters day" - B.T. (DK)


David Zink
With an eclectic blend of genres – acoustic folk, rock, blues, gospel, country, jazz and world beat influences – this former New Christy Minstrels member with four studio albums to his credit has developed a style that is at once distinctive and familiar, intelligent, earnest and playful. Known for his agile voice, splendid guitar artistry and adventurous songcraft. Fans regularly compare him to Bruce Cockburn, Richard Thompson and Mark Cohn. "There's a burning soulfulness about his music that's utterly compelling." - Pasadena Weekly

Instrumentation

David Zink - Guitar, keys, Percussion, Vocal, melodica.
Mark Davis - Guitar, keys, Percussion, Vocal
Brett Perkins - Guitar, Percussion, Vocal

Discography

Big Wide Room

2013 Infinite Distance
2011 Looking Back

Mark Davis
2011 because there's nothing outside
2004 You Came Screaming
2001 Immaculate

Brett Perkins
2012 It Just Won't Be Christmas Now (Single)
2012 Second Hand Pieces (The Pawnshop Preachers)
2009 Red Light, Green Light, Go
2008 When You Gonna Figure It Out (Single)
2007 Ed & Bettys' (Single)
2006 Closer (Single)
2003 Danish Weather
2000 Last Bus Home
1998 Staring At The Sun
1995 Acoustic Collection II
1991 Acoustic Collection I
1986 New Accelerated World (Single)
1984 The Sneaks: Success The Hard Way (EP)
1981 The Sneaks: Sneak Preview (EP)
1980 VandePerk (Single)

David Zink

2010 Way Of Granite
2010 PopZinkle
1999 Pyro
1991 Carnival of Stars

Official Website

http://www.bigwideroom.com

Links

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Official Band Site
• Reverbnation

Audio

• Elemental
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• Infinite Distance
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• I Can't Hate You Now
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• Never Naked Enough MP3
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• Common Ground MP3
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• Looking Back MP3
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• Dont Know How To Get Through MP3
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Lyrics

• Looking Back
• Common Ground
• I Can't Hate You Now
• Never Naked Enough
• Don't Know How To Get Through
• Elemental
• Infinite Distance

Video

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Press

• Close harmony vocals' where all the press compares with the music of "Crowded House","Counting Crows" and "Crosby, Stills & Nash'.. [+ Show ]
  

  “Stylistically three gentlemen of the 'Edited' operate in the folk and pop rock genre with songs tha...“Stylistically three gentlemen of the 'Edited' operate in the folk and pop rock genre with songs that they sing in vocal harmony accompanied by acoustic guitar, a harmonica and some loose percussion instruments and 'close harmony vocals' where all the press compares with the music of "Crowded House","Counting Crows" and "Crosby, Stills & Nash'...”
  Freddy Celis - ROOTSTIME, Belgium
  

• It reminds me of the 70's California sound , THE sound that brought me to the American music... [+ Show ]
  

  “It reminds me of the 70's California sound , THE sound that brought me to the American music...a ...
  “It reminds me of the 70's California sound , THE sound that brought me to the American music...a sound that always moves me...you have perfectly integrated all the ingredients but your beautiful harmony vocals on these catching melodies go beyond and you show a real musical personality...” Mike Penard
  
  

• Great melody lines, compelling arrangements, fine lyrics and amazing harmonies [+ Show ]
  

  “Edited’s Looking Back recalls the days before the three local alumni went global. There are great m...“Edited’s Looking Back recalls the days before the three local alumni went global. There are great melody lines, compelling arrangements, fine lyrics and amazing harmonies. All the more remarkable with members scattered from Denmark to Northern California to the San Gabriel Valley. ”
  Larry Wines, Americana Music Report
  
  
  
  

• Great songs and wonderful vocal harmonies. [+ Show ]
  

  “Great songs and wonderful vocal harmonies. Last year I went to a Crosby, Stills and Nash concert an...“Great songs and wonderful vocal harmonies. Last year I went to a Crosby, Stills and Nash concert and your music reminds me of theirs. And some of your songs reminds me of The Beatles (Paul McCartney). ” - Ben Vanhoegaerden
  

• I REALLY like this group
  

  “I REALLY like this group. Wonderful, unique songs and Beautiful harmonies. ”

• “An exciting trio, each of which are brilliant musicians.” [+ Show ]
  

  “An exciting trio, each of which are brilliant musicians.” Songwriters Circle - Club Dexter, Odense...“An exciting trio, each of which are brilliant musicians.”
  Songwriters Circle - Club Dexter, Odense, DK
  

Setlist

40 Minutes

Basic Requirements

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