{"id":7439,"date":"2011-10-21T16:05:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=7439"},"modified":"2011-10-21T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:10:17","slug":"long-live-the-long-winters-and-john-roderick-seattles-city-arts-fest-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-10\/long-live-the-long-winters-and-john-roderick-seattles-city-arts-fest-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Live The Long Winters (and John Roderick)–Seattle’s “City Arts Fest” This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you were in Seattle Thursday night, we hope you attended The Heineken “City Arts Fest” <\/strong>and caught the set by one of our favorites, The Long Winters<\/strong>.\u00a0 The City Arts Fest continues through Saturday–you can check out the schedule HERE<\/strong><\/a> (Ryan Adams,<\/strong> Built to Spill, Shabazz Palaces <\/strong>tonight; The Hold Steady, Mudhoney, Shelby Lynne<\/strong> on Saturday).<\/p>\n

Despite the uber-cheezy, local-talk-show surroundings in the video below, check out band leader, John Roderick<\/strong> (one of America’s best songwriters and hilarious funnyman) and one of the band’s other original members, Sean Nelson<\/strong> (former singer for Harvey Danger<\/strong>).\u00a0 They perform an acoustic version of the new (anti-bullying?) song, New Girl<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 It’s the usual great songwriting and harmonies we’ve come to expect from The Long Winters (never a more appropriate name for a Seattle band).\u00a0 If you have time after the duet, there’s some humorous repartee with the hostess.<\/p>\n