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"Iron & Wine is the stage and recording name for Florida singer-songwriter Sam Beam. Raised in South Carolina, Beam released his first album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, on the Sub Pop label in 2002. Beam wrote, performed, recorded, and produced every track on the album by himself at a studio in his home. Featuring acoustic guitars, banjo, and slide guitar, the album's music has been compared, variously, to that of Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, Elliott Smith, John Fahey and Ralph Stanley. It is often characterized as alt-country, progressive folk, or indie folk, and lyrical themes often follow a Southern Gothic paradigm.

In 2003 The Sea & The Rhythm was released, an EP collecting other home-recorded tracks along the same lines as those on the debut. Beam's sophomore album, Our Endless Numbered Days (2004), was recorded in a professional studio with a significant increase in fidelity. The focus was still on acoustic material, but the inclusion of other band members gave rise to a very different sound. Beam released an EP titled Woman King in February 2005. Woman King expanded on the studio sounds that marked his previous LP, Our Endless Numbered Days and also included electric guitars. Each track featured a spiritual female figure and had subtle biblical undertones, although Beam has said in interviews that he is agnostic.

The EP In the Reins, a collaboration with Calexico, was released in September 2005. Calexico, based in Arizona, brought a southern and at times latin feel to Sam Beam's songwriting. Beam wrote all of the songs for the album, but Calexico's sound is quite apparent. Several tracks feature brass, a very new sound for Beam's music, which is usually led by acoustic guitar."

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Oct 5, 2008 - Bimbo's 365 Club	ira