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One Trick Pony
12+ albums
under 2000 listeners
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There are, at least, two artists known by this name: 1) American band One Trick Pony 2) Dutch singer-songwriter One Trick Pony. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) American band One Trick Pony: Randolph Williams III - guitar + vox Jenny Teixeira - drums + background vox with accompaniment by: Charlene Huang - violin Josh Solberg - bass Singer-songwriter/guitarist Randolph Williams III formed One Trick Pony in 2003. For the next three years, he and then-manager, Jenny Teixeira, journeyed through a revolving door of band members, while the band played some of L.A.’s most influential independent music venues. In 2007, after years of filling in for absent drummers, Jenny put away her datebook and Rolodex to take her rightful place behind the drums. One Trick Pony is known as much for its stripped down, eclectic arrangements as for its stark, straight-faced tales of drinking, loss, and lovers. The group has solidified a unique position in Los Angeles, as a band which is as comfortable performing with indie noise rock bands like Health and Death to Anders, as with experimental folk acts like U.K.’s David Thomas Broughton and soulful electronica artist Esthero. Randolph’s voice is the star of the show: it ranges from a low, soft, almost velvety tone reminiscent of the great crooners to a barely restrained high alto, a perfect complement to the wry wit with which his lyrics paint their sombre portraits. Jenny’s simple but unorthodox rhyth
