The Ramblers

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A bluesy rock n' roll band from Brooklyn, The Ramblers are John Embree, Caz Ishijima, and Jeremiah Birnbaum, with David Immerglück (Counting Crows, John Hiatt) and Mark Marshall on additional electric guitar.

Jeremiah grew up in New Jersey, got his first guitar at ten, and began writing songs at seventeen. He attended college in Boston and London before moving to New York, where he began playing guitar professionally, while also performing and touring as a solo artist for several years before joining up with John to form The Ramblers.

John is Arkansas born and bred, and grew up woodshedding drums on his parents' horse farm in a reconstructed log cabin. When he moved to NY, he moved above a bar with a great music scene, where he and Jeremiah first met and started performing together. John's recently begun adding his own songs to the band, as well as handling many vocal duties.

Caz is from Saitama, Japan, right near Tokyo. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, he moved to New York to study jazz bass. Caz is a fantastic musician, a devotee of the blues and funk, and purveyor of excellent Stevie Wonder and Robert Johnson covers on occasion.

Their new album is set to be released in 2008, recorded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at Monkeyboy Studios with engineer/producer Brian Fulk (Martha & Rufus Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Willie Nile, Marc Ribot), featuring the guitar work of David Immerglück and Mark Marshall and the harmonies of Bryan Dunn.

Appearances have included many independent clubs/venues and major festivals, including the Midwest Music Summit (Indianapolis), MidPoint Music Festival (Cincinnati), and the Dewey Beach Music Festival (Delaware).